Ch43 Blood Specimen Collection

Question 0

What’s the most common site used to collect a capillary blood specimen? For adult. Baby?

Answer 0

Adults– lateral side of great finger or ring finger.

Baby— lateral side of the heal of foot.

Question 1

Why do blue stopped tubes have to be completely full?

Answer 1

Must be full because of citrate.

Question 2

What color top tube contains EDTA and is used to collect CBC?

Answer 2

Lavender

Question 3

Before capillary stick puncture you clean the site with?

Answer 3

Alcohol

Question 4

If blood leaks out of a vein into body during venipuncture it may cause?

Answer 4

Hematoma ( a bruise black n blue that swells)

Question 5

Most popular and economical tourniquet?

Answer 5

Latex

Question 6

If your drawing blood from PT and they faint, what’s the first thing you do?

Answer 6

Remove tourniquet

Question 7

During capillary puncture the lancet should penetrate about how many mm into site?

Answer 7

2 mm

Question 8

Another name for venipuncture?

Answer 8

Phlebotomy

Question 9

If a PT has difficult veins and you can’t locate them with tourniquet what other method can be used?

Answer 9

Blood pressure cuff

Question 10

What test can be preformed in a blue top tube?

Answer 10

Pt and Ptt coagulation study. Has to be fully filled.

Question 11

Test drawn in blue top tube should be preformed within?

Answer 11

2 hours

Question 12

When several specimens are ordered they should be drawn in what order?

Answer 12

Yellow
Blue
Red
Green
Lavender
Gray

Question 13

When drawing blood with a syringe and needle forcing blood into a tube will cause?

Answer 13

Hemolysis Of RBC, breaking down blood cells. Will give inaccurate test results.

Question 14

When obtaining venous blood sample with a vacuum tube the tip of the needle should be inserted into vein at what angle?

Answer 14

15•

Question 15

Veins will give somewhat when depressed because they have this?

Answer 15

Elasticity

Question 16

Equipment that can cut, prick, stab, or scrape skin should be disposed in?

Answer 16

Sharps container

Question 17

Common term for capillary puncture?

Answer 17

Finger stick

Question 18

What is a surgical puncture of a vein?

Answer 18

Venipuncture

Question 19

Used to promote better palpitation and sometimes visual position of the veins?

Answer 19

Tourniquet

Question 20

What is the name for the place veins are found in bend of elbow?

Answer 20

AC ( anticubical space) or antcubitas fossa

Question 21

Before applying bandage to puncture site?

Answer 21

Adhesive

Question 22

What is a sharp item used for simple blood tests that require capillary blood?

Answer 22

Lancet

Question 23

This occurs when blood in a red top tube is allowed to stand vertically and undisturbed for 20-30 minutes?

Answer 23

Will start to clot

Question 24

Person trained to preform surgical puncture of a vein?

Answer 24

Phlebotomist

Question 25

Winged infusion set connects to hub. Most common and Easy to use, used on small weak veins. Any age...

Answer 25

Butterfly needle

Question 26

Inhalant strips that wake up a PT that has fainted..

Answer 26

Spirits of ammonia

Question 27

Collection of blood underneath skin resulting in bruise..

Answer 27

Hematoma

Question 28

Break down of blood cells

Answer 28

Hemolysis

Question 29

Clotted centrifuge blood

Answer 29

Serum

Question 30

Instrument that rotates at variable rates of speed to separate blood components

Answer 30

Centrifuge

Question 31

Type of specimen results from an anticoagulant present in vacuum tube

Answer 31

Plasma

Question 32

Part of syringe that is pushed in all the way to release any air from barrel

Answer 32

Plunger

Question 33

Fills easy because of vacuum suction that draws in blood

Answer 33

Vacuum tube

Question 34

Obtained by turning blood collection tube upside down to release drop of blood on to glass slide.

Answer 34

Blood smear