Tubes
This tube is grey in color.
What is Sodium Fluoride - Potassium Oxalate
Procedure for when a female patient has a right side mastectomy.
What is draw from the left side?
The straw colored liquid obtained from a centrifuged whole blood sample.
What is plasma?
Practices and procedures to prevent contamination from pathogens.
What is aseptic technique?
The correct procedure for processing SST/Serum samples.
This tube contains EDTA.
What is lavender?
Procedure for when a patient is feeling dizzy/lightheaded.
What is remove tourniquet/needle, and advise patient to place head between legs?
What is Hemoconcentration?
The three veins for venipuncture use?
What are the Cephalic, Median Cubital, and Basalic veins?
Processing for Ammonia
EDTA/Lavender, spin down immediately, aliquot/pipette plasma, place in ice slurry for transport.
These tubes are used for chemistry panels.
What is Sodium Heparin, Serum Separator, and/or Red Top/Serum Tubes?
Procedure to follow when patient cannot use isopropyl alcohol.
The forearm vein most commonly used for Venipuncture.
Procedure for collection on a pediatric patient.
What is heel stick and Butterfly/Winged Collection Set?
Tests that are light sensitive and require amber tube transport.
Bilirubin, Vitamin B12 and Folate.
This tube is used for coagulation studies.
The policies set forth to guard a patient's medical record, demographics, and all personal health information.
What is HIPAA?
The straw colored liquid spun from a tube containing coagulant.
What is Serum?
Procedure for collection on a geriatric patient?
What is a butterfly/winged collection set and syringe?
Name three Gestational Glucose test options and the level of glucose drink provided.
What is 1hr glucose with 50g, 2hr glucose with 75g, and 3hr glucose with 100g?
Order of draw for Venipuncture by additive or color.
What is Blood Culture/ACD/Yellow, Sodium Citrate/Lt Blue, Serum/Red, SST/Tiger Top/Gold, Green/Lithium Heparin/Sodium Heparin, K2EDTA/Lavender, K2EDTA/Pink, K2EDTA/Dark or Royal Blue, White EDTA w/ gel, Grey/Sodium Fluoride/Potassium Oxalate.
Procedure for drawing with IV placed.
What is avoid the side the IV is placed or draw above IV only when IV has been discontinued for 2 minutes?
This is in result to improper blood drawing technique, incorrect needle gauge, incorrect filling of tubes, prolonged tourniquet placement, and inadequate flow during collection.
What is Hemolysis?
Describe the blood collection procedure.
What is Prepare the anaerobic and aerobic blood culture tubes. cleanse the site for a minimum of 30 seconds, do not touch site after cleaning. Cleanse the top of each blood collection bottle where the needle will be inserted. Collect the anaerobic bottle first, then the aerobic bottle. Once the blood is obtained, proceed to disconnection procedures?
These are two types of tests ordered in therapeutic monitoring of medication.
What are Trough and Peak?