MLSP: LESSON 2 Venipuncture equipments

Question 1

act of entering a vein to obtain a
blood sample

Answer 1

Venipuncture

Question 2

3 methods of obtaining blood samples

Answer 2

o Venipuncture
o Arterial puncture
o Capillary puncture

Question 3

vein

Answer 3

Venipuncture

Question 4

artery

Answer 4

Arterial puncture

Question 5

capillary

Answer 5

Capillary puncture

Question 6

3 ways of doing venipuncture

Answer 6

o Syringe Method
o Evacuated Tube System method
o Butterfly Method

Question 7

Materials used to collect sample

Answer 7

Phlebotomy Collection Tray

Question 8

Contains syringe, tubes, cotton, gauze pads, and needle container

Answer 8

Phlebotomy Collection Tray

Question 9

patient must be in upright and comfortable position

Answer 9

Phlebotomy chair

Question 10

(true or false)

The table contains the materials needed for
blood extraction

Answer 10

true

Question 11

what ETS means?

Answer 11

Evacuated Tube System

Question 12

to cover the needle to prevent needle prick injury

Answer 12

Safety shield

Question 13

TRUE OR FALSE
multisample needles with color-codes caps, both traditional and BD eclipse safety needle with the safety shield attached, Greiner Bio-one black 22 gauge, green 21 gauge.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

(TRUE OR FALSE)
Multisample needle color indicates the size of the needle

Answer 14

true

Question 15

needles used in ETS

Answer 15

multisample needles

Question 16

needles used in syringe method

Answer 16

hypodermic needles

Question 17

needles used for butterfly method

Answer 17

winged blood collection needles

Question 18

(true or false)

sterile, disposable, and are used only once.

Answer 18

true

Question 19

(true or false)
Needle size varies by both length and gauge
(diameter).

Answer 19

true

Question 20

For routine venipuncture, __inch and __-inch
lengths are used.

Answer 20

1 and 1.5

Question 21

part of the needle that will be inserted
first in the vein

Answer 21

point

Question 22

opening of the needle (should be
up)

Answer 22

bevel

Question 23

indicator that you hit the vein

Answer 23

hub

Question 24

part of the needle
that is inserted to the rubber of the blood tube

Answer 24

Stopper-puncturing end

Question 25

refers to the diameter of the
needle bore (hole of the needle)

Answer 25

Needle gauge

Question 26

needles used to collect units of blood for
transfusion

Answer 26

large (16 gauge)

Question 27

needles used for very small veins.

Answer 27

smaller (23 gauge)

Question 28

(true or false)

The smaller the gauge number the
bigger the bore diameter of the needle.

Answer 28

true

Question 29

have the stopper puncturing needle covered by a rubber sheath that is pushed back when a tube is attached and returns to full needle coverage when the tube is removed.

Answer 29

Multisample needles

Question 30

made of rigid plastic and may be designed to act as a safety shield for the used needle.
- Sometimes called as “adapters”

Answer 30

needle holders

Question 31

Rigid, puncture resistant, leak proof disposable
“sharps” containers labeled BIOHAZARD that are easily sealed and locked when full.

Answer 31

Needle disposal systems

Question 32

Evacuated tubes or Vacutainers

Answer 32

collection tubes

Question 33

(true or false)
Different colors of stoppers indicate the type of
tube (to know if there is anticoagulant present in the tube)

Answer 33

true

Question 34

no anticoagulant; tube is meant to prepare serum specimen in clinical chemistry analysis

Answer 34

Red

Question 35

EDTA (Ethylenediamin tetra-acetic acid);

Answer 35

Violet/lavander

Question 36

heparin

Answer 36

green

Question 37

sodium citrate

Answer 37

blue

Question 38

(true or false)
Phlebotomist is able to control the
suction pressure on the vein by slowly
withdrawing the syringe plunger

Answer 38

true

Question 39

(true or false)
blood will appear in the hub of the
needle when the vein has been
successfully entered.

Answer 39

true

Question 40

(true or false)
Blood drawn in a syringe is immediately
transferred to appropriate evacuated tubes to
prevent the formation of clots.

Answer 40

true

Question 41

(true or false)
It is not acceptable to puncture the rubber
stopper with the syringe needle and allow the
blood to be drawn into the tube.

Answer 41

true

Question 42

• provides a safe means for blood transfer without using the syringe needle or removing the tube stopper
• It is an evacuated tube holder with a rubber
  sheathed needle inside.
• After blood collection, the syringe tip is inserted into the hub of the device and evacuated tubes are filled by pushing them onto the rubber sheathed needle in the holder as in an evacuated tube system

Answer 42

blood transfer device

Question 43

used for the infusion of IV fluids and for
performing venipuncture from very small or very fragile veins often seen in children and in the geriatric population.

Answer 43

Butterflies

Question 44

usually 21 or 23 gauge with lengths of 1/2 to 3/4 inch.

Answer 44

Butterflies

Question 45

used during venipuncture to make it easier to
locate patients’ veins.

Answer 45

tourniquets

Question 46

2 inches above the puncture site (anticritical
fosa) basillic vein, phallic, vein, and median vein

Answer 46

tourniquets

Question 47

primary antiseptic used
for cleansing the skin in routine phlebotomy

Answer 47

70% isopropyl alcohol

Question 48

used for applying pressure
to the puncture site after the needle has been
removed.

Answer 48

2x2 inch gauze pads

Question 49

(true or false)

cotton ball fibers can stick to the
venipuncture site and may cause
bleeding to begin again when the cotton
is removed.

Answer 49

true