Skills Trivia Flashcards

1
Q

Blue blood culture bottle is for which type of bacteria?

A

Aerobic

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2
Q

Red blood culture bottle is for which type of bacteria?

A

Anaerobic

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3
Q

Which blood culture bottle should be used first?

A

Blue (aerobic) - air in the tube to start with

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4
Q

What additional questions should be asked in a blood cultures history?

A

BBV?

Recent travel?

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5
Q

If doing blood culture and normal bloods what should be done first?

A

Blood cultures

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6
Q

What is the order of draw for common Vacutainer bottles?

A
  1. Light blue
  2. Gold
  3. Purple
  4. Pink
  5. Grey
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7
Q

What blood tests can this bottle be used for?

A
  • FBC
  • ESR
  • HbA1c (needs a separate bottle)
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8
Q

What blood tests can this bottle be used for?

A
  • G&S
  • Crossmatch
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9
Q

What blood tests can this bottle be used for?

A
  • U&E
  • CRP
  • LFT
  • Amylase
  • TFT
  • Lipids
  • Troponin
  • Calcium
  • Phosphate

(remember Gold is the best and does the most)

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10
Q

What blood tests can this bottle be used for?

A
  • Coag screen
    • PT
    • APTT
    • TT
  • D-dimer
  • INR

(If you have a high INR you could go black and BLUE from bleeding)

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11
Q

What blood tests can this bottle be used for?

A
  • Glucose
  • Lactate
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12
Q

Which bottle must always be full?

A

Light blue

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13
Q

How mnay times should light blue be inverted?

A

3-4

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14
Q

How many times should gold be inverted?

A

5-6

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15
Q

How many times should purple, pink and grey be inverted?

A

8-10

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16
Q

What can you do to be on the safe side for inversion?

A

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

17
Q

What is it important to do before pricking for glucose?

A

Alcohol wipe the skin

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don’t want to be testing the glucose content of the orange they just ate

18
Q

What are the contra-indications to ask about for urinary catheter?

A
  • Urethral trauma
  • Previous LUT surgery
  • Urinary tract cancer
  • Current Haematuria/discharge/UTI
  • Artitificial urinary sphincter
19
Q

How much instilligel should be used for male?

A

10ml

20
Q

How much instillagel for females?

A

5ml

21
Q

How much further should you pass the catheter once urine is flowing?

A

5cm

22
Q

How do you remove the end of a BM lancet?

A

Twist!