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| Blood Culture Bottles: Additives |
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| Culture Broth and Agar Medium |
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| Blood Culture Bottles: Two Sets |
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| Blood Culture Bottles: Purpose |
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| help determine the presence and extent of infection, indicate type of organism responsible, and the antibiotic to which it is susceptible |
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| Blood Culture Bottles: Reason to Order |
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| FUO(fever of unknown origin), bacteremia/ septicemia |
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| Blood Culture Bottles: Special Requirments |
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| second sites and skin antiseptics (isopropyl alcohol) |
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| Blood Culture Bottle: Remember to... |
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| Draw a min and max line; don't want to little blood; exhaust vacuum in tube |
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| used for most coagulation/hemostasis testing; most common tests arePT (protime)and PTT (partial thromboplastin time); other tests include fibrinogen and factor assays |
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| Blood Culture: Order of Draw |
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| Light Blue: Order of Draw |
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| an anticoagulant that binds calcium. since calcium is needed for clot formation, when it is unavailable, the blood is anticoagulated |
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| Light Blue: After Centrifugation |
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| cells stay in liquid forma and go to bottom and the plasma stays on top. Sample can be mixed up again and return to whole blood |
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| Light Blue: # of Inversion |
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| 3-4 times, immediately after drawing the tube for adequate mixing of blood and anitcoagulant |
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| MUST ALWAYS BE COMPLETELY FILLED because of the 9 to 1 blood to additive ratio |
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| Light Blue: Special Requirements |
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| If drawing from a butterfly needle a waste tube (red with silica or another blue) is recommended |
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| Light Blue: Considerations |
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| The tests performed on this tube can be picky and there may be specified time limits for delivery to lab. Centrifuge time and speed can also impact testing. |
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| SST= Serum Separator Tube |
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| have a red top with a gold ring on it |
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| most common tube for all routine chemistry testing |
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| 5 times immediately after drawing |
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| separator gel so after centrifuging the cells are on bottom the gel in the middle and the serum on top; the cells are inaccessible |
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| Gold Tube: Special Requirments |
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| must stand upright for 30 min after it is drawn and mixed so that the blood can clot before it is centrifuged |
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| NOT useful for stat chemistry tests because it can NOT be centrifuged immediently |
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| Gold Topped Tube: Identical Tube? |
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| 5 times immediately after drawing |
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| Chemistry, Immunology/Serology, some Blood Banks |
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| Red Tube: Serum is identical to |
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| Serum may need to be removed to keep some chemistry values from changing |
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| Red Tube: Special Direction |
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| tube must stand upright for 30 min before it can be centrifuged to allow the blood to clot |
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| NOT useful in chemistry STAT testing because it can NOT be centrifuged immediantly |
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| Red Tube: Chemistry Testing EX |
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| drug testing and specialized test |
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| Red Tube: Blood Bank Testing EX |
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| types and screens, crossmatch, and RH |
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| Red Tube: Immunology/Serology Testing EX |
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| Red Tube: It is possible to |
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| knock red cell off of the clot for select testing and blood bank testing (there is no gel to form a barrier over the clotted cells) |
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