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Hematology

A complete blood count is performed in what department

Study of blood

Serology

What dept performs HCG tests

Pregnancy

Thixotropic gel for serum seperation

What is the additive in a red/gray tube

Serum

HCG

Which isn't considered a formed element of the blood:


Rbc


Wbc


Plt


Hcg

Sodium flouride

What maintains the glucose stability in the gray tube

Glucose> dentist gives flouride for washing away sweets on teeth>sweets like sugar or glucose

Sodium citrate

Additive in the light blue tube is what

cIIIItrate lIIIIIght blue

Red/gray tube

What color tube top is the serum seperator tube (sst)

Serum is red; to seperate neutral in middle neutral is gray

Sodium/lithium heparin

Additive in PST(plasma seperator) tube is what

Plasma seperator=heparin=green tube

EDTA

What's additive in pink tube

Always think this with pink/lavendar tubes

Cephalic vein

What vein is best used for an obese pt

2nd choice

Increased number of eosinophils

What causes a severe allergic reaction in system

Builds trying to fight the foreign invasion

Lavendar tube

This tube is used for CBC and or ESR testing

3-4 inches

How many inches should we place the tourniquet above the antecubital fossa

1 minute

Max time for tourniquet application

70% isopropyl alcohol

What is used as an antiseptic on the skin

To remove or kill pathogenic microorganisms

Disinfectants are used for what

Disenfectants are used on surfaces

Age

The vaccuum in an evacuated tube decreases with what

Expiration

Apply pressure with gauze to puncture site

What should be done immediately after withdrawing the needle from pt

23

Which of following has smallest lumen


17


18


22


23

Gauge / lumen inverse proportion

The needle has a retractable rubber sleeve that covers one end of the needle when a blood collecting tube isn't attached

What does multisample needle mean

Gray

What is a tube of choice for ETOH (alcohol) testing

Alcohol is a depressant which makes you feel gray. Also alcohol think sugar and glucose testing

Royal blue

The tube of choice for lead testing

This one is always used for toxic, lead type of materials. Has a special something in it for ensuring non contamination (royal=special treatment)

Red tiger

Tube of choice for serum chemistry testing

Red=serum; sst

Blood culture collection

What type of test is being done on a collection where an sps tube is used, done in the presence of a fuo (fever of unknown origin), and it determines presents of microbes in the blood

Microbes=microbiology dept, sps additive=yellow top

Hemoconcentration

What happens when a tourniquet is on for more than 60 seconds

Remove tourniquet, remove tube, remove needle, apply pressure

What is the proper action for ending venipuncture

4 steps after ensure needle hit vein

Green

What tube is stat electrolytes drawn in

Electrolytes=good for body=good=green

Red glass

What tube is the only one that does not need to be inverted to mix after drawing

Royal blue

What color vacuum tube should be drawn for trace metal analysis

Special treatment=royalty

Heparin, edta, or no additive

Dark blue additive includes what

Dark blue, special treatment, gets anything or nothing it wants doesnt matter

Lavander

Esr is performed on what other tube besides black

Yellow, light blue, red, green, lavendar, gray

What is the correct order of (6) blood draws

Gray

What test tube would be used for fasting blood sugar or glucose tolerance testing

Yellow topped tube

What is the preferred evacuated tube for the collection of a blood culture specimen

Plasma

What is the liquid portion of an anticoagulated blood specimen called

Sodium citrate

What additive is in light blue top

LIIIght blue cIIIItrate

SPS sodium polyethanol sulfonate

Yellow sterile tube has this additive

No additive

Red glass tube has this additive

Sodium flouride or potassium oxalate

Gray tube has this additive

Gray=Alcohol=sugars=glucose=flouride

EDTA

Lavendar tube has this additive

Just Always remember

Heparin

Green tube what additive

Green=always heparin, also stat and good for electrolytes

Serum seperator gel

Tiger tube what additive

Hematology dept

What department is the pink tube used in

Green tube

What tube is a blood sample for ammonia levels test be collected in

Red tiger

What tube should be used for cholesterol test blood collection

Hematology

What laboratory dept will process black tube

Esr erythrocyte

Light blue

What kind of tube should be used for pt and aptt tests

Sodium cIIIItrate preserves clotting factors

Lead level

What is a tan colored tube used for

If you tan outside, you get lead poisoning