Chain of Infection
What starts the chain of infection?
GERMS!
Tubes and order of draw
What is yellow, Lt. blue, red glass, red plastic, gold SST, Lt. green, lavender, gray, royal blue?
Increases with altitude
What is RBC count?
Proper way to id a patient?
Asking for patient or nurse to verify ID
Buccal means?
What is cheek swab?
Who are the most susceptible host?
Children and Elderly
Gray top common tests
What is glucose and alcohol?
Fever causes these levels to increase
What is insulin?
fingers used for cap stick?
3rd/ 4th fingers
When to use capillary puncture?
What is fragile veins, phobias, no access, POCT tests, and infants?
Portals of entry
What is the Mouth, eyes, and cuts within the skin?
Royal blue common tests
What is trace element studies?
Fatty foods increase these levels
What is lipids?
test requiring fasting
what is cholesterol, lipids and FBS
Capillary order of draw?
What is blood gas, lavender, other additives, serums, no additives and no coagulation?
Who and what are reservoirs
What is people, animals/pets, wild animals, food, soil, and water?
Lt. blue additives and common tests
What is sodium citrate?
What is PTT, PT, aPTT, D-Dimer, and INR?
Decreases with age
What is creatinine clearance?
good at room temperature for 8hrs
What is serum and plasma
Put these in ice slurry
What is ammonia and lactic acid?
How germs get out
What is mouth, cuts in the skin, during diapering and toileting?
Gold SST additives and common tests
What is clot activator + thixotropic gel?
What is BMP, CMP, electrolytes, Na+, K+, iron, Cholesterol, AST, ALT, creatinine, BUN?
Smoking decreases these levels
What is IGA?
What is the most RARE tube and its additives?
BLACK!! containing sodium citrate and additive is ESR
Serum and plasma gets taken from the tube and portioned out in smaller tubes, what is this called?
What is aliquoting?