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This means all steps before the laboratory analysis
What is preanalytical
This helps fight infection through out the body
What are leukocytes
These are the 3 types of blood vessels
What is capillary, arteries, and veins
This organization does quality check of the lab through surveys and sample specimens
What is College of American Pathologists (CAP)
This tube is a 1.9 ratio
What is a light blue
This test measures the percentage of your blood volume that consists of red blood cells
What is hematocrit
This blood vessel generally carry blood that is high in oxygen
What are arteries
According to Standard precautions, all used needles are to be disposed of in the manner
What is discarded intact
This a quality assurance plan that not only aims to minimum standards, but also seeks to constantly improve performance?
What is continuous quality improvement
What is Red and Gold
This happens when a phleb leaves the tourniquet on for more than a min.
Hemoconcentration
This is the substance in RBCs that carries oxygen
Hint: Around the world
What is hemoglobin
Under which condition would you avoid a site for venipuncture? Name 3
What is Hematoma, Edematous arm, and Arm with IV
This is the primary purpose of infection control
what is prevent the spread of communicable diseases within health care facilities
Blood is needed for a coagulation study, what color tube needs to be drawn?
what is light blue
This is a rare blood cancer that produces to many red blood cells making the blood to hard to flow through the veins
What is polycythemia vera
This is the name for ruptured blood cells
Hemolysis
An arterial puncture is more likely to result in hematoma than a venipuncture is because of
What higher pressure in the arteries
According to Standard Precautions, blood and body fluids from which group are considered biohazardous
What is HIV-positive patients
This tube is consider a PST
What is a light green
This means the study of the function of each part and how it functions
What is physiology
This disease requires the use of respiratory precautions
This artery is closest to the basilic vein
What is brachial artery?
You need to avoid this site on a patient because it is more likely to cause susceptible infection
What is a mastectomy
Patient needs a blood transfusion, what color tube should be drawn for this
What is a pink tube
This kind of phlebotomy is performed for patients with rare blood cancers
What therapeutic phlebotomy
This is the most common lab error
What is clerical
This is the artery that lies on the thumb side of the wrist
What is the radial artery
When drawing blood samples, what should be performed first?
Identify the patient
This color tube has sodium heparin
What is dark green