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