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What are the common tests for the Speckled, (SST) Gold, and tiger tubes?
Alkaline phosphate Amylase Blood urea nitrogen Creatine phosphokinase (CPK) Calcium Cholesterol Compatibility testing Drug monitoring Glucose High density lipoprotein (HDL) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Iron profile Low density lipoprotein (LDL) Liver Enzymes Potassium Protein Rapid plasma reagin (RPR) Sodium Triglycerides
Hematology
What are the common tests for the lavender tubes?
Complete blood count (CBC)
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) or (westergen or send rate)
Hemoglobin electrophoresis Platelet count Reticulocyte count Sickle cell screen White blood cell differential
Coagulation-
What are the common tests for the blue tubes?
Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)
Individual coagulation factor studies
Fibrinogen
Prothrombin time (PT)
Chemistry
What are the common tests of the green tubes?
Ammonia
Chromosome screening
Lupus erythemalosus cell/preparation
HLA typing
Chemistry
What are the common tests for the gray tubes
Glucose tolerance test (GTT)
FBS (Fasting blood sugar)
Blood Alcohol levels
What are the common tests for the dark or royal blue tubes?
Trace metals
Lead
Zinc
Anything toxic to body
Microbiology
What are the common tests for the yellow tubes?
Blood cultures & DNA
What is the ADD of the Speckled, SST, Tiger, gold tubes?
How many inversions ?
gel separator
0 inversions
Must let sit for 30 min must clot than put into spinner
What is the Principle Anticoagulant / Addictive for the lavender tubes?
How many Inversions
Ethylenediamine- tetra-acetic acid
(EDTA)
8-10 inversions
What is the Principle Anticoagulant/ Addictive of the Blue tubes?
How many inversions ?
Sodium citrate
3 to 5 inversions
What is the Principle Anticoagulant/ Addictive of the Green tubes?
How many inversions?
Heparin
8 to 10 inversions
What is the Principle Anticoagulant / Additive of the Gray tubes?
How many inversions?
Potassium Oxalate/ sodium fluoride
8 to 10 inversions
What is the Principle Anticoagulant/ Additive of the Dark and Royal Blue Tubes?
How many inversions?
Heparin, EDTA, or NONE.
Depending which ADD in the tube
8 to 10
Or
0 inversions
What is the Principle Anticoagulant/ Additive of the Yellow tubes?
How many inversions?
Sodium Polyanethole sulfonate (SPS)
0 inversions
What is the only condition Phlebotomy is used to cure or treat?
Policytemia Vera
Poli= many
Cut= cells
Emia= blood/condition
What is Phlebotomy?
The practice of drawing blood.
Phleb/o= vein Otomy= to make an incision
Greek term before for ‘Otomy’ was = Cut.
Normally we have how many liters of blood?
5 liters
Blood is made where?
It is made in the bone marrow found in the skeletal.
As a phlebotomist you can never what?
As a phlebotomist you can never ASSUME.
What is a hard stick?
A difficult patient.
What is the primary duty of a Phlebotomist?
To collect all specimen & ID person
What is OSHA?
Occupation safety & health administration
What is CDC?
Center for disease control & prevention found in Georgia (biggest one)
What are the ABC’s of a Phlebotomy
Know the tubes & personal structure
What does Patho mean?
Disease
What does Ologist mean?
Specialist of who studies
What is Pathology ?
The study of. (Disease)
What is a Pathologist?
One who studies
What is the medical term for allergy?
Anapalexis
What are the factors of Radio Active?
Time of exposure
Distance
Shielding
What is an infection (sepsis)?
An invasion & growth of a microorganism in human body causes diseases those microorganisms are called Pathogens.
What is normal flora?
Microorganisms living in human body protecting against pathogens
What is the most common Bacteria
Escherichia coli - UTI
Streptococcus- throat infection
What is a nosocomial infection?
Infection on patients during hospital stay, due to direct contact with health provider (nurse, doctor).
Those microorganisms are more virulent resistant to antibiotic
What is Fomite?
An infected (sick) person or contaminated object.
What is sanitization?
Process of cleaning instruments,
What is disinfection?
Removes infections microorganisms from skin using isopropyl, sodium hypochlorine
What is sterilization?
Complete destruction of microorganisms using gas, under pressure, boiling water
What is Petechiae?
Tourniquet is too tied leaves red spots
What is hemocentration?
Tourniquet is too tight & left for too long
What is the correct order of draw?
Blood cultures or sterile specimen Blue top tube Red top tube , SST (speckle) tube Black n yellow tube Green top tube Lavender top tube Pink, white tube Gray tube Dark or royal blue tube
How many inversions for blue top tubes?
3-5 inversions
What is Osteomyelitis ?
Inflammation of bone marrow
What does Phlebitis mean?
Inflammation of blood vessel when same vein is used 2 or more times.
What does Hematoma mean?
A bruise, happens when needle is pushed straight through a vein.
What does Thrombus mean?
When doing a venipuncture and Phlebotomist not applying enough pressure creating blood clots.
What does diaphoresis mean?
Sweating
What are Sclerotic veins?
Older people veins
What are tortuous veins?
Veins are twisted
What are thrombotic veins?
Veins are hard, inflexible, tender to touch
What is a fragile vein?
Thin veins, not strong mostly in elderly people. Collapse quickly
Chemistry
Immunology
What are the common tests for the Red tubes?
Cell-Blood typing
Serum blood group
Antibody testing
What is Hematopoieses?
Red blood cells , a single RBC stays in body for 120 days- liver n spleen disposes of it
What is the ADD for the red tubes
How many inversions?
No additives
0 inversions
30 min to hour to clot
What does hemato mean?
Blood
What is the normal PH in blood or urine?
7.35-7.45
Below 7.35 it’s acid
After 7.45 it’s base
How many chemical elements do we have in the body?
26 chemical elements
Meaning of BMP
Meaning of CMP
Meaning of SMA
BMP- basic metabolic panel
CMP- comprehensive metabolic panel
SMA- Sequential multiple analysis
What is Hemostasis?
Stability of blood (blood balance )
What is Hemeostasis?
Stability of blood INSIDE the body
What does Pollar mean?
Color is pale
What does Cynosis mean ?
Color is blue
What does Eretro mean
Color is red
What does melan mean
Color black
What does Jaundice mean ?
Color is Yellow
What does Leuko mean?
Color is white
Blood in urine = ?
Amber
What are Phlebitic veins?
Veins will be tender and warm , may have clots in them
Can only pinch 2x no more.
What does atrophy mean?
Without growth
What does trophy mean?
Growth
What does WNL mean?
Within normal limits
What does NKA mean?
No known allergies
What is Bx
Biopsy
What is C/S ?
Culture + Sensitivity
What does UA mean?
Urinary Analysis
What is IM mean?
Intramuscular
What is SC
Subcutaneous
What does ID mean
Intradermal
What is gravidia?
Pregnancy