NATIONAL COMITTEE FOR CLINICAL LABRATORY STANDARDS
NATIONAL ORG THAT DEVELOPES STANDARDS FOR ACCURATE PERFOMANCE
NAACLS
NATIONAL ACCREDITING AGENCY FOR CLINICAL LAB SCIENTISTS
RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
SKIN PUNCTURES
CAPILLARY PUNCTURES: HEEL STICKS, FINGER STICKS
IMPERVIOUS
LIQUID CANNOT PASS THROUGH
HEMOLYSIS
THE BREAKING OF THE CELL MEMBRANE AND FREEING OF THE CONTENTS
ANCHORING
POSITIONING OF THE NON DRAWING FINGER THAT SECURES THE VEIN
ANTECUBICAL AREA / GUAGE SIZE
20-22
POPULAR LENGTH OF NEEDLE
1" - 1.5"
CENTRIFUCATION
SPINNING THE SPECIMAN AT HIGH SPEED TO SEPERATE LIQUID FROM CELLULAR PORTIONS BASED ON DENSITY
SERUM
THE LIQUID THAT REMAINS AFTER CENTRIFUGATION AND LACKS FIBRINOGEN WHEN CLOTTED BLOODIS CENTRIFUGED
SERUM SEPERATOR TUBES
VACUUM TUBES MANUFACTURED WITH A GEL SUBSTANCE
THE GEL SEPERATES THE LIQUID FROM THE SOLID COMPONENTS OF BLOOD
PLASMA
THE LIQUID THAT REMAINS AND CONTAINS FIBROGEN WHEN ANTICOAGULATED BLOOD IS CENTRIFUGED
EDTA
ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETR
ANTICOAGULANT, USED FOR BLOOD SPECIMANS FOR HEMOTOLOGY (LAVENDAR)
WINGED INFUSION SET
23 GUAGE, USED FOR SMALL OR COLLAPSING VEINS
QNS
QUANTITY NOT SUFFICIENT
ONLY MIX WHAT TYPE OF TUBE?
ADDITIVE
DO NOT MIX WHAT TYPE OF TUBE?
NON-ADDITIVE
1ST ORDER OF DRAW?
BLOOD CULTURE
(DRAWN WHEN THERE ARE SIGNS OF BLOOD STREAM INFECTION. TWO TYPES OF BOTTLES ARE USED, AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC. THESE ARE DRAWN IN PAIRS FROM EACH SITE.
SITE IS CLEANED WITH IODINE OR CHLORAPREP. BLOOD CULTURE MUST NOT BE INVERTED, BUT CARRIED ON A PNEUMATIC TUBE OR PLACED IN A CENTRIFUGE. IT IS TAKEN TO THE MICROBIOLGY DEPT. FOR TESTING)
RED/BRICK STOPPER TUBES
USED IN BLOOD BANK / TRANSFUSTION SERVICES
YELLOW / GOLD / TIGER STOPPER TUBES
SERUM SEPARATOR TUBES (SST) AND ARE USED FOR CHEMISTY TESTING
BLUE STOPPER TUBES
CONTAINS THE ADDITIVE SODIUM CITRATE. THIS IS USED FOR COAGULATION STUDIES WHICH INCLUDE PT (PROTIME) AND PTT (PARTIAL THROMPLASTINTIME). TUBE MUST BE 90-100% FULL. THIS TUBE MUST NOT BE CARRIED ON A PNEUMATIC TUBE.
GREEN STOPPER TUBES
CONTAINS THE ADDITIVE HEPARIN. THIS IS USED FOR CHEMISTRY TESTING
LAVENDAR STOPPER TUBES
CONTAINS THE ADDITIVE EDTA. THIS IS USED FOR HEMOTOLOGY TESTING (CELL TESTING)
GREY STOPPER TUBES
CONTAINS THE ADDITIVE SODIUM FLOURIDE OR POTASSIUM OXALATE. IT IS USED FOR GLUCOSE LACTIC ACID AND BLOOD ALCHOL LEVELS. IF USED FOR BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL SOAP AND WATER OR NON-ALCOHOL ANTISEPTIC MUST BE USED TO CLEAN THE SITE.