Blood Cultures
Scrubbing a site for 1 Minute.
What is the length of time to cleanse a blood culture site?
Avoiding slow draws that come from improper needle placement.
What is preventing hemolysis?
Standard PPE when hand contamination is anticipated?
What are gloves?
Leaving a window on the side of the tube.
What is proper BB labeling?
24-48 hours of a new born life.
What is the time a newborn screen should be collected?
Aerobic Bottle
What is the first bottle filled with the butterfly to bottle collection?
Delay in getting blood into tubes when drawing in syringe can cause what?
What is clotting?
Standard PPE when soling of clothes may occur?
What are Gowns?
Hand written and legible.
What are the two staff identifiers?
Filled out completely and accurately.
What is an FDA regulated filter paper?
10 ML
What is the correct blood culture volume collection?
A Blue top not filled properly.
What is QNS?
Fingertips, Thumbs, Between Fingers.
What are missed areas when cleaning hands?
Name, Dob, Green barcode, Date, time of draw.
What is a properly labeled specimen?
Warming a newborn's heel 3-5 minutes with a heel warmer.
What is proper site preparation for a newborn screen?
Less than 1.0%
What is the CDC contamination Rate Standard?
What is hemolysis?
What is alcohol-based hand sanitizer?
1 Pink tube
What is a Type and Screen Specimen.
Capillary or hell touch marks that have left small scabs in the middle of spots or scabs present on the edges of blood spots
What is a clotted New born Screening?
Increased Length of Stay
What is a result of a contaminated blood culture?
Blood cultures, Blue, Red, SST, Green, Lavender, Gray
What is proper order of draw?
Before touching a patient and After touching a patient.
What is Clean Hands.
Call Blood Bank.
What is the first thing you do when you see a type and screen order.
Flecks of white card shown through the blood spot. Fuzzy edges are also indicative.
What is a didn't soak through New Born Screen?