Skills Trivia Flashcards
What are 3 points of ID?
Name
DoB
Hospital number/Address (if outpatient)
Blue blood culture bottle is for which type of bacteria?
Aerobic
Red blood culture bottle is for which type of bacteria?
Anaerobic
Which blood culture bottle should be used first?
Blue (aerobic) - air in the tube to start with
What additional questions should be asked in a blood cultures history?
BBV?
Recent travel?
If doing blood culture and normal bloods what should be done first?
Blood cultures
What is the order of draw for common Vacutainer bottles?
- Light blue
- Gold
- Purple
- Pink
- Grey
What blood tests can this bottle be used for?
- FBC
- ESR
- HbA1c (needs a separate bottle)
What blood tests can this bottle be used for?
- G&S
- Crossmatch
What blood tests can this bottle be used for?
- U&E
- CRP
- LFT
- Amylase
- TFT
- Lipids
- Troponin
- Calcium
- Phosphate
(remember Gold is the best and does the most)
What blood tests can this bottle be used for?
- Coag screen
- PT
- APTT
- TT
- D-dimer
- INR
(If you have a high INR you could go black and BLUE from bleeding)
What blood tests can this bottle be used for?
- Glucose
- Lactate
Which bottle must always be full?
Light blue
How mnay times should light blue be inverted?
3-4
How many times should gold be inverted?
5-6
How many times should purple, pink and grey be inverted?
8-10
What can you do to be on the safe side for inversion?
Just invert them all 8-9 times casually and hope the examiner doesn’t care because tbh it doesnt make any difference if you over-invert them when you think that they’re all gonna get chucked in a bag anyway
Where shoudl you prick for a glucose test?
Side of the finger pad
What is it important to do before pricking for glucose?
Alcohol wipe the skin
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don’t want to be testing the glucose content of the orange they just ate
What are the contra-indications to ask about for urinary catheter?
- Urethral trauma
- Previous LUT surgery
- Urinary tract cancer
- Current Haematuria/discharge/UTI
- Artitificial urinary sphincter
How much instilligel should be used for male?
10ml
How much instillagel for females?
5ml
How much further should you pass the catheter once urine is flowing?
5cm
How do you remove the end of a BM lancet?
Twist!
