Study Guide 2 Flashcards
Hemostasis
Coagulation & Termination of bleeding
The doctor wants to check Mr. Jones drug level at its highest and lowest levels, this is known as what?
Trough and Peak
Can you draw from an infant’s arm?
Yes
An _________ is a possible complication of phlebotomy
Emboli formation
Doctor orders a PTT (prothrombin time test) on a patient. Which collection tube do you use?
Light blue
A key item in any successful blood draw is?
Patient information
When drawing arterial, which artery is commonly utilized?
Brachial artery
You are drawing a patient’s blood and they begin having a medical emergency, what should you do?
Stop draw, get help
The right to refuse care, the right to receive accurate information and the right to participate in health care decisions is known as
Patient bill of rights and responsibilities
What is QNS?
Quantity Not Sufficient
You are called to the E.R. for a blood alcohol screen. There is no chlorhexidine available, what else could you clean the site with?
Betadine
Arterial sticks can be done by?
CPT-II
Phlebotomy is performed at the _____ stage in the analytical process
pre-analytical
___________ is the standard gauge needle used for blood draws
21
This tube contains Heparin?
Green top
Name the liquid portion of anticoagulated blood
Plasma
What is required on a blood tube label?
Patient name, DOB, DOD, time, initials
Are you allowed to draw from an arm with a same side mastectomy?
No
What are engineering controls?
Isolating bloodborne pathogens from the workplace
Name the government agency responsible for regulating workplace safety
OSHA
When should QC samples be tested?
Start of each day, after daily maintenance
What are vascular factors?
Chemicals reducing blood flow
What carries Hemoglobin?
Red blood cells
While observing a blood sample you collected, you see a milky off-white substance in your specimen, what is this substance?
Cholestrol
DNA studies and paternity testing is done from this tube?
Yellow ACD tube
An irate combative patient comes into your office, what can you do?
Refuse service and refer back to doctor
Popping a rubber stopper of a sample may
Create aerosol
If a patient informs you of a latex allergy, what should you do?
Use non-latex equipment
Who can prepare a blood smear?
Phlebotomist and other allied professional
When finished with the venipuncture, you should
Dispose needle in sharps containter
Why do we instruct the PT to place firm pressure over the venipuncture site?
Prevents hematoma formation
When should you invert anticoagulant tubes?
Immediately after blood draw
Light blue top, green top and lavender top tubes all contain additives that are all known as
anticoagulants
What is the specific additive in the light blue top tube?
Sodium Citrate
You are called again to the E.R. for a blood alcohol test, which tube do you use?
Gray tube
The nation standard slip used by every lab for blood draw requisitions
No universal slip
What is the purpose of an arterial blood draw?
Determining oxygen saturation percentage (ABG)
Anyone can do an arterial blood draw
No
This is the national regulatory body for certifying labs?
CLIA
What is information disclosure?
Patients have the right to receive accurate information