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Blood Cultures
Blood Cultures II
Pre-analytical Errors
Hot and Cold
Mixed Bag
100
When blood specimen is contaminated with organisms that did not originate in the blood.
What is False Positive
100
8 to 10 ml per bottle
What is minimum volume for blood cultures
100
Reason a clot may develop in a Light Blue top tube
What is improper inversion
100
Specimens for this test must be kept warm after collection.
What is Cold Agglutinins
100
Term for the practices of treating every patient as though their blood contains pathogenic organisms
What is Standard Precautions
200
Collected first when using a butterfly
What is the aerobic bottle
200
Betadine in concentric circles then alcohol
What is the 2 step cleaning process for blood cultures
200
Form used when collecting legal and forensic specimens
What is the Chain of Custody
200
Technique used to increase blood flow for a dermal puncture
What is warming the site prior to collection
200
Way to prevent cross contamination of tube additives.
What is follow the proper order of draw
300
2 bottles = 1
What is a set of blood cultures
300
RAC
What is Right Anticubital Fossa
300
Before, during and after collection
What is when they can occur
300
96.6 to 99.6
What is the normal body temperature range
300
Doing the right thing even though nobody is watching.
What is Integrity
400
Living with oxygen or air
What is aerobic
400
4 bottles = 2
What is 2 sets of blood cultures
400
Main reason for improperly labeled specimens
What is failure to properly ID the patient
400
Test collected in a green top tube that must be placed on ice after collection.
What is Ammonia
400
Common bacteria found on the skin surface.
What is Normal Flora
500
Living without oxygen or air
What is anaerobic
500
The presence of pathogenic microorganisms in the blood.
What is Septicemia
500
Tube additive contamination
What is caused by not following the proper order of draw
500
These attack something within your body as if it were foreign
What are Autoantibodies
500
The 2 most important steps in collecting a proper specimen.
What are patient ID and labeling