Flashcards
Phlebotomy
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- 1Tubes with anticoagulantslavender
dark/light green
pink
royal blue w lavender stripe
light blue
gray - 2Bilirubin means what?Standard test performed on babies via heel stick
liver not breaking down and excreting red blood cells as it is supposed to, causes babies to have jaundice or look yellow - 3common tests for lavendar/dark/light purple top tubes?erythrocyte sedimentation (ESR)
sickle Cell
Complete blood count (CBC)
Hematocrit
Hemoglobin
Platelets - 4Which tubes check alcohol levels?Gray top tube
Red top tube - 5Most Common Tests on an SST tube?Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP)
Complete/Comprehensive Metabolic Panel/Profile (CMP)
Serum Pregnancy Test
Lipids and Cholesterol - 6Another Name for a light green tube?PST or Plasma Separation Tube
- 7SST Additive?Thixotropic Gel
- 8Royal Blue top Tube AdditivesNone for the red stripe
EDTA for blue/lavender stripe - 9What is hematocrit?A test to measure the volume percentage of red blood cells in the blood ALWAYS performed before the whole blood donation
- 10Gray Top Tube Additive?Sodium Fluoride + Antiglycolytic Agent (glucose preservative)
Potassium Oxalate - 11Which tube is used to collect a specimen for a Complete Blood Count (CBC)?lavender light/dark purple top tube
- 12What is Complete/ Comprehensive Metabolic Panel/Profile (CMP)?More detailed test on patients metabolism of chemicals in their body including kidney function, electrolytes and fluid balance, liver function and performance
- 13Why is a blood culture performed?Determine the presence of pathogenic or infectious microorganisms in the blood stream
- 14What is hemoglobin?Test that measures the amount of oxygen carrying protein in the blood ALWAYS performed before whole blood donation
- 15Can a CBC be centrifuged?NO
- 16Common test for a gray top tube?Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT)
Lactic Acid
Alcohol or Ethanol (ETOH) levels - 17Order of draw tubes1. Blood culture Bottles (broth)
2. Discard Tube
3. Light Blue top
4. Red top
5. SST
6. Light green
7. Dark green
8. Pink top
9. Lavender light/dark purple top
10. Gray
11. Dark Blue top (called in draw order) - 18What does EHAS mean?EDTA tubes- purple/pink
Heparin- green light or dark
Any other additives
Serum- Red/Gold/Tiger Top/Marble - 19Additive for Pink Top tube?Potassium EDTA
- 20Specimens that require PROTECTION from LIGHTBilirubin
Vitamin B12
Urine Porphyrin
Carotene
Folate Serum
Folate
Vitamin B6 - 21Additives for Lavender light/dark purple?EDTA
- 22What does EDTA mean?Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid
- 23Common Test on Light Blue top tube (Sodium Citrate)?D-Dimer
Prothrombin Time (PT)
Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)
Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) - 24What does OGTT stand for?Old Gray Top Tube
Oral Glucose Tolerance Test - 25What is a Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP)?Provides info on patient metabolism, kidney function, electrolytes and fluid balance
- 26Order of Prefereance of Veins1. Median Cubital Vein
2. Cephalic Vein
3. Basilic vein - 27When will you resort to a finger stick?When you cant find a vein
PT has burns/ non-intact skin
provider only want a small amount
Save vein integrity for other procedures - 28Do you use alcohol wipe or a chloraprep for a sterile bottles?CholoraPrep you also need to clean the top of the bottle cap
- 29Which needle should you use according to the school with sterile bottles?Butterfly bc it will act like an IV
- 30What AEROBIC mean?WITH oxygen
- 31What is hemolysis?The destruction of red blood cells
- 32What does Osteomyelitis mean?Bone + Bone Marrow inflammation
- 33Sizes on capillary puctures for 1) prematures 2) full term babies 3) adultspremmies= 0.85mm
full term babies = 2.0mm
adults =3.0mm - 34What does ANAEROBIC mean?WITHOUT oxygen
- 35Important things to know about the lactic acid test?CANNOT place a tourniquet could increase the result by 100x
MUST be placed on ICE - 36What does SST stand for?Serum Separation Tube
- 37What are the common purposes/test for pink top tube?Cross Match
Type + Screen Ratio (TSR) - 38Specimens that require CHILLINGAmmonia
Lactic Acid
Arterial Blood Gas
Gastrin
Glucagon
Parathyroid Hormone
Partial Thromboplastin Time
Prothrombin Time - 39Specimens that require WARM collection + transportationCryoglobulin
Cryofibrinogen
Cold Agglutinin - 40Tubes WITHOUT anticoagulationsClear
Red-glass and plastic
Tiger Top Gold Marble
Royal Blue with Red Stripe - 41What does SPS mean?Sodium Polyanethole Sulfonate
- 42Who defined the order of draw to minimize the cross-contamination?CLSI aka the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
- 43What are the common test for Royal Blue Top Tube?Lead (Pb) Poisining
Heavy Metal Toxicology - 44What does POCT mean?Point of Care Testing
- 45What is available for POCT?Coagulation Monitoring
Activated Clotting Time (ACT)
Prothrombin/ international normalized ratio
Platelet Function
Arterial Blood Gas
Glucose
Cholesterol - 46Blood Culture Additive is ?Broth
- 47What additive does the Light Blue top have?Sodium Citrate
- 48Common test for a light green tube?STAT electrolytes "lytes"
hcg
hcg qualitive
hcg quantative - 49What are the additives for dark green tubes?Sodium Heparin an anticoagulant
- 50What is the ammonia test?a high volume of ammonia in the blood means liver is not functioning well
- 51Why would a yellow top tube be used?(Sterile Bottles)
for Bacterial and fungal blood cultures - 52What is the additive for the Light green tube?Lithium
Heparin
Anticoagulant
Thixotropic Gel
Plasma Separator - 53What does Basal State mean?Fasting aka NPO
refrain from strenuous exercise for 8-12 hours - 54Which tube needs to be filled to the line or the lab will reject it ?Light Blue top or Sodium Citrate
- 55What does FUO mean?Fever of Unknown Origen
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- Nursing Flashcards on Phlebotomy, created by Leslie L8A on 01/05/2025.
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