Test tube/dept
CBC
Lavender/Hematology
Name 3 chemistry tests....
Class answer
A blue packed needle is what gauge, and a green packaged needle is what gauge?
Blue=23. Green=21
If you need to draw a royal blue tube, where in the order of draw would it go?
Royal blue with red stripe=drawn with red tubes
Royal blue with EDTA=drawn with EDTA tubes
How is the bilirubin test transported?
Protected from light
PT
Light Blue/Coagulation (or hematology if hospital does not have separate Coag department
Name this abbreviation. NPO
Nothing by mouth
Name everything that HAS to be on a lab req.
Name, DOB, ordering doctor, diagnosis, tests ordered
List the order of draw by additive.
SPS(yellow) Sodium Citrate (Light blue), No additive or clot activator (red), Clot activator with gel (SST, gold or tiger), Heparin (green), EDTA (lavender), Sodium Fluoride (grey)
The phlebotomist is most responsible for controlling what type of variable?
Preanalytic variable
Lipid Panel
SST (gold, Tiger top)/ Chemistry
This term means that it is the most urgent type of lab order
STAT
You receive an order for a patient that says FOBT x3. What is that order for?
Fecal Occult Blood test x3 (meaning you would give the patient 3 occult blood testing cards)
Which Blood culture bottle is collected first when using a butterfly needle?
Aerobic
What is the most commonly used anticoagulant?
EDTA
1 Hr GTT
Grey/Chemistry
Name this abbreviation QNS.
Quantity not sufficient
You get a handwritten lab order that says 'Na'... what test is that?
Sodium
Put in order... BMP, Glucose, Sed Rate
BMP, Sed Rate, Glucose
Which stool test is used to screen for colon cancer?
Occult Blood
Therapuetic drug monitoring
Red/Toxicology
What does the abbreviation GTT stand for, and describe how it is collected.
Patient is given a glucose drink, they have 5 minutes to drink it, (50mg) and the blood is drawn one hour after the drink is finished
Name the 5 main types of infection transmission.
Contact
Droplet
Airborne
Common Vehicle
Vector
Put in order of draw. HgA1c, PT, Blood type
PT, Blood type (Red), HgA1c
PT, Blood type (lavender or pink) HgA1c
You have collected a urine culture and a CBC. Which departments of the lab would each specimen be delivered to?
Urine= Microbiology (all cultures go there)
CBC= Hematology