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Phleb Final
phlebotomy final
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07/03/2016

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Disinfectants
Definition
Are not safe to use on human skin.
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70% Isopropyl Alcohol
Definition
Used to clean the site before a routine venipuncture.
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1:10 Sodium Hypochlorite
Definition
Best solution to use to clean up a blood spill.
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2 years of age
Definition
Do not use bandages on children less than
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Characteristics of a sharps container
Definition
Leak proof, puncture resistant, locking lids, hazard symbol.
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Mandates that gloves are worn during phlebotomy procedures.
Definition
OSHA
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Determines the choice of needle gauge
Definition
The size and condition of the vein.
Term
The most typical needles used in venipunctures
Definition
20, 21 and 22 gauge
Term
What keeps blood from clinging to the sides of the tube
Definition
Silicon coated tubes
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How are manual differentials prepared?
Definition
On a glass slide
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Red top tube
Definition
Will yield a serum specimen
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Light blue tube
Definition
is for coagulation tests
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Prevents blood from clotting by inhabiting thrombin
Definition
Heparin
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Would most likely perform a test on a specimen collected in a yellow top tube(SPS) Sodium Polyanethol Sulfonate
Definition
Microbiology
Term
Does not interfere with the action of calcium in the clotting process
Definition
Heparin
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Thixotropic gel
Definition
is contained in a serum separator tube.
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Preserves glucose
Definition
An anti-glycolytic agent.
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Glass particles present in serum separator tubes accelerate clotting.
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True
Term
The blood culture tube is filled first when multiple tubes are filled from
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A syringe
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Collected in a light blue top tube
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Prothrombin Time test
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Indicates that the tube contains EDTA
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Lavender top tube stopper
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There is no anticoagulant in a serum separator tube
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true
Term
Is meant to aid in smooth tube removal
Definition
flange on the evacuated tube holder
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You are most likely to increase the chance of hemolyzing a specimen if you use what gauge needle to collect a specimen from a child?
Definition
25 gauge needle
Term
Used to enlarge viens so they are easier to find and enter in the venipuncture.
Definition
Purpose of the tourniquet
Term
Binds to calcium, inhibits thrombin, prevents coagulation, keeps blood from clotting.
Definition
An anticoagulant
Term
Contains a substance that inhibits phagocytosis of bacteria by white blood cells (WBC;s)
Definition
Additive SPS
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Should be filled first when performing a capillary
Definition
Lavendar micro collection container
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Blood smear made form blood collected in a lavender top tube should be prepared within ? hour of specimen collection
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One
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Common timed test
Definition
Cortisol
Term
What is most likely to have a fatal consequence for a type and screen of a specimen
Definition
Misidentification
Term
Avoid drawing this vein to avoid inadvertently puncturing an artery during venipuncture
Definition
Basilic vein
Term
What may occur when arm is lowered if the arm is bent up at the elbow to hold pressure on the gauze after venipuncture
Definition
Bleeding
Term
Best specimen to use when establishing in patient reference ranges
Definition
basal state specimen
Term
Tests influenced by diurnal variation are often ordered
Definition
timed
Term
A falsely decreased test result can be caused by a drug that competes with the test reagents for the analytes being tested
Definition
True
Term
Test that is most effected by altitude
Definition
Red blood Cell count
Term
A lipemic specimen is a clue that the patient was not
Definition
fasting
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Drawing blood from an edematous extremity may cause
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Erroneous results
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Analytes affected by muscular activity
Definition
Enzymes
Term
Best place to collect a protime specimen from a patient with IVs in both arms is:
Definition
Below one of the IVs
Term
Avoid collecting a specimen from an arm on the same side as a ? because the is usually edematous. The effect of lympnostasis may cause erroneous results. The vein in that arm may collapse more easily.
Definition
Mastectomy
Term
What can result at the site of a venipuncture from touching the site after it has been cleaned
Definition
Infection
Term
Can be caused by prolonged tourniquet application
Definition
Hemoconcentration
Term
A capillary skin puncture can replace a venipuncture in all of the following Except:
Definition
when a light blue top tube is ordered
Term
IS necessary to control the depth of a lancet during skin puncture to avoid
Definition
Bone injury
Term
Always collected first during a multi sample skin capillaries puncture
Definition
Lavender top tube
Term
Maximum depth of an infant heel puncture recommended by CLSI is:
Definition
2.0 mm
Term
It is not a good idea to perform a skin puncture if the patient is/has
Definition
dehydrated, in shock, poor circulation
Term
Blood cultures cannot be collected by skin puncture/capillaries due to:
Definition
the large volume of blood needed.
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