Chapter One Flashcards
What is a dermal puncture!
Puncturing the skin
Venipuncture
Puncturing the vein, phleblos Greek for vein, tome to cut
What is polycythemia?
Overproduction of red blood cells the phlebotomist may help removes these
What do phlebotomists work?
Inpatient and outpatient facilities
Inpatients are hospitals or nursing homes
Outpatients are physicians offices blood banks and home help
What is that NAACLS
National accrediting agency for clinical laboratory sciences
What’s the most effective method of preventing transmission of micro organisms
Handwashing
What is informed consent
Permission from the patient to perform any treatment obtained only after the patient has been told what to expect the risks and potential consequences of the procedure
If a phlebotomist fails to obtain permission from the patient he could be legally charged with what
Assault and battery
Patients that are minors must have consent by who
Parent or guardian
What is accreditation
The process by which a governmental agency evaluate a program or institution according to establish guidelines or standards
What does aseptic mean?
Pertaining to the condition that is free of disease producing microorganisms or germs
What is a capillary
The smallest of all blood vessels which allows exchange of nutrients and oxygen between the cells and the blood , capillaries connect arteries today
What is a urinalysis
Examination of urine for physical chemical or microscopic characteristics
Define informed consent
Permission granted by the patient to perform any treatment obtained only after the patient has been told what to expect the risks and potential consequences of the procedure
What is immunology also called serology
The study of the body’s resistance to allergies and other agents that back the bodies immune system
What is hematology
The study of blood and blood forming tissues
What is histology
The study of the human body’s tissues and cells
What is microbiology
The study of one cell organisms microorganisms that are usually visible only under a microscope (one cell organisms)
What is microtechnique
The process of obtaining blood using a dermal or skin puncture procedure
What is the national accrediting agency for clinical laboratory sciences
naacls
The organization provides accrediting to phlebotomy training programs and offers certification for structured educational programs
What is a three-step process for patient identification?
Ask compare validate
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA responsible for?
It’s responsible for minimizing risks and injuries to employees
Where to phlebotomists work?
Inpatient and outpatient facilities
What’s an inpatient facility?
what’s an outpatient facility?
Inpatient a nursing home or hospital
outpatient is lab doctors office Red Cross
When should you wash your hands?
Before and after putting on gloves, between patient contacts ,between different procedures on same patient , after touching blood ,body fluid ,secretions , excretions and contaminated objects after handling specimens or after restroom visits eating combing hair handling money or any other time your hands can get contaminated
