Needles
The term for the hollow tube inside a needle’s shaft?
Lumen
A tube containing thixotropic gel could be used to collect blood for which tests?
Chemistry
Lavender has what additive?
EDTA
what are two identifiers that you will ask for to make sure you have the correct patient before you draw that patients blood..?
pt first & last name and birthdate.
what is the result when you have blood collected and mixed with an anticoagulant so that it will not clot...?
whole blood
The part of a needle that attaches to the collecting tube or syringe?
Hub
What color tube should be collected for coagulation studies?
blue
Sodium Citrate
which vein lies close to the brachial artery?
basilic
what is the result when you draw blood in an sst tube, spin it down, and it separates.. what is the fluid portion called...?
serum
What does the term multisample needle mean?
The needle has a retractable rubber sleeve that covers one end of the needle when a blood collecting tube is not attached.
according to order of draw which tube is last?
gray
What additives do your ssts have?
clot activators, thixotropic gel (polymer gel)
if you have a STAT draw which tube would you draw it in?
what is this fluid portion of the blood called when it has fibrinogen and other clotting factors...?
plasma
what does gauge mean?
the diameter of the needle’s lumen
which color tubes would your hematology studies be tested on?
lavender
What additives do green tops have in them?
sodium heparin, lithium heparin or ammonium heparin.
when should the tourniquet be removed from the arm in a venipuncture procedure?
before the needle is withdrawn
What is the term for the small red spots on the skin that are caused by a tightly tied tourniquet?
Petechiae
the larger the gauge number the.......
smaller the lumen
what is the order of draw....??
yellow (blood cultures), blue, SST (red), green (short, pst) , lavender, gray.
(nemonic)
Because
blood
really
saves
good
lives
greatly
what additive do royal blue tubes have?
heparin, EDTA or none. these are your trace element tubes..
which vein is the first choice for venipuncture?
median cubital
What is the term for an increase in the ratio of formed elements to plasma?
Hemoconcentration