Commonly Used Abbreviations and Glossary of Phlebotomy Terminology
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| show | ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE
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| show | ACTIVATED PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME
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| show | ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE
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| show | BLEEDING TIME
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| show | BLOOD UREA NITROGEN
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| BURPP | show 🗑
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| show | COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT
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| Diff | show 🗑
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| EDTA | show 🗑
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| show | ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY
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| show | ERTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE
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| FBS | show 🗑
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| GTT | show 🗑
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| show | HEMATOCRIT
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| show | HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
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| HGB | show 🗑
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| INR | show 🗑
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| LDH | show 🗑
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| LDL | show 🗑
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| MCH | show 🗑
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| MCHC | show 🗑
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| MCV | show 🗑
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| show | MEAN PLATELET VOLUME
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| PT | show 🗑
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| PTT | show 🗑
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| show | RED BLOOD CELL/RED BLOOD COUNT
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| show | RED BLOOD CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH
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| show | SODIUM POLYANETHOL SULFONATE
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| SST | show 🗑
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| show | WHITE BLOOD CELL/WHITE BLOOD COUNT
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| show | The Consensus of medical opinion on what is adequate patient care in a particular situation.
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| show | Use precautions with patients known to have a serious illness that can be transmitted through airborne droplets.
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| allerigic contact dermatitis | show 🗑
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| show | substance being analyzed
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| Ancillary blood glucose test | show 🗑
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| show | area inside the elbow where the best veins for blood draw are located
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| show | Additives that prevent blood from clotting.
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| show | patient's own blood donation collected for use at a later time
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| Basillic vein | show 🗑
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| show | Measures the amount of time it takes bleeding to stop after an incision is made.
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| BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS: | show 🗑
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| show | The presence of antigens on the surface of red blood cells (RBC)
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| Brachial Artery | show 🗑
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| butterfly needle (a.ka.) winged infusion set): | show 🗑
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| Capillary tube (a.k.a) | show 🗑
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| show | Act of separating components of a sample based on density by using a machine that spins a sample at very high rate of speed (the device is called a centrifuge)
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| Cephalic vein: | show 🗑
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| Chemistry panel | show 🗑
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| Clot Activators: | show 🗑
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| Coagulation | show 🗑
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| Complete blood Count (CBC) | show 🗑
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| show | Used when a patient is known or suspected to have a serious illness that may be spread by direct contact.
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| show | Assesses the ratio of the different types of white blood cells (WBC's) and to look for changes in the RBC's and platelets.
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| Differential count | show 🗑
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| Droplet Precautions: | show 🗑
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| Flea | show 🗑
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| show | Patient privacy act
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| show | Determines the percentage of the blood volume that is RBC's
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| show | A swollen, reddened area under the skin where blood collects
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| Hemoconcentration | show 🗑
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| Hemoglobin (Hgb) | show 🗑
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| show | Destrution of RBC's
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| show | The process by which the body stops blood from leaking out of a wound.
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| Heparin or saline lock | show 🗑
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| show | Monitors and evaluates the quality of patient care: institution will lose Medicare funding if it has not been accredited by JCAHO.
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| show | Used to attach a butterfly needle to an evacuation tube.
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| show | The hollow tube part of the needle.
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| show | Provide information on chemicals, their hazards, and procedures for cleanup and first aid.
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| Median Cubital vein | show 🗑
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| Microcollection tube | show 🗑
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| show | Large glass capillary tube
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| show | A double-ended needle designed to be used with an evacuation tube system.
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| show | Transculent plastic cylinder connecting a multi-sample needle to an evacuated tube.
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| show | Blocked
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| show | Regulates safety in the workplace.
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| show | Infectious organism
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| show | Gowns, masks, respirators, face shields, shoe covers and gloves
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| show | Digestion of blood-borne microorganisms that cause infections.
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| show | Policies and procedures designed to ensure the deliver of high quality patient care and specimen analysis.
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| Sharps | show 🗑
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| Standard preautions (a.k.a) Universal precautions) | show 🗑
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| show | An instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids, it is a simple piston pump consisting of a plunger that fits tightly in a tube; open end of the syringe may be fitted with a hypodermic needle, a nozzle or tubing.
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| show | Removal of blood (blood letting) as part of a treatment for a disorder.
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| show | an inert additive used to separate cells from plasma during centrifuging.
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| Thrombosis | show 🗑
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| show | Placed on a needle adapter to indicate how far the tube can be pushed in without losing vacuum pressure.
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