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Ch 11 Study Guide

Special Collections and Point of Care Testing

TermDefinition
Sepsis life threatening condition caused by septicemia or bacteremia
Bacteremia blood infection caused by bacteria in the blood
Septicemia blood infection caused by microorganisms or their toxins in the blood
Blood bank/immunohematology specimens must follow strict identification protocols
BBID - Blood Bank Identification Bands are put on a pt to identify them and their blood type, good for 3 days
Autologous donations are a donation of a pt intended for their own use, done prior to surgery
Blood cultures are drawn in sets of 2 bottles, one aerobic and one anaerobic, if using butterfly, aerobic first, if using syringe, anaerobic first, each bottle will be filled with 10 mL of blood normally
______ procedures are needed to properly collect blood culture bottles STRICT skin antisepsis
Chlorohexidine sponges are typically used to clean the site of the draw prior to collection of the bottles
______ are often ordered as timed tests as a 2nd set of bottles is obtained 30-60 minutes following the 1st set Blood culture specimens
Two-hour postprandial tests are given 2 hours after a meal or following a glucose rich beverage, timing begins after patient has ingested beverage
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) used to establish drug dosages for patients
Peak level is drawn to ensure that dosage is not toxic
Trough levels test to ensure that even at its lowest point, drug remains at a therapeutic level
Therapeutic phlebotomy blood drawn from a patient in measured amounts as treatment for a condition
Hemochromastosis condition in which blood is withdrawn to relieve excess iron in the body
Point of care testing uses handheld or bedside testing, not held to same QC standards as complex testing equipment
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