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BC Terms
Blood Collection
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aliqout | A portion of a sample |
| Chain of Custody | Documentation of the collection and handling of forensic samples |
| Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) | Federal regulations governing laboratories that test human samples |
| Healthcare-Associated infection | Infection acquired by a patient as the result of a hospital stay or an outpatient procedure |
| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) | Legislation that guarantees the privacy of individual health information |
| Preexamination Phase | Processes that occur before testing of a specimen |
| Sample | One or more parts taken from a system |
| Specimen | Portion of a body fluid or tissue taken for examination such as an aliquot of plasma or serum |
| Anticoagulant | Substance that prevents blood from clotting |
| Antiglycolytic Agent | Substance that prevents the breakdown of glucose |
| Antiseptic | A substance use to clean the skin from contamination by microorganisms |
| Bevel | Area of the needle point that has been cut on a slant |
| Hemolyzed | Destruction of red blood cells |
| Hemostasis | Stoppage of blood flow from a damaged blood vessel |
| Holder | Plastic apparatus that attaches to a multi-sample needle or winged blood collection |
| Hub | The part of the endless that attaches to the syringe or blood collection holder |
| Hypodermic Needle | Type of needle that attaches to a syringe |
| Icteric | Appearing yellow because of the presence of increased bilirubin |
| Lipemic | Appearing cloudy white from increased lipids |
| Lumen | Cavity of an organ or tube, such as a blood vessel or a needle |
| Multi-sample Needle | Type of needle that attaches to a holder to collect multiple blood collection tubes |
| Plasma | Liquid portion of unclothed or anti-coagulated blood that contains fibrinogen |
| Plasma Separator Tube (PST) | Type of collection tube that contains a polymer gel that separates blood cells from the plasma then centrifuged. |
| Serum | Liquid portion that remains after clotted flood has been centrifuged and separated that does not contain fibrinogen |
| Serum Separator Tube (SST) | Type of collection tube that contains a polymer gel that separates the blood cells from the serum when centrifuged |
| Winged Blood Collection Set | Type of needle and tubing apparatus with plastic wings attached that can connect to a holder or syringe |
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