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Most important step in venipuncture? - ✔✔Patient identification What is PPE? - ✔✔Personal Protective Equipment What is the best way to let a clean site dry? - ✔✔Air dry OSHA requires all phlebotomist to be train ...

Most important step in venipuncture? - ✔✔Patient identification What is PPE? - ✔✔Personal Protective Equipment What is the best way to let a clean site dry? - ✔✔Air dry OSHA requires all phlebotomist to be trained regarding what? - ✔✔Blood borne pathogens and needle saftey All specimens are considered hazardous and infectious so we must use what? - ✔✔Universal and or Standard precautions What organization should be contacted regarding employee safety and unsafe working conditions? - ✔✔OSHA (occupational safety and health administration What does MSDS mean and what is it part of? - ✔✔Material Safety Data Sheet (right to know law) What color tube, and additive is used for CBC, Hct, Hgb, Sed rate? - ✔✔Lavender, EDTA Which tube has no additive? - ✔✔Red What color tube and which additive is used for protime and APTT? - ✔✔Lt. Blue, sodium citrate What is the ratio of blood to additive in a light blue tube? - ✔✔9 to 1 Which additive is the best choice for an ethanol specimen? - ✔✔Na fluoride What color tube is an ethanol specimen drawn in? - ✔✔Grey In case of a needle stick accident you should? - ✔✔Cleanse the site, get patient information if able, and notify your supervisor What is the purpose of the tourniquet? - ✔✔To find the vein How long can the tourniquet be in place? - ✔✔1 minute What is the first thing you must do after every finger stick? - ✔✔Wipe away the first drop Why is it necessary to keep the centrifuge lid closed until it comes to a complete stop? - ✔✔It reduced the chance of aerosol and microbial contamination What angle should your slider be when making blood smears? - ✔✔30 degrees What should you do if a standard size tube collapses the veins? - ✔✔Use a pediatric tube Which cleansers are most common for blood culture site preparation? - ✔✔povidone iodine or 2% chlorhexidine What characteristics do sharps disposal containers have? - ✔✔Spill proof, tamper proof, and puncture resistant. When used for decontamination, the dilution for bleach in water should be what? - ✔✔10% bleach, 90% water Which point of care test is done to determine a platelet plug formation? - ✔✔Bleeding time (also known as platelet function assay) Where in the wrist area are ABGs done and which artery? - ✔✔Outer aspect of the wrist and from the radial artery Which are the smallest vessels in the body? - ✔✔Capillaries Which are the smallest veins in the body? - ✔✔Venules The respiratory system is responsible for? - ✔✔Breathing and the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide Common site cleanser for a venipuncture is? - ✔✔70% isopropyl alcohol When anticoagulated blood is spun down in the centrifuge, how does it separate? - ✔✔Plasma (top), buffy coal = WBCs & platelets (middle), Red blood cells (bottom) MSDS is part of the? - ✔✔Right to Know Law When you leave the patient's room, make sure that? - ✔✔Everything is returned to where you found it including the bed rails, (up if up, down if down) What is the difference between serum and plasma? - ✔✔Serum= the fluid portion of clotted blood Plasma= fluid portion of unclotted blood which contains all of its clotting factors (fibrinogen) Empathy is? - ✔✔The Validation of a persons feelings QA indicators are what? - ✔✔Measurable factors System that filters, eliminates wastes, regulates water balance is the? - ✔✔Urinary system If a patient has fragile skin or excessive hair, where should the tourniquet be placed? - ✔✔Over their clothing or a piece of coflex/coband When drawing on a burn victim? - ✔✔Look for a site that is the least damaged or scarred for the draw Even if you wear gloves, your hands should be washed when? - ✔✔Before and after specimen collection, toilet use, every time they could become soiled What happens if you squeeze too much during a finger stick/capillary puncture? - ✔✔Errors in the results by diluting with tissue fluid If an I.V is present you much draw blood where? - ✔✔Below the I.V What vein is most likely to be used for an obese patient? - ✔✔The cephalic If swelling occurs or a hematoma begins to form at the venipuncture site you must? - ✔✔Remove the tourniquet and needle and apply pressure The most prevalent work related acquired infection in the laboratory is? - ✔✔Hepatitis B Fibrin strands may be present in serum because? - ✔✔It was centrifuged What should you do if the information is not correct on the patient's I.D bands/requisitions? - ✔✔Do not draw the blood until the patient is properly identified/banded If a patient who is legally responsible for himself says NO to a blood draw, what should you do? - ✔✔Do not draw Two forms of outpatient I.D are? - ✔✔Spelling name and birthdate Bursting capillaries cause small red pin-point clusters are known as? - ✔✔Petechiae Reverse or protective isolation is for the protections of? - ✔✔Immuno-compromised patients What is the name of the system used for unidentified patients? - ✔✔Special 3 part I.D system What is the most common complications of phlebotomy? - ✔✔Hematoma What happens when the tourniquet is on to long? - ✔✔Hemoconcentration How do you transport Bilirubin? - ✔✔By protecting it from light What test is ordered to determine PH and blood gas? - ✔✔Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs) What test would be ordered to detect hematuria? - ✔✔Urinalysis What test would be ordered if the patient is suffering from FUO? (fever of unknown origin) - ✔✔Blood Cultures What tube is used for STAT electrolytes and what is the additive? - ✔✔Green top and Heparin is the additive Sample mailers have a few distinctive warnings to their label. They are? - ✔✔Biohazard sign, send to CDC in case of breakage, name and address of sender and receiver What is the chain of custody? - ✔✔The tracking of legal samples Doctors order glucose monitoring for patients with which disorder? - ✔✔Diabetes How long do Red blood cells live for? - ✔✔120 days What is a reticulocyte and how long does it live for? - ✔✔An immature red cell and lives for about one day What does a glucose test monitor? - ✔✔Sugar level All I.V supplies must be handled with care and kept? - ✔✔Sterile What is a sphygmomanometer used for? - ✔✔Blood pressure Medical ethics can identify a professional as? - ✔✔Morally desirable Define negligence vs. malpractice? - ✔✔Negligence is failure to exercise due