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Patient Identification - answer -What is the most important step in venipuncture? Personal Protective Equipment - gown, mask, and gloves - answer -What is PPE? Air dry - answer -What is the best way to let a clean site dry?
Blood borne pathogens and needle safety - answer -OSHA requires all phlebotomists to be trained regarding what? Universal and/or standard precautions - answer -All specimens are considered hazardous and infectious so we must use what? OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration - answer -What organization should be contacted regarding employee safety and unsafe working conditions? Material Safety Data Sheet , the right to know the law - answer -What does MSDS mean and what is it part of?
Grey, Oxalate - answer -What color tube is an ethanol specimen drawn in? Cleanse the site, get patient information if able, and notify supervisor immediately - answer -In case of a needle stick accident you should...? To find a vein - answer -What is the purpose of the tourniqutte? 1 minute - answer -How long can a tourniqutte be in place?
Wipe away the first drop - answer -What is the first thing you must do after every finger stick? It reduces the chance of aerosol and microbial contamination - answer -Why is it necessary to keep the centrifuge lid closed until it comes to a complete stop 30 Degrees - answer -What should your slider be when making blood smears? Use a pediatric tube - answer -What should you do if a standard sizde tube collapses the vein?
Outer aspect of the wrist and from the Radial Artery - answer -Where in the wrist area is ABG's done and which artery? Capillaries - answer -Which are the smallest vessels in the body? Venules - answer -Which are the smallest veins in the body? Breathing and the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide - answer -What is the respiratory system responsible for?
70% Isopropyl Alcohol - answer -A common site cleaner for venipuncture is...? Plasma (top), Buffy Coat=WBCs & Platelets (middle), Red Blood Cells (bottom) - answer - When anticoagulated blood is spun down in the centrifuge, how does it seperate? Right to know the law - answer -MSDS is part of the...? Everything is returned to where you found it, including bed rails (up if up, down if down) - answer -When you leave a patients room, make sure that...?
Over the clothing or a piece of Coflex/Coband - answer -If a patient has fragile skin or excessive hair, where should the tourniquet be placed? Look for a site that is the least damaged or scarred for the draw - answer -When drawing on a burn victim...? Before and after sppecimen collection, toilet use, every time they become soiled - answer - Even if you wear gloves, your hands should be washed when? Errors in the results by diluting with tissue fluid - answer -What happens if you squeeze
too much during a finger stick/capillary puncture? Below the I.V. - answer -If an I.V. is present you must draw blood where? The Cephalic Vein - answer -What vein is the most likely to be used for an obese patient? Remove the tourniquet and needle and apply pressure - answer -If swelling occurs or a hematoma begins to form at the venipuncture site you must...?
