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| Preanalytical phase begins for lab |
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| Test is ordered by a patient's physician |
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| Diurnal variations associated with some blood components |
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| Normal fluctuations throughout the day |
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| High fat content of the blood |
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| Obstruction of the flow of lymph |
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| Nervous system response to abrupt pain, stress, trauma |
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| Small red spots on arm below tourniquet |
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| Petechiae due to capillary or platelet defects |
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| Stoppage of the normal venous blood flow |
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| Life-threatening loss of blood |
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| Hemoconcentration from prolonged tourniquet increases |
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| Test requiring patient's age for results |
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| Test most affected by altitude |
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| Persistent diarrhea in absence of fluid replacement can cause |
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| Lipemic specimen indicates |
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| Tests influenced by diurnal variations ordered |
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| Drug known to interfere with a blood test should be discontinued |
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| Analyte that can remain elevated for 24 hours after exercise |
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| Hormone most affected by prescence of fever |
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| Analyte has higher reference range for male than female |
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| Icteric blood specimen indicates |
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| Bilirubin test results could be elevated |
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| Pregnant patients have lower reference ranges |
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| Increased body fluids dilute RBCs |
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| Analyte increased in chronic smokers |
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| Scarred or burned areas should be avoided |
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| Circulation is typically impaired |
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| Vein that feels hard, cord-like, lacks resiliency |
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| Collect specimen in arm with hematoma |
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| Collecting blood specimen on arm same side as mastectomy without permission |
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| Tourniquet application may injure it |
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| IV in patient's left wrist, no suitable antecubital or hand |
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| Perform fingerstick on right hand |
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| When selecting a venipuncture site |
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| No active av shunt or fistula |
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| Type of line used to monitor blood pressure and collect blood gas |
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| Venipuncture site continues to bleed after 5 minutes |
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| Report it to patient's physician or nurse |
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| During a draw, patient feels faint |
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| Discontinue draw and lower his head |
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| Outpatient feels nauseated before blood draw |
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| Advise to begin slow, deep breathing |
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| Site could be used for venipuncture |
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| Petechiae appear below the tourniquet |
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| Can cause hematoma to form during venipuncture |
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| Failing to apply adequete pressure after draw |
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| Enema brought on by the withdrawal of blood |
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| Blind or deep probing for vein |
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| Make certain that tubes fill from bottom up |
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| Least likely to impair vein patency |
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| Probing to locate missed vein |
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| Serum or plasma of a hemolyzed specimen appears |
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| Ratio of blood to anticoagulant is most critical |
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| Least likely to cause contamination |
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| Cleaning finger stick site with isopropyl alcohol |
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| Needle that has gone through back wall of vein may cause |
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| Blood to enter tube slowly or not at all |
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| Most apt to be the cause of vein collapse |
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| Tube vacuum is too great for the size of vein |
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| When confronted with damaged veins, select site proximal to |
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| Hand or fist pumping can elevate potassium levels by 50% |
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| Cholesterol levels can elevate 5% after 2 minutes of tourniquet application |
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| Most reference ranges are based on normal lab values for |
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| Patient with high degree of jaundice |
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| Swelling or mass of blood |
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| Mastectomy is medical term for breast |
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| Product of breakdown of RBCs |
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| Patient goes into convulsions. Last tubes started to fill. Wrong thing to do |
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| Complete draw as quickly as possible |
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| IV in left forearm and large hematoma in AC of right arm |
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| Right arm distal to hematoma |
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It is a swelling or mass of blood
It can lead to inaccurate test results
It can cause an obstruction of blood flow
ALL OF THE ABOVE |
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| Medical term for fainting |
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| Patient closest to basal state |
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| Awakened for blood draw at 0600 after fasting since 0800 last night |
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| Best specimens to establish inpatient ref ranges |
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| Serum or plasma of lipemic patient |
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| Blood component exhibits diurnal variation, with peak in morning |
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| Test result can be falsely decreased |
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| Drug competes with test reagents for test analyte |
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| Changes occur when patient goes from supine to standing |
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| Non-filterable elements increase |
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| Not a good idea to collect CBC from screaming infant |
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| WBCs may be temporarily elevated |
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| Factor known to affect basal state and accounted for |
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| Temperature and huidity control in lab important |
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| Maintains integrity of specimens |
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| Drawing blood from edematous extremity |
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| Erroneous specimen results |
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| Vein often easiest to feel on obese patient |
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| Collect protime from patient with IVs in both arms |
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| Vascular access pathway surgically created to provide access for dialysis |
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| Specimen collected from heparin lock |
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| Draw 5 ml, discard tube before specimen tubes are filled |
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| Subcutaneous vascular access device consisting of small chamber attached to indwelling line |
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| Way to bandage site when patient allergic to adhesive |
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| Wrap with self-adhering material |
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| Be careful equipment brought into room if patient allergic |
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| Patient should be asked to lie down for draw |
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| Patient becomes weak and pale after draw |
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| Have patient lie down until recovered |
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| Pain associated with venipuncture can be minimized by |
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| Putting the patient at ease with small talk |
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| Vein with walls that have temporarily drawn together and shut off blood flow |
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| Skin around venipuncture site starts to swell |
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| Stop draw at once and apply pressure to the site |
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| Best indication accidentally punctured artery |
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| Suspect accidentally collected arterial specimen instead of venous specimen |
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| See if lab will accept it, and label appropriately |
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| Infection of venipuncture site result from |
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| Touching site after cleaning it |
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| Patient complains of marked pain when needle inserted |
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| Discontinue venipuncture immediately |
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| Stinging senasation when needle is first inserted |
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| Not letting alcohol dry thoroughly |
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| Prolonged tourniquet application can affect blood composition |
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| Least likely to cause specimen hemolysis |
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| Transferring blood from syringe to tube |
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| Tried twice to collect lt. blue top, both times only partially filled |
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| Have someone else collect the specimen |
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| Needle is in vein and blood flow established, hissing sound heard |
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| Bevel came out of skin and tube vacuum escaped |
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| When vein rolls, needle typically |
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| Slips beside instead of in vein |
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| Needle inserted, tube filling slowly. Hematoma starts to form |
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| Needle only partially in vein |
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| Events occur including tube removal and bevel rotated, and still nothing |
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| Try a new tube in case it is a vacuum issue |
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| Redirect twice and determine needle beside vein |
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| Discontinue draw and try again at new site |
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| Jaundice in patient may indicate inflammation of colon |
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| Never perform venipuncture through hematoma |
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| Never apply tourniquet on arm with a shunt |
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| If patient vomits during procedure, leave needle in until they are done, then complete the procedure |
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| Never pour two partially filled additive tubes together to fill one tube |
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| Tube vacuum may hold the vein wall against needle bevel |
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| Blood that pools beneath vein can put pressure on underlying nerves |
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