Question | Answer |
Appropriate site for capillary blood collection | Earlobe and Heel (BOTH) |
Which cells play a vital role in internal respiration | Erythrocytes |
What is the longest time a tourniquet should remain on a patient's arm | 1 minute |
Dysuria is | Painful or difficult urination |
Device that might be used to collect blood from fragile veins | Butterfly needle |
A blue stopper indicates that a collection tube | contains sodium citrate |
To test for substances that are sporadically released into urine, a physician might order which type of urine specimen | 24-hour |
To follow Universal Precautions in phlebotomy, you should | Wash your hands, wear examination gloves (BOTH) |
A medical assistant or phlebotomist should not attempt to obtain blood from any patient more than | two times |
If a urinalysis cannot be performed within 30 minutes after collection, the urine specimen must be stored | in a refrigerator |
Not a method for measuring Specific gravity | Microscope (May be measured: dipstick, urinometer, refractometer, reagent strip) |
The quality control log | shows when the testing equipment was last calibrated |
Which stain is specific to blood | Wright's |
The color code for an evacuation tube that does not contain an additive is | Red |
A creatine kinase test is done to help diagnose which conditions | Muscular dystrophies and heart disease |
Describes a centrifuge | machine to separate particles |
An erythrocyte sedimentation rate test might be used to | determine sickle cell anemia or inflammation and infection |
How should the patient's arm be positioned when drawing blood in phlebotomy | slightly downward |
Used in direct examination of a specimen | Wet mount |
The venipuncture site most commonly used on adults is the | median cubital vein |
After preparing a KOH mount | let the specimen sit at room temperature |
Before inoculating a culture plate, you should | label it on the bottom, agar site |
The first step in preparing a culture plate is to | label it |
Albumin found in urine might indicate | Renal disease, Heart failure, Hypertension, Fever (ALL OF THE ABOVE) |
Urine that is too acidic could indicate | Gout |