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The form that test orders are on?
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A requisition
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3 parts to dealing with a requisition?
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Receiving, reviewing and accessioning the requisition
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What is it called when we deal with a requisition in the order it was received?
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Accessioning the requisition.
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What are the 3 parts to step 2 in venipuncture procedures?
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Approach, identify & prepare the patient
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Name the steps in approaching the patient:
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-Look for precaution signs
-Enter a patients room -Don't interrupt physicians or clergy -See if family is willing to leave room -If patient is not in room, check in at Nurses station -Identify yourself -Have a professional and cheery bedside manner |
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Name the steps in Identifying a patient:
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-Verifying Name and Date of Birth
-Check Identification bracelets -Check a 3-way ID -Check for discrepancies -Is a bracelet missing? -Wake, gently, sleeping patients -If knocked out, check with nurse or relative for ID info -Check outpatient ID |
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Name the required Requisition Information (10):
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-Ordering physician's name
-Patient's first and last names and middle initial -Patient's medical record number (if inpatient) -Room number and bed (if inpatient) -Billing information and ICD-9 codes (if outpatient) -Patient's date of birth or age -Type of test to be performed -Date test is to be performed -Test status (timed, fasting, priority, etc) -Special precautions (latex sensitivity) |
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Name the items to look for when reviewing a requisition:
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-Check to see that all required information is present and complete.
-Verify the tests to be collected and time and date of collection. -Identify diet restrictions or other special circumstances that must be met prior to collection. -Determine test status or collection priority |
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Name the steps in preparing the patient:
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-Explain the procedure
-Give noncommittal answers regarding their inquiries -NEVER lie to a child about it not hurting |
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Butterfly needle's proper name is:
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A Winged infusion set
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How do you clean the insertion site?
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With an alcohol pad, in concentric circles
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The degree that the needle needs to be at in order to draw blood from the antecubital area?
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15° to 30°
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The degree that the needle needs to be at in order to draw blood from the wrist area?
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10° to 15°
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How can you tell that, when using a butterfly needle, that you actually got the vein?
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Blood "Flashes" from the hub to the tubing.
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What is written, by us if not already on the label, on the tube?
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-Their 1st and last names
-Their ID# or DOB -Date and time of draw -Our initials -Info such as "fasting" |
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What is the maximum time a tourniquet should be left on?
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1 minute
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Are you allowed, as only a phlebotomist, to draw off of a "pic line"?
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NEVER
(Have nurse do it, using our tubes) |
