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Blood Collection Equipment Flashcards

Chapter 8

1
Q

What equipment do you need for a venipuncture?

A
  1. Needles
  2. Tube holder
  3. Tourniquet
  4. Antiseptics (alcohol, chlrohexidine gluconate)
  5. Vacuum collection tubes
  6. Labels
  7. Gloves
  8. Requisition
  9. Patient
  10. Band aid / gauze
  11. Hand sanitizer
  12. Black sharpie
  13. Biohazard bag
  14. Gauze
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What antiseptic will you use if a patient is allergic to alcohol?

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Chlorhexidine gluconate

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3
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Tube order of draw

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Yellow (SPS)
Light blue
Red
Gold
Light Green
Green
Lavender
Pink
Tan
Royal Blue
Gray
Yellow ADC

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4
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What does SST stand for?

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Serum Separator Tube

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5
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What color is the SST tube?

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Gold

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6
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What does SPS stand for?

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Sodium polyanethol sulfonate

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7
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What color is the SPS tube?

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Yellow

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8
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What color is the ACD tube?

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Yellow

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9
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FUO

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Fever with unknown origin

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10
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What tube is used to determine the cause of an FUO?

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Yellow SPS / Culture vial

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11
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What is EDTA?

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An additive that causes the blood to remain fluid for years.

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12
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Define phagocytosis

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when a cell eats another cell. antibiotics cause white blood cells to eat bacteria or infested cells.

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13
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Define antiseptics

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chemicals used to inhibit the growth and development of microorganisms, but this doesn’t kill them

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14
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Define disinfectant

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chemical compounds used to remove or kill pathogenic microorganisms

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15
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essential antiseptics for blood collection

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70% isopropyl alcohol | iodine swab | chlorhexidine gluconate

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16
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How long does it take antiseptics to dry?

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30-60 seconds

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17
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Why do we use disinfectants before a venipuncture?

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Used to prevent contamination on the skin

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18
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Anticoagulant

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additive that prevents clotting

ex. EDTA

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19
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Clot activators

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additives that promote clotting

ex.

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20
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An anticoagulant medication

A

aspirin

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21
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A CBC test requires whole blood collected in what color tube

A

lavender

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22
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This color tube is used to test for Lead

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tan

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23
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This tube is known as serum separation tube (SST)

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gold

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24
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This tube has the additive EDTA in it

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lavender

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25
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This tube is used for STAT testing

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orange

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26
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This tube is used to test for nutrient determination

A

dark blue

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27
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This needle is used for hand draws

A

butterfly needle

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28
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How many times should a lavender top be inverted

A

8-10 times

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29
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This tube colors is used to test for PT/INR

A

light blue

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30
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This color tube is used to test for paternity

A

yellow acd

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31
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The color coding for needles indicates the

A

gauge size

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32
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This color tube is used to test a person’s Blood Type

A

pink

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33
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The amount of time a tourniquet can be applied on the arm

A

60 seconds

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34
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This tube has no additives in it

A

red

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35
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These tubes have the additive heparin in it

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green

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36
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This tube is used to test glucose tolerance

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gray

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37
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This part of the needle always needs to be up

A

bevel

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38
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The hole of a needle is also known as the

A

lumen

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39
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This holds the tube while it fills with blood

A

tube holder

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40
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The device blood flows into as it’s being collected

A

vacuum holder

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41
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Which tube is used to test for Septicemia or FUO

A

yellow SPS

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42
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This color tube is used to test for Hemoglobin A1C

A

lavender

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43
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This is the liquid portion of blood

A

plasma

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44
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Inversion times for the light blue tube

A

4 - 5

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45
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How is serum collected?

