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Give Blood
This, That, and the Other
100
This evacuated tube contains no additive.
What is a red-top glass tube?
100
Immersion oil is used with objective power.
What is 100x?
100
This is a reason for discarding the first drop of blood from a dermal puncture.
What is tissue fluid contamination?
100
This is the iron containing portion of hemoglobin.
What is heme?
100
This is the U.S. central laboratory for public health.
What is the CDC?
200
This evacuated tube contains ethylenediaminetetracetic acid.
What is a lavender top tube?
200
The coarse adjustment cannot be used with these objective powers.
What are 40x and 100x?
200
This is the term used for the hollow space of a needle.
What is lumen?
200
A sample with opaque or milky plasma is referred to as this.
What is lipemic?
200
This is the qualitative expected hematocrit level for a polycythemic patient.
What is elevated?
300
This tube color would be used for a GTT.
What is a gray top tube?
300
This is the amount of time cells are allowed to settle in a hemacytometer.
What is 2 minutes?
300
Tying a tourniquet too tight may cause this.
What is petechiae?
300
This is the average lifespan of an erythrocyte.
What is 120 days?
300
This is an independent agency that accredits health care facilities and hospitals.
What is Joint Commission?
400
This is the additive in a light blue top tube.
What is sodium citrate?
400
This is the area of the 9 large hemacytometer counting squares.
What is 9 mm2?
400
This should be removed before the needle is removed from the patient arm.
What are the evacuated tube and tourniquet?
400
This is the part of blood that transports electrolytes throughout the body.
What is plasma?
400
This is the term used for erythrocyte size variations.
What is anisocytosis?
500
These are the anticoagulants that interfere with calcium to prevent clotting.
What are EDTA, potassium oxalate, and sodium citrate?
500
The diluting fluid used in WBC and plt counts has this important characteristic.
What is that it lyses RBCs?
500
This is proper location to perform venipuncture from an arm that has an IV.
What is below the IV site?
500
These are the agranulocytes.
What are monocytes and lymphocytes?
500
The is the normal size range for granulocytes.
What is 10 - 15 micrometers?