PHLEBOTOMY

COLLECTION OF BLOOD FROM A VEIN

COLLECTION OF BLOOD BY CAPILLARY PUNCTURE

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST

CLINICAL LAB SCIENTIST

MEDICAL LAB TECHNICIAN

CLINICAL LAB TECHNICIAN

CLINICAL LABORATORY IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1988

LEGISLATION THAT REGULATES ALL LAB PROCEDURES

NATIONAL COMITTEE FOR CLINICAL LABRATORY STANDARDS

NATIONAL ORG THAT DEVELOPES STANDARDS FOR ACCURATE PERFOMANCE

NATIONAL ACCREDITING AGENCY FOR CLINICAL LAB SCIENTISTS

RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

CAPILLARY PUNCTURES: HEEL STICKS, FINGER STICKS

LIQUID CANNOT PASS THROUGH

THE BREAKING OF THE CELL MEMBRANE AND FREEING OF THE CONTENTS

POSITIONING OF THE NON DRAWING FINGER THAT SECURES THE VEIN

20-22

1" - 1.5"

SPINNING THE SPECIMAN AT HIGH SPEED TO SEPERATE LIQUID FROM CELLULAR PORTIONS BASED ON DENSITY

THE LIQUID THAT REMAINS AFTER CENTRIFUGATION AND LACKS FIBRINOGEN WHEN CLOTTED BLOODIS CENTRIFUGED

VACUUM TUBES MANUFACTURED WITH A GEL SUBSTANCE

THE GEL SEPERATES THE LIQUID FROM THE SOLID COMPONENTS OF BLOOD

THE LIQUID THAT REMAINS AND CONTAINS FIBROGEN WHEN ANTICOAGULATED BLOOD IS CENTRIFUGED

ANTICOAGULANT, USED FOR BLOOD SPECIMANS FOR HEMOTOLOGY (LAVENDAR)

23 GUAGE, USED FOR SMALL OR COLLAPSING VEINS

QUANTITY NOT SUFFICIENT

ADDITIVE

NON-ADDITIVE

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)

USED IN BLOOD BANK / TRANSFUSTION SERVICES

SERUM SEPARATOR TUBES (SST) AND ARE USED FOR CHEMISTY TESTING

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.

CONTAINS THE ADDITIVE HEPARIN. THIS IS USED FOR CHEMISTRY TESTING

CONTAINS THE ADDITIVE EDTA. THIS IS USED FOR HEMOTOLOGY TESTING (CELL TESTING)

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.