Review Flashcards
Difference between a manual and automatic differential count
Manual>human and automatic> machine.
PST and SST
Mint green also called a plasma separation tube and tiger top called a serum separation tube.
Blood cultures are drawn to ID
Pathogenic microbes in the bloodstream.
What sample needs to be run in 15 mins of collecting?
ABG
H + H
Done before blood donation. Can be collected from finger stick or purple. Which means you can get a CBC from purple.
How long can tourniquet remain on arm during the venipuncture?
Entire length of draw we have two minutes to find blood or hemoconcentration.
Assession number
For tracking and Id ing blood. A unique tracking number.
Unconscious patient
John Doe
Most common cause blood culture contamination
Improper site preparation (also clean top of sterile bottle).
Difference between plasma and serum
Plasma-has clotting factors, serum-no clotting factors. Plasma is the liquid portion of unclothed blood.
If physician orders a drug screen what collected?
Urine chemistry evaluation.
Complication repeated venipuncture
Phlebitis
Patient asks for results
Speak with your physician
Tube used for coagulation studies
Light blue never used for coagulation studies purple
Which bigger 18g v. 21g?
18g. Don’t use 25g be risk hemolysis.
