Needle
What is the additive in the light green tube?
Lithium Heparin
Where do you look if there are no veins in the antecubital?
Dorsal veins
Informed consent
What is the most important step when drawing a patient?
Patient identification
What additive is in a blood culture bottle?
SPS
What color tube is for a CBC?
Lavender
Which tube needs to be filled to the line?
Blue Top
You draw blood on an unconscious patient under what type of consent?
Implied consent
Which department tests the blood cultures?
Microbiology
What is the destruction of RBC's called?
Hemolysis
Which tube goes to blood bank and what is the additive?
Pink/EDTA
What is the purpose of an anticoagulant?
Prevents clotting
Warm up the site
You should never leave the tourniquet tied on the patient's arm for longer than what?
1 minute
Where is the first place you would try to draw blood on a newborn?
Heel
Which tube yields serum and contains a gel barrier?
SST
What determines if you can do a dermal puncture or not?
Tests ordered
How many times can you stick a patient before getting help?
Two
Why is it important to centrifuge a specimen as soon as possible?
Cells continue to metabolize causing a decreased glucose
Which department has strict specimen labeling protocols?
Blood Bank
What tube is used for glucose tolerance testing?
Gray
Small red spots on a patients arm after tying a tourniquet is called what?
Petechiae
What is it called when someone is donating their own blood for future use?
Autologous donation
You are collecting a H&H and an electrolyte panel on a patient by a dermal puncture. Which color tube would you draw first?
Lavender
What two tests cannot be performed on a finger stick?
PT/PTT and blood cultures