Tubes
What type of test is PT/PTT?
Light Blue/Coagulation
How do you clean the insertion site?
Concentric Circles ( in to out)
What do you do before and after checking up on a patient?
Hand washing
What is the practice of drawing blood?
Phlebotomy
If you remove the needle before the tourniquet what could occur?
Hematoma
Order of Draw?
Yellow, Light Blue, Red, Gold, Green, Lavender, Gray
What Antiseptic do you use when collecting Blood Cultures?
Chlorhexidine
Gloves and Gown
what is the term used for vein inflammation?
Phlebitis
What happens when you leave the tourniquet for an extended amount of time?
Hemoconcentration
PST
Iodine
After drawing blood the pct notices blood on their gloves how would you dispose of them?
Biohazard container
What is Edema?
Swelling
What is it called when fluid enters the surrounding tissue?
Additives of the Micro Collection?
EDTA, Anticoagulants, Serum
Where do you draw from a patient that has a left mastectomy and a PICC line on the right?
Refer to the nurse
what order would you don your PPE?
Washing hands, gown, mask, and gloves
What is Syncope?
Loss of consciousness
After inserting the IV the patient experiences swelling, redness, warmth, and pain what could this be?
Phlebitis
Micro Collection Order of Draw?
Lavender, Light Green, Green, Gray, Red, Gold
For ER patients or when patients need blood what gauge needle do you use?
18 Gauge
What is the chain of infection?
Reservoir host, portal of exit, means of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
What does EDTA stand for?
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
The pct observes petechiae what would your next action be?
Loosen the tourniquet