A

centrifuge a serum tube > suction out serum from the top > transfer serum into another container for transport to the lab

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46
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Anticoagulant tubes

A

tubes where the blood remains fluid

  • light blue
  • lavender
  • green (heparin)
  • gray
  • SPS
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47
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Clot activator tubes

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tubes where the blood clots and becomes solid

  • red
  • SST
  • orange (RST)
  • gold
  • marble
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48
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Whole blood

A

blood collected in anticoagulant tubes and only requires inversion

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49
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Plasma

A

liquid portion of the blood
- collected in anticoagulant tubes and centrifuged

50
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Serum

A

collected in coagulant tubes and separated from blood cells via centrifuge

51
Q

Whole blood tubes

A
  • yellow, SPS
  • lavender
  • yellow, ACD
  • pink
52
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Plasma tubes

A
  • light blue
  • gray
  • green
  • light green
  • royal blue
  • tan
  • pink
53
Q

Serum tubes

A
  • red (60 mins)
  • gold (30 mins)
  • tiger top (30 mins)
  • gray
  • light green
  • orange (5 mins)
  • royal blue
54
Q

Largest gauge of a needle

55
Q

Typical needle gauge to use on adults

56
Q

the smaller the gauge,

A

the larger the needle

57
Q

Needles color code by

A

gauge size

58
Q

Hemolysis

A

rupture or lysis of blood cells, which can be cause by using a needle that is too small

59
Q

Gauge used for blood donations

60
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Tests done on Light blue tube

A
  • coagulation tests
61
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Tests done on Red tubes

A
  • therapeutic drug monitoring
62
Q

Tests done on Gold tubes

A

-HCG
- Lytes
- LFTS
- Iron
- Hormones
- Any panels

63
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Tests done on Green tubes

A
  • Lactate
  • Ammonia
  • Plasma K
64
Q

Tests done on Lavender tubes

A
  • Blood count (CBC)
  • Hemaglobin A1C
  • Sickle cell
  • Platelet count
  • Bone marrow
  • Retics
  • ESR
  • CD4
65
Q

Tests done on Pearlescent tubes

A

You don’t, it’s a discard tube

66
Q

Tests done on Pink tubes

A
  • Cross match blood donations
  • Transfusion medicine
67
Q

Tests done on Yellow SPS tubes

A
  • blood cultures
  • FUO
68
Q

Tests done on Orange tubes

A
  • STAT serum determinations
69
Q

Tests done on Royal blue tubes

A
  • nutritional tracing
  • toxicology tests (overdosing)
    • Lead
    • Zinc
    • Chromium
    • Cobalt
70
Q

Tests done on Gray tubes

A
  • pregnancy glucose
  • glucose testing
  • ETOH (alcohol)
  • Lactose testing
71
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Tests done on Yellow ACD

A
  • paternity testing
  • organ donation compatibility
72
Q

Which anticoagulant is found in the white top tube?

73
Q

For capillary collection from newborns, a lancet of which lengths should be used to avoid penetrating the bone?

A

anything less than 2.0 mm

74
Q

If a heparin tube is underfilled, which of the following analytes performed with blood from a heparin tube will have false values?

75
Q

What is an anticoagulant used in blood donations?

76
Q

The glycolytic inhibitor is found in which tube

77
Q

Which tube cannot be used to collect for the CPK, Troponin T, and other cardiac assays since the additive would destroy the analytes?

78
Q

Which tube should be used for collection of blood for the complete blood count?

79
Q

Which tube should be used for collecting the blood to go to the blood bank for the type and cross-match?

80
Q

D-Dimer

A

Light blue

81
Q

Panels

82
Q

Bilirubin

83
Q

BUN

84
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Calcium

85
Q

Cholesterol

86
Q

Creatinine

87
Q

Ferritin

88
Q

Follicle stimulating hormone

89
Q

Glucose, Fasting

90
Q

HCG

91
Q

HIV

92
Q

H-Pylori

93
Q

Lyme Disease

94
Q

Magnesium

95
Q

Potassium

96
Q

Prostate Specific Antigen

97
Q

Sodium

98
Q

Testosterone

99
Q

Vitamin B12

100
Q

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone

101
Q

Antibody identification

102
Q

Antibody screening

103
Q

Digoxin

104
Q

Lithium

105
Q

Serum tests

106
Q

Discard tube

107
Q

Blood bank type

108
Q

Bone marrow

109
Q

Cerebrospinal fluid

110
Q

Complete blood count (CBC)

111
Q

Platelets

112
Q

Hematocrit

113
Q

Hemoglobin

114
Q

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

115
Q

Hemoglobin A1C

116
Q

White blood cell

117
Q

Sickle cell

118
Q

Red blood cells

119
Q

Glucose tolerance

120
Q

Lactose tolerance

121
Q

Pregnancy glucose testing

CMA: Phlebotomy (6 decks)

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