Chapter 7

Question 0

Fasting

Answer 0

• Refers to no food or drinks ( except water)
• fast 8-12 hrs
• If patient has eaten and test needs to be done non fasting must be written on requisition or directly on specimen

Question 1

Basal state

Answer 1

Blood collected early morning approximately 12 hrs after food intake

Question 2

Chlorhexidine

Answer 2

Used as alternative to cleanse the skin

Question 3

Occlude

Answer 3

Closed

Question 4

Syncope

Answer 4

Fainting

Sudden loss of consciousness lack of oxygen to the brain inability to stay upright position

Question 5

Hematoma

Answer 5

Puncture site starts to swell blood leaks into tissue

The tourniquet and needle must be removed immediately and pressure should be applied to site for approximately 2 minutes

Question 6

Petechia

Answer 6

Small red spots on a patients skin due to blood clotting abnormality

Question 7

It tourniquet on longer than 3 minutes the following analytes will most likely become falsely elavated

Answer 7

Cholesterol

Question 8

A hemolysis specimen can lead to falsely increase results for

Answer 8

Potassium

Question 9

If you puncture a nerve

Answer 9

Patient will feel a sharp radiating pain and the procedure should be discontinue

Question 10

Hemolysis

Answer 10

Results when RBC’s are lysed (destroyed)

Question 11

Turbid or Lipemic serum

Answer 11

Appears cloudy or milky and can be a result if bacterial contamination or high lipid levejd in the blood.
Lipemic-cloudy

Question 12

Hemoconcentration

Answer 12

Increase in red blood cells and other cells and solids in blood from lord of Fluid in surrounding tissues around puncture site

Question 13

Collapsed veins

Answer 13

When blood is withdrawn to quickly or forcefully during venipuncture