LEC 6 0 HEMOSTASIS LABORATORY TESTING Flashcards
Most hemostasis procedures are performed on what type of specimen
platelet-poor plasma (PPP, plasma whose platelet count is less than
10,000/uL)
At the moment of collection, blood is mixed
with sodium citrate anticoagulant and is maintained as well
mixed whole blood for assays that require whole blood such as
platelet function tests
centrifuging mixed blood to produce platelet-rich plasma (plt count is approx 200,000/ul) is used in what assays
light transmittance platelet aggregometry
platelet-poor-plasma is used in what assays
clot based assays/coagulation studies
before performing blood collection, the clinician must ask about the clotting and bleeding history, as well as the blood group O people.
What is the significance of asking blood group O people for their blood type?
(group O people have a higher von Willebrand disease prevalence)
Bleeding and clotting characteristics come next, including ________, and whether events are
spontaneous or follow an injury or a surgical or dental proce
dure.
location, frequency, volume
aside from assessing their bleeding history, conditions, as well as the bleeding characteristics, what comes next to assess?
2-week drug history
assessing the 2-week drug history includes ______
anticoagulants (blood thinners)
antiplatelet drugs aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)
contraceptives
hormone replacement therapy (thrombotic)
The patient is also asked about over
the-counter remedies and dietary supplements, such as ______
ginger
garlic
vitamin K
St. John’s wort
If the patient is taking over
the-counter remedies and dietary supplements, it is instructed to discontinue at least how many days or weeks prior to blood collection
7 days or 1 week
Lastly, the clinician examines the patient for evidence of bleeding; ___ and ____
bruises and swelling
_______ may be employed to enhance bleeding history accuracy
Standardized bleeding assessment tools (BAT)
Patients need only fast under arranged circumstances
but are advised to avoid caffeine and exercise for ______
2 hrs
Patients need only fast under arranged circumstances
but are advised to avoid caffeine and exercise for 2 hours and
smoking for ________ before collection.
30 minutes
Patients need only fast under arranged circumstances
but are advised to avoid caffeine and exercise for 2 hours and
smoking for 30 minutes before collection. Patients should be
inactive for _______ before collection.
5 minutes
if there a reason to anticipate excessive bleeding - for instance, if the patient has multiple bruises , mentions a tendency to bleed, and possesses high BAT score - we must monitor the venipuncture site from the usual 1 mn to how many minutes before we dismissed the patient
5 mns
In the case of small, scarred, or fragile veins, the collector may fit a _____
needle infusion tube to a syringe, which enables the collector to
reduce and control the negative collection pressure.
23-gauge Luer-adapter needle or 23-gauge “butterfly”
Adult with good veins, collecting not more than 25 ml of blood is preferred to be collected using what needle gauge
20 or 21 needle gauge, thin walled, 1.0 or 1.25 inches long
Adult with good veins, collecting more than 25 ml of blood is preferred to be collected using what needle gauge
19 gauge needle
child or adult with small fragile or hardened veins are preferred to be collected using what gauge of needle
23 gauge, winged needle set; collect with small evacuated tubes or syringe
the transferring of blood from syringe to tube is done using
19 gauge safety transfer unit; slowly inject through tube closure
Most hemostasis specimens are collected in plastic blue-closure (blue-top, blue-stopper) sterile evacuated blood collection
tubes containing a measured volume of buffered ______
anticoagulant.
sodium citrate
what type of tube for collecting blood is suitable but its use is declining due to possible breakage and consequent risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens
Siliconized (plastic-coated) glass tubes
are Tubes of uncoated soda-lime glass unsuitable for collection?
no po
content and percent of sodium citrate used
0.105 - 0.109 M (3.2%) sodium citrate
why sodium citrate is the best anticoagulant for most hemostasis testin?
sodium citrate binds calcium ions to prevent coagulation and the buffer stabilizes the specimen pH as long as the tube closure remains in place
Upon collection, the anticoagulant solution mixes with blood to produce what ratio
9:1 ratio
the collection ratio of 9:1 has what legends
9 parts whole blood to 1 part
anticoagulant
In most cases, 0.3 mL of anticoagulant mixes
with _______ mL of whole blood
2.7
The ratio yields a final citrate concentration of _______ of anti
coagulant in whole blood
10.5 to 10.9 mM
The 9:1 blood-to-anticoagulant ratio is effective, provided the
patient’s hematocrit is _______
55% or below
formula for computing sodium citrate anticoagulant in patients who have hct of 55% and above
C = (1.85 10^-3 ) (100 - HCT) V
do we need to increase the anticoagulant for specimens from patients with anemia, even when the hematocrit is less than 20%?
no, there is no existing evidence suggesting a need for increasing the volume of sodium citrate
why do practitioners do not use ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid for coagulation testing?
EDTA irreversibly chelates calcium ions
EDTA doesn’t preserve labile factors
inhibits thrombin-fibrinogen reaction
calcium ion chelation with citrate is can be reversed with the addition of
calcium chloride
If EDTA is not used for coagulation test, what can we use it for?
complete blood count including PLATELET COUNT
________ (anticoagulant) specimens have never been validated for plasma
coagulation testing but may be necessary to produce accurate
platelet counts in cases of PLATELET SATELLITISM (satellitism) as a
substitute for specimens collected in EDTA.
Heparinized (green closure)
reason why we are not using heparin for hemostasis testing?
binds with anti-thrombin III
inhibits all coagulation reaction
if heparin is not for coagulation testing, what are the assay or test we can use heparin?
platelet retention/glass bead retention test
aside from platelet count, what is the use of EDTA in hemostasis testing?
EDTA may be required for specimens used for molecular diagnostic testing, such as testing for the FACTOR V LEIDEN MUTATION.
tubes used for molecular diagnostic such, as specified by institutional protocol
acid citrate dextrose (ACD, yellow closure) and dipotassium EDTA (K2EDTA, white closure
anticoagulant in yellow closure
acid citrate dextrose (ACD)
dipotassium EDTA (k2EDTA ) is an anticoagulant in what closure
dipotassium EDTA (k2EDTA )
tubes suppress in vitro platelet or coagulation activation for specialty assay
Citrate theophylline adenosine dipyridamole (CTAD, blue closure)
what is the in vitro platelet or coagulation activation specialty assay that Citrate theophylline adenosine dipyridamole (CTAD, blue closure) is used for?
platelet activation marker platelet factor 4 (PF4)
or
coagulation activation marker thrombin-antithrombin complex (TAT)
Nonadditive tubes include _____ (but not plastic) tubes and clear
closure plastic tube
red-closure glass
what should we do if w non additive tubes are unavailable?
the phlebotomist may use and discard a preliminary blue-closure
tube when following an additive tub
this venipuncture procedure is Preferred over syringe method
evacuated tube system
this venipuncture procedure allows the Blood directly mixes with anticoagulant
evacuated tube system
ORDER OF DRAW
oRed top tube
oLight blue
oEDTA
oPlastic syringe