Phlebotomy

Venipuncture Equipment

100

Used to cleanse the skin before inserting the needle

Isopropyl alcohol swab or pad 

200

Used to apply pressure to an venipuncture site

Gauze pad 

300

Applied to puncture site to promote clotting 

Tape, self-adhesive wrap, or adhesive bandages

400

Help guide the tube towards the needle to initiate blood flow into the evacuated tube. 

Hub, adapter, needle holder

500

Is a blood collection tube that is smaller than the normal blood collection tube

Pediatric blood collection tube 

Evacuated Tube Additives

100

Light blue 

Sodium citrate

200

Green 

Heparin

300

Lavender 

EDTA

400

Gray

Potassium oxalate, EDTA, or fluoride

500

Royal blue 

None, EDTA, or haparin

Adverse Reactions to Blood Collection

100

When the needle injures a nerve 

Nerve damage 

200

A localized collection of blood under the skin 

Hematoma

300

Inflammation of a vein

Phlebitis

400

Very tiny hemorrhages that look like small red or purple spots on the skin 

Petechiae 

500

When a patient loses consciousness and incurs injuries 

Syncope

Nonblood specimens

100

This type of urine specimen is more concentrated than a random urine specimens 

First urine of the morning 

200

This type of urine test requires a patient to urinate and then eat a meal

postprandial test 

300

This type of collection requires a collection of the middle volume of urine. 

Clean-catch midstream collection

400

Chemical analysis

Reagent strip method 

500

This specimen collection is timed 

Timed urine specimen 

Specific considerations

100

Mastectomy 

Surgery for breast removal 

200

Do not collect blood from this type of vein 

Sclerosis vein 

300

Can be difficult to find a vein and painful for the patient to collect blood from this area 

Scars 

400

Swelling 

Edema 

500

Avoid performing a collection in any skin that has a _____

Tattoo