venipuncture
How long can you leave a tourniquet on for?
What is 1 minute
The color tube you use for a complete blood count (CBC)
What is Lavendar top tube.
Most common location for a capillary puncture
What is the fingers (ring and middle)
The most common side effect of having blood drawn.
What is hematoma.
The most common site for venipuncture?
What is the antecubital fossa.
What tube is second in the order of draw?
What is light blue
The panel that determines how much cholesterol is in someone's blood and requires your patient to be fasting.
What is a lipid panel.
Why do we wipe away and not use the first drop of blood in capillary puncture.
What is because of skin tissue and sweat that could be in the sample?
If a patient experiences syncope this means what?
What is fainting?
Name the 3 ways to collect blood via venipuncture
What is vacuum tube/evacuated tube method, syringe, and butterfly.
What is the order of draw for the following tubes, green, gold, lavender.
What is gold, green and lavender.
The tube that contains lithium heparin additive
What is mint green tube
Where should skin punctures be performed on infants
What is the heel?
The destruction of blood cells is called?
What is hemolysis?
The smallest gauge needle we should use for venipuncture? The most common gauges we should use for venipuncture?
What is 23 gauge? What is 20-22 gauge
The tubes that can be drawn 3rd in the order of draw.
What is serum tubes (red, tiger top and gold)
The tube that contains K-EDTA .
What is lavender or pink top?
Name three things we can do to ensure good blood flow when performing a capillary puncture on a finger
What is warm the area, milk patient's finger and lower hand?
If we are not getting blood during venipuncture what can we do to troubleshoot?
What is (possible answers)
1. adjust needle by redirecting one time
2.insert needle deeper
3.pull needle back without ever leaving the skin.
4. loosen tourniquet
Name the 3 veins used for venipuncture and identify the most common used
What is median cubital (most common), cephalic and basilic?
This tube must be drawn from a sterile tube to prevent any pathogen contamination.
What is yellow/culture tube
The blood test that determines the amount of inflammation in the body .
What is ESR or erythrocyte sedimentation rate?
Name the two tests we can perform using capillary puncture
What is hemoglobin, hematocrit, PT/INR, Glucose, HgbA1C
Name the three things that can cause a vein to collapse
What is tourniquet to tight, vacuum to strong, and tourniquet to close to the vein?