Order of Draw
This is the additive found in the light blue top tube.
Sodium Citrate
Before performing a blood draw you need to verify this information.
The patient’s identity and date of birth.
This will falsely elevate potassium levels.
Leaving the tourniquet on for longer than a minute.
LDL stands for this.
Low Density Lipoprotein
A QC should be run on a blood glucose meter this often.
Per manufacturers instructions
These additives are found in the green top tube.
Sodium Heparin & Lithium Heparin
Who is in charge of a blood draw decision in a combative minor?
The parents
If you go through a vein what might happen to the patient?
Hematoma may form
ABO stands for this.
Major Blood Group System
After performing a blood draw the phlebotomist stuck herself with the needle, she does this next.
Wash the exposed area with soap and water.
This is the additive that binds calcium.
EDTA
If the patient continues to bleed after leaving the medical facility, what can you be accused of?
Negligence
Misidentifying a patient could possibly lead to?
Misdiagnosis or Even Death
K+ stands for this.
Potassium
This form is signed when a specimen is collected for substance abuse screening for employment.
Chain of Custody
This tube contains potassium oxalate.
Gray tube
If a patient speaks Spanish only, but has a relative that can translate, what should be done?
Call for a professional interpreter.
Trying to draw blood on a patient who is refusing could lead to this charge for the phlebotomist.
Assault and Battery
ABG stands for this.
Arterial Blood Gas
If tubes are filled to the level indicated this will be the correct ratio of what?
Liquid to Additive
List the order of draw by colors only in the correct order.
Blood culture, blue, red, green, lavender or pink, gray.
The patient has syncope, otherwise known as?
Fainting
A patient who takes blood thinners may need to hold pressure after a venipuncture is performed for this amount of time.
5 minutes
Bili stands for this.
Bilirubin
The correct angle that a needle is inserted in a patient’s arm.
15 - 30 degrees