Types of Lab Tests
CBC stands for
What is a complete blood count
The correct order for coagulation tests and serum
What is light blue and red?
The most common vein for venous blood draw in the arm
What is the median cubital vein?
The most common clinically encountered inborn error of metabolism
What is PKU (phenylketonuria)?
The cause of a cloudy white or lipemic sample
What is the patient was not fasting
What is whole blood
The correct order for drug levels, lipids and STAT chemistries
What is Red, gold/tiger top (camouflage) and light green?
The tourniquet should be place 3-4 inches above this space
What is the antecubital fossa?
The components of a two step process when identifying the patient and proper sample
What is patient name and date of birth?
The longest amount of time a tourniquet should be placed on patient
What is 60 seconds
The term for a collection of clotted or liquid blood that pools outside of blood vessels (often due to nick of vein wall with a needle)
What is a hematoma?
The correct order for Protime/inr, CMP and ESR
What is light blue, gold/tiger (camouflage), and lavendar/pink
The term for the ability of the skin to stretch and then return to its original shape; decreases with age
What is elasticity?
The place where an identical tube is placed after you put a specimen in a centrifuge
What is directly opposite the tube containing the specimen?
This complication can happen if a lancet hits the bone during a dermal puncture
What is osteomyelitis?
This is the section of the laboratory where blood is collected, stored, and prepared for transfusion
What is the blood bank?
The correct order for serum, STI testing and ammonia
What is red, gold/tiger (camouflage) and green
The first step to take if you are drawing blood and the patient has syncope
What is remove the needle?
This chemistry panel contains a basic metabolic panel and liver enzymes
What is a CMP (comprehensive metabolic panel)?
The first action to take if no blood appears after needle insertion and tube placement
What is change the tube?
This liver enzyme is not included in a CMP
What is GGT (gamma-glutamyl transferase)
The correct order of draw for all the tubes
What are Sterile blood cultures, light blue, red, SST, PST, Green, lavender, and Gray?
The term for lymphatic fluid accumulation if you draw blood on the same side as a mastectomy
What is lymphostasis?
The normal percentage of hematocrit in a female
What is 37 to 47%
Performing venipuncture on a patient without their consent can result in what legal problem?
What is Assault and Battery