Draw order
Blood Culture Bottles
What goes first?
growth media for micro organisms
Two bottles collected- Aerobic and Anaerobic
What is a blood culture bottle's test?
as soon as it's removed from holder
When should an additive be mixed?
enhance clotting
Glass particles (or silica) present in serum separator tubes serve to?
Lt. Blue and Red
Lt. Blue- Sodium citrate
Red- no additive
Lt. Blue and Reds additive?
Lt. Blue- Coagulation tests ( PT, PTT, D-Dimer)
Red- Serology
Lt. Blue and Reds tests?
no more than a minute
How long should the tourniquet be left on for?
inhibiting thrombin
Heparin prevents blood from clotting by?
Lt. Green and Dark Green
4th and 5th?
Lithium heparin and Sodium Heparin
Lt. Green and Dark Green's additives?
Chemistry
Lt. (Thyroid, CMP, BMP)
Dark (Thyroid, medications, tmp, BMP, Liver, and Therapeutic drug monitoring)
Lt. Green and Dark Green tests?
Misidentifying the patient
Which of the following is the most critical error a phlebotomist can make?
preserve glucose
The purpose of an antiglycolytic agent is to?
Purple and Grey
6th and 7th?
Purple- EDTA
Grey- Sodium Fluoride
What is purple and greys additive?
Purple- Hematology (CBC, H&H, Blood Bank)
Grey- Glucose and Lacate
Purple and grey tests?
allowing patient to pump the fist
What is bad to do during the vein selection process is bad for the specimen?
What is the proper blood-to-additive ratio for a light-tube collected for a coagulation test?
Yellow
What is last?
Acid Citrate Dextrose (ACD)
Whats yellows additive?
Tissue Typing, DNA
What is a yellows test?
30 degrees or less, 10 degrees or less
What is the recommended angle of needle insertion for an antecubital vein and a hand vein, respectively?
thixotropic gel
An inert synthetic substance that forms a physical barrier between the cells and serum or plasma of a specimen is known as?