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This color tube is used for Protime/INR tests.
What is light blue/Na Citrate?
Inflammation and infection of the bone.
What is Osteomyelitis?
A healthcare provider who treats elderly patients.
What is a Gerontologist?
A healthcare worker should do this immediately after an accidental needlestick.
What is perform first aid--clean the site and cover with a bandage?
The tube that is most appropriate for blood bank testing/collections.
What is Pink/EDTA?
This is the most common hematology test drawn in an EDTA tube.
What is the CBC (Complete Blood Count)
A pathogen/virus that commonly affects the skin?
What is the herpes virus?
The laboratory department that CBCs are perfromed in.
What is Hematology?
Major principles of self-protection from radiation exposure.
What is time, distance and shielding?
This happens as the result of excessive mixing of the blood specimen in a vacutainer tube.
What is hemolysis?
This device is used to move blood from a syringe into a vacutaner/evacuated tube.
What is a transfer device?
This bacteria is a commonly identified causative agen of nosocomial infections in the nursery unit.
What is Eschericia Coli (E. Coli)?
This type of healthcare provider treats patients who have been diagnosed with cancer.
What is an Oncologist?
One thing you should NOT do for a shock victim who seems to be semi-conscious?
What is give fluids to keep the victim from becoming dehydrated?
Another name for white blood cells.
What is leukocytes?
Chlorhexadine, Alcohol, Iodine.
What are skin cleansing agents or antiseptics?
This condition occurs as a result of inflammation and disease of the interstitial compartments.
What are sclerosed veins?
What is the Integumentary system?
Another term for fainting.
What is syncope?
Generally speaking, this is what the phlebotomist should do with the first drop of blood after a fingerstick/heelstick is performed.
What is wipe away the first drop?
Can be used if a patient's arm is to large to acommodate a tourniquet.
What is a blood pressure cuff?
This determines the acidity or alkalinity of the blood.
What is blood pH?
Venesection and Venisection are synonyms for this medical procedure.
What is Phlebotomy?
The term that describes "contraction of the heart" when taking a blood pressure.
What is systole/systolic?
A microcollection device used to determine wbc counts.
What is a BMP Leukochek?