Venipuncture Flashcards
1
Q
anticoagulant
A
- keep blood from clotting
- produces plasma
- light blue, green, lavender, gray
2
Q
clot activator
A
- produces serum
- red, gold
3
Q
glycolytic inhibitor
A
- prevents use of glucose by blood cells (glycolysis)
- gray
4
Q
polymer gel
A
- creates physical barrier between liquid and cellular portions during centrifugation
5
Q
blood culture bottles
A
- sodium polyanethol sulfonate (SPS)
- collects whole blood
6
Q
light blue stopper
A
- sodium citrate
- coagulation; PLASMA
7
Q
gold or red stopper
A
- clot activator
- SERUM
8
Q
green stopper
A
- sodium heparin or lithium heparin
- PLASMA
9
Q
lavender stopper
A
- EDTA
- whole blood for hematology
10
Q
gray stopper
A
- sodium fluoride
- glucose, blood alcohol levels, lactic acid
11
Q
in what order of tubes do you take blood by?
A
- blood culture bottles
- light blue
- gold or red
- green
- lavender
- gray
12
Q
vein selection
A
- median cubital
- cephalic
- basilic
