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VENIPUNTURE
COLLECTION OF BLOOD FROM A VEIN
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SKIN PUNCTURE
COLLECTION OF BLOOD BY CAPILLARY PUNCTURE
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CLS
CLINICAL LAB SCIENTIST
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MLT
MEDICAL LAB TECHNICIAN
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CLT
CLINICAL LAB TECHNICIAN
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CLIA 88
CLINICAL LABORATORY IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1988
LEGISLATION THAT REGULATES ALL LAB PROCEDURES
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NCCLS
NATIONAL COMITTEE FOR CLINICAL LABRATORY STANDARDS
NATIONAL ORG THAT DEVELOPES STANDARDS FOR ACCURATE PERFOMANCE
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NAACLS
NATIONAL ACCREDITING AGENCY FOR CLINICAL LAB SCIENTISTS
RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
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SKIN PUNCTURES
CAPILLARY PUNCTURES: HEEL STICKS, FINGER STICKS
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IMPERVIOUS
LIQUID CANNOT PASS THROUGH
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HEMOLYSIS
THE BREAKING OF THE CELL MEMBRANE AND FREEING OF THE CONTENTS
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ANCHORING
POSITIONING OF THE NON DRAWING FINGER THAT SECURES THE VEIN
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ANTECUBICAL AREA / GUAGE SIZE
20-22
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POPULAR LENGTH OF NEEDLE
1" - 1.5"
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CENTRIFUCATION
SPINNING THE SPECIMAN AT HIGH SPEED TO SEPERATE LIQUID FROM CELLULAR PORTIONS BASED ON DENSITY
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SERUM
THE LIQUID THAT REMAINS AFTER CENTRIFUGATION AND LACKS FIBRINOGEN WHEN CLOTTED BLOODIS CENTRIFUGED
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SERUM SEPERATOR TUBES
VACUUM TUBES MANUFACTURED WITH A GEL SUBSTANCE
THE GEL SEPERATES THE LIQUID FROM THE SOLID COMPONENTS OF BLOOD
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PLASMA
THE LIQUID THAT REMAINS AND CONTAINS FIBROGEN WHEN ANTICOAGULATED BLOOD IS CENTRIFUGED
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EDTA
ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETR
ANTICOAGULANT, USED FOR BLOOD SPECIMANS FOR HEMOTOLOGY (LAVENDAR)
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WINGED INFUSION SET
23 GUAGE, USED FOR SMALL OR COLLAPSING VEINS
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QNS
QUANTITY NOT SUFFICIENT
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ONLY MIX WHAT TYPE OF TUBE?
ADDITIVE
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DO NOT MIX WHAT TYPE OF TUBE?
NON-ADDITIVE
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1ST ORDER OF DRAW?
BLOOD CULTURE
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- 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)
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RED/BRICK STOPPER TUBES
USED IN BLOOD BANK / TRANSFUSTION SERVICES
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YELLOW / GOLD / TIGER STOPPER TUBES
SERUM SEPARATOR TUBES (SST) AND ARE USED FOR CHEMISTY TESTING
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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.
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GREEN STOPPER TUBES
CONTAINS THE ADDITIVE HEPARIN. THIS IS USED FOR CHEMISTRY TESTING
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LAVENDAR STOPPER TUBES
CONTAINS THE ADDITIVE EDTA. THIS IS USED FOR HEMOTOLOGY TESTING (CELL TESTING)
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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.
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