Chapter 4 Flashcards
Veniputure Order Of Draw
Yellow (Sterile/NonSterile) Light Blue Red Green Lavender Gray
Capillary Order Of Draw
EDTA
Heparin
Other Additives
Red (No Additives)
What do you use for collapsed veins?
Winged infused/Buttefly needle, syringe, 23 gauge needle & transfer device
Why do we use butterfly needle?
Small or fragile veins or infants
Thixotropic gel
The barrier between cells and serum & to separate layers of blood
Layers of separated blood?
Plasma/serum
WBcs
Platelets
RBCs
Additive
Substance that inhibits or promotes clotting
Puncture of vein
Venipuncture
Dividing specimen
Aliquoting
Small cutting device
Lancet
Inversion
Mixing blood with additives
Glucose preservative
Glycolytic inhibitor
Types of additives
Anticoagulant
Clot activator
Thixotropic gel
What do additives do?
- Inhibit-stopping the process coagulation
- Initiate-starting the process of coagulation
- Separating blood layers
Purpose of anticoagulant?
Inhibit the blood clotting process, letting the blood collected in the blood collection tube stay in the liquid form