Eqipment /routine Flashcards
Re use of isopropyl alchol swabs
Is prohibited
Gauze pads
Re use of gauze pads it prohibited don’t use cotton balls bc they can leave fibers
Tourniquets
Discard if they become soldierd or contaimaninated
Needles
Use a 21-23 gauge with a beveled edged the needles is 1-1.5 inch long
The 21
Is the most common gauge
Hun adaptor or needle holder
R attached to needle and guide tubes toward needle to iniate blood flow into tube
Blood collections
Tube for adults are about 3inch long and 1/2 to 3/4 inches wide
For an ets tube
Never remove the stopper before a blood collection for kids the Vaccum is smaller than adults
Anticoagulant tubes r also called
Plasma tubes which is used when a blood test is required just not to clot
Blood culture tubes contain
SPS sodium polyanethole sulfinate and r uses for bacterial studies
Light blue tubes
Contain sodium citrate and are used for coagulation blood test
Green tops
Have sodium lithium or ammonia heparin and r used to test chemical level in blood
Purple or lavender tops
Contain EDTA and r uses for whole blood hematology
Grey tops
Have potassium oxalate or sodium fluoride and r for glucose
Royal blue
Ether a clot activator or EDTA for trace element testing
Light yellow
Acid citrate dextrose (ACD) for blood bank studies and DNA testing
Serum
Blood test that require the blood to clot
Red gold or orange
R serum which can have no additives if they r glass plastics red and gold contain clot activators uses for chemistry
Orange tubes
Thrombin bases clot activators for chemistry or for stat
Plasma
Liquid portion of blood
EDTA
Anticoagulant keep blood from clotting
For syringes
10ml-20ml are most commonly used
For winged infusion set
It’s a hollow 3/4 inch long needle with a beveled edge
