Patient Complications
A patient never drawn from.
What is a sleeping patient?
The fluid portion of clotted blood.
What is serum?
A type of tube additive that prevents blood clotting.
What is an anti-coagulant?
This is placed 3-4 inches above the site to make veins visible and/or palpable.
What is a tourniquet?
The area of blood smear that is used for viewing/counting.
What is the monolayer?
The alteration in cellular element concentration.
What is hemoconcentration?
The liquid portion of anti-coagulated blood.
What is plasma?
A tube additive that clots blood in 5 minutes.
What is thrombin?
An antiseptic routinely used for venipunctures.
What is 70% isopropyl alcohol?
A required procedure that is done on U.S. newborns.
What is a newborn screening?
Examples include: occluded/sclerosed veins, hematomas, burns/scars, and edematous sites.
What are sites to avoid?
The specimen typically used for the Hematology department.
What is whole blood?
This tube must have a 9:1 blood to additive ratio. (give the color)
What is a light blue tube?
A blood collection procedure done on infants that are not walking or are less than 12 months old.
What is a heel stick?
The preferred blood specimen for making blood smears.
What is EDTA venous blood?
This may occur to a nervous or anxious patient. Signs and symptoms of this include: cold, damp, or clammy skin.
What is syncope?
These make up 45% of whole blood.
What are formed elements?
This tube can affect electrolyte and enzyme tests if drawn out of order. (give the color)
What is a gray tube?
A lancet with a depth of 0.65 mm and is used on infants that are 1 kg or less. (give the color)
What is a pink lancet?
This is used in Microbiology and is typically ordered for patients with FUO.
What is a blood culture?
A complication that may occur if the phlebotomist probes with the needle excessively or blindly.
What is nerve damage?
The phase of hemostasis that involves clot retraction and dissolution.
What is fibrinolysis?
A type of additive that prevents complement response and phagocytosis.
What are immune response inhibitors?
The antiseptic used for a secondary cleanse when doing a blood culture draw
What is povidone-iodine?
An antiseptic that can be used instead of isopropyl alcohol when doing the initial cleanse for a blood culture collection.
What is chlorhexidine gluconate?