Blood Collection, Anticoagulants And Others (including safety) Flashcards
Greek:
Haima = blood
Logos = study
Hematology
Red liquid circulating in the heart, veins (5mm), arteries (4mm and capillaries (8 um)
Blood
Functions of the blood
Respiratory
Nutritional
Excretory
Buffering action
Maintenance of body temperature
Transport of hormones
Defense mechanism
Blood composition: Solid part
Erythrocytes
Leukocytes (Granular - Neutro, Eosi, Baso) (Agranular - Mono, Lympho)
Thrombocytes
Technique to obtain blood from:
Newborns/ Pediatric
Burned px
Px whose veins are reserved for therapeutic purposes
Extremely obese
Elderly px
Skin puncture
Puncture site for infants (< 1 yr old)
Plantar surface (Medial or lateral side)
Puncture site children (>1 yr old) and adults
Palmar surface of non-dominant hand (3rd or 4th finger)
Depth of skin puncture (infants and small children)
< 2 mm
Depth of skin puncture (adults)
2 to 2.5 mm
Devices of collecting blood through skin puncture
Capillary tubes
Microcollection tubes
Order of draw (Skin puncture) “T S E O S”
Tube for blood gas analysis
Slide
EDTA
Other anticoagulants
Serum
Most common site (Venipuncture)
Superficial veins of antecubital fossa
Choice of veins
- Median cubital
- Cephalic
- Basilic
Angle bet. skin and needle (Venipuncture)
< 30 degrees
Tourniquet application (Lenth of time)
Less than 1 minute
Effects of prolonged tourniquet application
Hemoconcentration
Hemolysis
Shortened coagulation time
Most important practice to prevent spread of infectious disease
At least 15 seconds
Handwashing
Tourniquet application (Distance)
3 to 4 inches
7.5 to 10 cm
Common needle size and length for adult venipuncture
21 G (Needle size)
1 inch (Length)
Causes of specimen hemolysis (5)
Prolonged tourniquet application
Moisture/ contamination in blood collection tube
Needles with too small bore
Excessive agitation
Frothing of blood sample
Anticoagulants for venipuncture (3)
EDTA
Heparin
Sodium citrate
Prefererred anticoagulant for platelet countd
EDTA
Lavender/ Purple top
No. of inversions = 8x
For hematology
Action = Chelation of calcium
EDTA or Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
Green top
No of inversions = 8x
Used for = Flow cytometry, Plasma chemistry, OFT, Blood gas studies
Action = Binds to anti thrombin
Optimal anticoagulant concentration = 15-20 units/ml of blood
Heparin
Light blue top
No of inversions = 3-4x
For coagulation studies
Action = Chelation of calcium
3.2 Sodium citrate
Order of draw (Venipuncture) “B C S H E S”
Blood culture
Citrated
Serum
Heparin
EDTA
Sodium fluoride
Other blood collection tubes:
SPS (Sodium Polyethanol Sulfonate) or ACD (Acid Citrate Dextrose)
For blood culture
Yellow top
Other blood collection tubes:
K2 EDTA
Lead determination = contains < 0.01 ug/ml lead
Tan top
Other blood collection tubes:
K2 EDTA
For toxicology, trace element determination = low levels of trace elements
Royal blue top