Midterm Diagnostic Sampling

Question 1

What is diagnostic sampling?

Answer 1

Different tests to determine if there is a medical problem

Question 2

What kinds of sampling do we do?

Answer 2

urine samples
blood samples
Fecal samples

Question 3

What kind of equipment do we need to do blood sampling?

Answer 3

needle (fit to patient size), syringe or vacutaner,

vacutainer: Double-pointed and collection tubes with and without anticoagulants

Question 4

What size needle do we use for dogs and cats?

Answer 4

22 gauge

Large dogs 20 gauge, 19 gauge

Question 5

What does a red top tube have in it?

Answer 5

nothing added

Question 6

What does a green top have in it?

Answer 6

heparin

Question 7

What does a purple top have in it?

Answer 7

EDTA

Question 8

What does a blue top have in it?

Answer 8

Sodium Citrate

Question 9

What do we use to take a urine sample

Answer 9

voided sample - a clean, dry container with a handle

midstream collection

Question 10

Where is an alternative, less painful area to collect a blood sample?

Answer 10

marginal ear vein

Question 11

Urine is most often collected for?

Answer 11

gross and microscopic analysis and for culture if indicated

Question 12

How much urine is needed for a quantitative urinalysis?

Answer 12

7 - 10 mL

Question 13

How long can you let a urine sample sit before it needs to be refrigerated?

Answer 13

within 30 min. of sampling

Question 14

What ways can we collect a sample of urine?

Answer 14

voiding, manual bladder expression, cytocentesis, catheterization

Question 15

What ways can we collect a fecal sample?

Answer 15

client brings in sample, we use a fecal loop

Question 16

What ways can we collect a blood sample?

Answer 16

jugular, cephalic, saphenous (typically canine), femoral (typically cat)