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Spelling Terms Unit 2

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Definition
Additives   Chemical added to evacuated tubes.  
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Antiseptic   Substance that prevents infection.  
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Bacteriostatic   Blood infection by a bacterium.  
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Criminal action   (Law) and the violator is prosecuted by the public in the person of the goverment's attorney( the district attorney.)  
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Clot activators   Additive that stimulates clotting.  
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Disinfectant   Agent used to clean a surface other than living tissue.  
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Gauge   Number describing the diameter of a needle's lumen.  
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Glycolysis   Metabolic super break down within cells.  
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Inpatients   Patients admitted to the hospital.  
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Luer adapter   Device for adapting a butterfly needle to an evacuated tube.  
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Lumen   Hollow tube within a needle.  
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Multisample needle   Double- ended needle designed to be used with an evacuated tube system.  
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Needle adapter   Translucent plastic cylinder connecting a multisample needle to an evacuated tube.  
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Order of draw   Prescribed sequence in which tubes with different additives should be filled during a mulitube collection.  
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Outpatients   Patients treated at the hospital without being admitted as an inpatient.  
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Polymer gel   An insert, synthetic additive used to separate cells from plasma during centrifugation, also called thixotropic gel.  
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Delta check   Quality assurance procedure that helps discover identification errors by comparing previous patient results with current results.  
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Tourniquet   Strip of material used to reduce circulation and increase prominence of veins.  
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Tube advancement mark   Mark on a needle adapter indicating how far the tube can be pushed in without losing vacuum.  
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Tube holder   Translucent plastic cylinder connecting how a muli-sample needle to an evacuated tube  
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Whole Blood   Blood before it is separated.  
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Winged infusion set   Small needle and flexible tube for delicate veins.  
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SPS   Sodium polyanethol sulfonate  
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HLA   Human Leukocyte antigent  
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EDTA   Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid  
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