💡 How many times can you use the evacuated holder?

Ans. One per patient (but here in the Philippines allowed na many times)

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💉 Phlebotomy
☣️ Hazard/Safety
💡 Q&A/Tips
🗒 Summary
📖 Definition
🔖 Explanation

📖 Anticoagulant:

chemical substance that can prevent blood clots

💡 cc=mL (same measurement)

e.g. 10cc = 10mL

💉 Needle gauge and bore are indirectly proportional.

The higher the gauge, the smaller the bore.

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📖 Tourniquet
aka Velcro Strap/Velcro Tourniquet

A tourniquet is used by the phlebotomist to assess and determine the location of a suitable vein for venipuncture.

used to constrict vein
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💉 Needle length ranges from 1-1.5 inches.

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💡Term used to search for a vein

📎 Blood after centrifuge

💡 Destruction of RBC results in plasma/ serum to appear red/pink due to Hgb release

Ans. Hemolysis

💡 Specimen w/ yellowish appearance bc of increased bilirubin content

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💡 Cloudy turbid appearance, presence of lipid

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💡 Pigment that causes color yellow (eg urine)

Ans. Urobilin

💉Most common antiseptic