Special Collections
Processing specimens
Need to know
Performing a draw
Miscellaneous
100

Random, CC midstream, 24 hour

What is: types of urine

100

This tube needs to clot for 30 min

What is: A SST tube ( gold)

100

5th in the order of draw

What is: Lav

100

Two sets of blood cultures

What is: draw one set from one arm and the second set from a different site on the same arm. 

100

Universal recipient

What is: AB

200

Do not mix urine with the fecal sample

What is: instructions for a stool specimen

200
Place card flat on a dry surface and let dry

What is: What to do with a PKU after drawing

200

If my Hematocrit level is 42% I can....

What is: donate blood

200

Introduce yourself and ID patient

What is: first two things you do before a draw

200

mode of transmission

What is: 4th in the cycle of infection

300

A 65 yr old patient who weighs 54.4kg (120 pounds)

What is: A pt who is able to donate blood

300

This test needs a peripheral blood smear made

sed rate, WBC with diff, ABG

What is: WBC with diff, CBC with diff

300

Additive for the tube used for a blood smear

What is: EDTA

300

Blood culture with tube, PTT, Testosterone 

What is: yellow, blue top, and red top

300

Compatible with blood type O

What is: O

400

optimal time to perform a PKU or neonatal screen

What is: between 24 and 72 hours after birth

400

Touch the side to the second drop of blood

What is: preparing a peripheral blood slide from a capillary draw

400
How to collect a sputum

What is: first thing in the morning before eating or drinking

400

How much total blood volume can you take from a 3yr old weighing 15.9kg or 35lb over 1 month

165ml, 95ml, 185ml

What is: 95ml

400

Collect your first urine specimen of the morning

What is: instructions for a urine preg or glucose

500

A forensic specimen needs this to match

county clerk #, Attorneys name, case number

What is: case number

500

WBC with diff, Red top, Gray top

What is: make a slide with a lav tube, centrifuge the red and gray top

500

Using a syringe for Blood cultures, PTT, and CBC

What is: Anaerobic, aerobic, light blue, EDTA (lav)

500

Touch the paper to a drop of blood and saturate each circle of the card

What is: a PKU (neonatal screen)

500

Collecting blood from a 6.6lb (3Kg) baby, what is the total blood volume

100-190ml, 60-150ml, 240 to 330ml

What is: 240ml to 330ml