Order Of Draw
General Lab
Phlebotomy Procedures
Phlebotomy Equipment
A&P/Misc.
Phlebotomy
Specimen Tests
Safety In Phlebotomy
100

What is Hematology?

Study of the blood

100

What does occluded mean?

Blocked

100

What is interstitial fluid?

Fluid located between the cellular components of tissue

100

What does palpate mean?

to search for a vein with a pressure-and-release touch. 

100

These blood vessels carry oxygenated blood.

What are arteries?

100

What is Phlebotomy?

The process of collecting blood.

100

What is a CBC?

Complete Blood count

100

What is the first thing you need to do before you touch the patient?

Wash hands and put your gloves on. 

200

What lab test/department does a Iron profile belong in?

Chemistry

200

Name the different types of cells in blood. 

white blood cells (leukocyte), red blood cells (erythrocyte), platelets (thrombocyte)

200

When would a capillary puncture be the safest choice on an adult?

severely burned patient, cancer patient with bad veins, obese patient with difficult veins, geriatric patients with fragile veins

200

You need to draw three specimen tubes. Your instructor wants you to use a syringe. What size syringe will you use?

10 ml

200

These blood vessels carry unoxygenated blood and waste?

What are veins?

200

When a patient comes to the lab to have their blood drawn to see if their Coumadin dosage is correct, what tube is this blood drawn in?

What is a blue top tube?

200

What department does a Chem7 go to?

Chemistry

200
What container do you put your needles in?

Sharps Container

300

The doctor orders two sets of blood cultures. How many times does the patient need stuck?

Twice

300

Name the four main superficial veins used in phlebotomy.

basilic, cephalic, median cubital, median

300

What causes hemolysis in capillary punctures?

alcohol used to clean the skin was not allowed to dry, the finger or heel was squeezed too vigorously, blood was scraped off. 

300

collection device with wings

butterfly

300

During a blood draw the patient's arm starts to immediately swell, and the tube stops filling with blood. What do you think happened?

What is a hematoma has formed.
300

Who runs all the specimens once they reach the lab?

Medical Laboratory Technician

300

The doctor ordered an ammonia level, what color tube does it go in and what does it require?

Lavender on Ice

300

What is the chain of infection?

Means of Transmission-Portal of Entry-Susceptible Host-Source-Portal of Exit

400

What additive does a green top contain?

Lithium Heparin
400

What does Blood bank do?

Determines compatibility of blood and blood products that are to be administered to patients.

400

If the blood is drawn too quickly from a small vein, the vein has a tendency to?

collapse

400

Which needle is bigger, a 16 gauge or a 23 gauge?

16 gauge

400

Name some drugs that are tested in the laboratory for therapeutic/toxic levels.

What is Digoxin, Phenytoin, Gentamycin, and 

400

You are drawing a patient and notice they are getting a large hematoma. What do you do?

Gently pull the needle out and apply pressure with gauze. Ensure the patient has stopped bleeding before you leave the room. 

400

Sodium and potassium levels drawn in this tube.

What is a green top tube?

400

A coworker stuck a patient with a vacutainer. She pops the tube on and gets no blood return. She pulls the needle out with the tube on it and sticks the patient again with the same needle. What do you do?

Immediately stop them and tell them it is not okay to re-stick the patient with the same needle. Also explain to her that the vacuum is now gone from the initial tube. 

500

You have a STAT cbc with diff in OB, STAT blood cultures in the ER which comes first?

STAT cbc comes first, then cultures

500

Surgery brings down an amputated arm. What department does this belong in?

Pathology

500

Why must the first drop of blood from a capillary puncture be wiped away?

To remove the interstitial fluid

500

Leaving the tourniquet on a patient's arm for an extended length of time before drawing blood may cause?

Hemoconcentration

500

Very small blood vessels connecting very small arteries and very small veins.

What are capillaries?

500

You go to draw a middle aged woman and she tells you she had a mastectomy on her right side. What do you do?

Go to her left arm, you are unable to use the right arm. 

500

The physician orders for the Medical Surgical patient to receive a blood glucose test with venous blood.  The tube you would use to draw this specimen would be...

What is a gray top tube?

500

As a general rule, you should not stick the patient more than ___?

twice

600

Name order of the draw for a syringe draw.

Blood cultures, blue top, red top, green top, purple top.

600

There is a trauma alert in the ER. The patient is bleeding out and they need an emergency transfusion. They ask you to call the lab and let them know. What department do you call?

Blood Bank

600

Children ages 2 to 5 experience pain but cannot always pinpoint its source or location. At this age, reactions to pain can include what?

belief that pain is a punishment

belief in the magical disappearance of pain

resistance during painful procedures


600

Patients with fragile veins might not need this type of phlebotomy equipment.

What is a tourniquet?

600

Where do you verify resident identification in a nursing home?

Name above bed or at the doorway, and asking resident name and date of birth (make sure you know their D.O.B).

600

ABG's are drawn in this way.

With a heparinized syringe.

600

Order of blood cultures drawn, and what two sites.

What is anaerobic before aerobic, and draw from two separate arms?

600

How tight is too tight for a tourniquet?

When it compresses the artery, and it is not able to be palpated below the tourniquet.