Phlebotomy and CPT Midterm Review 1

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards based on phlebotomy procedures, laboratory departments, and cardiovascular anatomy from the CPT Midterm Review.

CBC

The routine hematology test that includes hemoglobin, hematocrit, red blood cell count, and white blood cell count.

Pharmacy

The hospital department responsible for preparing and dispensing drugs.

Hippocrates

The developer of an early medical theory stating that disease resulted from an excess or infection of one of four humors.

Fleams

Instruments used in general phlebotomy to open an artery or vein to remove large amounts of blood.

Polycythemia

A disorder involving the overproduction of red blood cells, sometimes treated by removing a unit of blood without replacement.

Hematology

The department that performs laboratory tests to identify diseases associated with blood and blood-forming tissues.

Coagulation

The laboratory department that studies the ability of blood to form and dissolve clots.

Chemistry

The laboratory department that performs the majority of laboratory tests.

Reference Lab

Large independent laboratories that receive specimens from many different facilities located in various cities or states.

Light Blue Stopper

Contains sodium citrate; used for Coagulation Dept tests such as PT, aPTT, dDimer, Fibrinogen, INR, and thrombin time (TT).

Tiger Top

Contains a clot activator and Gel Serum separator; used for Chemistry, CMP, Thyroid panels, and hormones.

Lavender Stopper

Contains EDTA; used for Hematology tests like WBC, RBC, Hgb, Hct, Platelets, and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate.

Gray Stopper

Contains sodium fluoride and potassium oxalate; used for Chemistry tests including Glucose, GTT, and Ethanol.

Royal Blue Stopper

A tube with no additive, EDTA, or sodium heparin; used in Chemistry for trace element testing.

Erythrocyte

Red blood cells (RBC) that carry oxygen from the lungs to cells and transport $CO_2$ away from cells to the lungs.

Systemic circulation

The pathway that carries oxygenated blood from the heart and returns blood to the heart carrying $CO_2$.

Serum

A clear pale fluid separated from blood specimens that does not contain fibrinogen.

Ventricles

The lower, pumping, delivering chambers on each side of the heart.

Lumen

The internal space of a blood vessel.

Heparin

The additive found in green colored stopper tubes.

Hemochromatosis

An often inherited disorder that causes iron deposits in the tissues and can be treated by removing blood.

Antisepsis of the collection site

The most critical part of a blood culture collection.

Lymph

A fluid that originates from tissue fluid.

Capillary puncture blood

Blood that most closely resembles arterial blood.

Warming the site

A procedure performed before skin puncture to increase blood flow up to seven times.

Heel puncture depth

The CLSI recommended maximum depth is $2.0\,mm$.

PPD testing

A screening test used for infection control.

PPE Donning Order

The proper sequence for putting on personal protective equipment: gown first, then mask, gloves last.

Hand decontamination

An example of a work practice control that reduces the risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens.

Droplet transmission

Infection transmission involving the transfer of microbes to mucous membranes by means of a cough or sneeze.

Skin puncture EDTA specimen

Collected first during skin puncture to minimize the effects of platelet clumping.

Lateral plantar surface

The safest area for performing an infant heel puncture.

Wiping the first drop

Action taken during skin puncture to eliminate tissue fluid contamination.

Purple top

The microcollection container used to collect a specimen for a CBC.

Lancet depth control

Necessary during capillary puncture to avoid injuring the heel bone.

Left ventricle

The heart chamber responsible for delivering oxygenated blood to the aorta.

Atria

The receiving chambers of the heart.