SPECIMEN COLLECTION

Question 1

7 TYPES OF SPECIMEN

Answer 1

BLOOD

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

URINE

SYNOVIAL FLUID

PLEURAL FLUID

PERICARDIAL FLUID

PERITONEAL FLUID

Question 2

WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP IN SAMPLE COLLECTION

Answer 2

PROPER PATIENT IDENTIFICATION

Question 3

PATIENT IDENTIFICATION PROCEDURES (5)

Answer 3

HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS/CONSCIOUS INPATIENTS (VERBALLY, FULL NAME, MIDDLE NAME AND ID BRACELET)

SLEEPING PATIENTS (SAME AS CONSCIOUS INPATIENTS AND AWAKENED BEFORE BLOOD COLLECTION)

UNCONSCIOUS, MENTALLY INCOMPETENT PATIENTS (ASKING NURSE/RELATIVE AND ID BRACELET)

INFANTS AND CHILDREN (SAME AS UNCONSCIOUS)

OUTPATIENT/AMBULATORY PATIENT

Question 4

IDENTIFICATION BRACELET CONSISTS OF (3)

Answer 4

FIRST NAME AND LAST NAME

ROOM NUMBER

PHYSICIAN’S NAME

Question 5

AVERAGE BLOOD OF HUMAN BODY

Answer 5

5 QUARTS OR 4.72 LITERS

Question 6

AVERAGE OF BLOOD IN ADULT MALES

Answer 6

5-6 LITERS OF WHOLE BLOOD

Question 7

AVERAGE OF BLOOD IN ADULT FEMALES

Answer 7

4-5 LITERS OF WHOLE BLOOD

Question 8

COMPOSITION

60% PLASMA:

40% CELLS:

Answer 8

60% PLASMA: 3 QUARTS OR 2.84 LITERS

40% CELLS: 2 QUARTS OR 1.89 LITERS

Question 9

(3) SITES FOR PERFORMING VENIPUMCTURE

Answer 9

ANTECUBITAL FOSSA

VEINS OF THE WRIST AND DORSAL ASPECT OF HANDS

VEINS ON THE ANKLE

Question 10

WHY VEINS IN ANTECUBITAL FOSSA IS PREFERRED

Answer 10

THEY ARE MORE PROMINENT AND STABLE

Question 11

BEST SITE TO PERFORM VENI BECAUSE IT IS NOT MOVABLE

Answer 11

MEDIAN CUBITAL VEIN

Question 12

SECOND CHOICE OF SITE FOR VENIPUNCTIRE

Answer 12

CEPHALIC VEIN

Question 13

THIRD CHOICE OF SITE BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE TO BRACHIAL ARTERY

Answer 13

BASILIC VEIN

Question 14

WHAT EVACUATED TUBE IS FOR BLOOD CULTURE SPS

SODIUM POLYAETHANOL SULFONATE (SPS)

Answer 14

YELLOW STOPPER

Question 15

WHAT EVACUATED TUBE IS FOR TRISODIUM CITRATE AND USED FOR COAGULATION STUDIES

Answer 15

LIGHT BLUE STOPPER

Question 16

WHAT EVACUATED TUBE IS FOR SERUM

Answer 16

RED STOPPER OR GOLDEN YELLOW STOPPER

Question 17

SST STANDS FOR

RST STANDS FOR

Answer 17

SERUM SEPARATOR TUBE

RAPID SERUM TUBE (ORANGE STOPPER)

Question 18

MOST COMMON TYPE OF HEPARIN AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET AND IT IS USED FOR AMINO ACIDS AND CYTOGENETICS TESTING

Answer 18

SODIUM HEPARIN (GREEN STOPPER)

Question 19

TYPE OF HEPARIN USED FOR CHEMISTRY TESTING USING POINT OF CARE ANALYZER

Answer 19

LITHIUM HEPARIN

Question 20

WHAT EVACUATED TUBE IS USED FOR CBC HEMATOLOGY AND HBA1C TESTING

Answer 20

PURPLE STOPPER (EDTA)

Question 21

WHAT EVACUATED TUBE IS USED FOR LACTATE GLUCOSE AND LIPID PROFILE TESTING

Answer 21

GRAY STOPPER (SODIUM FLOURIDE)