Tubes/ Tests | The Draw | Body systems | Tests/ Tubes 2 | Miscellaneous |
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What is the right amount of times to invert a lavender (EDTA) tube?
8-10
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What is a reason to use a 16 gauge needle?
blood donation
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What is the erythrocytes responsible for?
carrying oxygen to the body
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What is the purpose of an anticoagulant
Stop blood from clotting
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Why is 70% alcohol used on patient skin before a venipuncture?
to prevent bacteria from entering their body through the puncture
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What is a yellow SPS tube used for?
Blood cultures
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What is a reason to preform a second draw in order to get a sufficient sample?
the patients vein collapses
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What is the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems together known as?
Circulatory system
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What is used to test for lactate? Plasma or serum
Plasma
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Why would a patient be in isolation
increased risk of developing or transmitting an infection
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What is a yellow ACD tube used for?
DNA/genetic testing
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What is the phlebotomist to do if they see a hematoma form during a draw?
remove tourniquet and end draw
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what is the largest artery in the body?
Aorta
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What is a gray tube used for?
GTT
Glucose Tolerance Test |
What is the organization responsible for enforcing the use of PPE such as gloves in health care settings?
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
What is sodium citrate?
The reversible anticoagulant in light blue tubes
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What is the consequence for leaving a tourniquet on longer than 2 minutes?
hemoconcentated sample
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What is the place that gases and metabolic products are exchanged?
capillaries
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What is the tubes that have clot activators?
SST
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What do the antigens on red blood cells (erythrocytes) tell us?
a persons blood type
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What is the tube a basic metabolic panel (bmp) drawn in?
SST- Gold, red tiger, red
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What is a reason a tube loses it's vacuum seal?
it is expired
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What is the force of the blood on the arterial blood called?
blood pressure
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What is the additive in green tubes?
Heparin
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What is hemopoiesis?
production of red blood cells
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