Review For Final Flashcards
Generally appropriate to collect a capillary sample from site that is?
Free of lesions, not pale and no Calais
What sites are used for capillary punctures?
Lateral side of ring finger and great finger.–adults
The lancet for a capillary puncture should go how deep?
2mm
Venipuncture is also know as..
Phlebotomy
When it’s difficult to draw blood from PT, it’s recommended that you try using what as a tourniquet?
Blood pressure cuff
If blood leaks out of the vein into the body during venipuncture it may cause?
Swelling and discoloration(hematoma)
What color collection tube has EDTA and are generally called CBC tubes?
Lavender
Blue stoppers must be completely full because?
Citrate
Correct of draw
Yellow blue red green lavender gray
What information should be kept in specimen log book unless the test is being preformed in the POL
Test, date collection done PT name
When performing venipuncture with needle and syringe forcing blood into tube will cause?
Hemolysis
When obtaining blood from vacuum tube the tip of the needle needs to be at what angel?
15•
Clinical lab improvement amendment of 1988 are administered by
CMS
Waived status for diagnostic testing is granted according to…
Difficulty
What agency provides the application for certificate of waiver?
CMS