Medca: Phlebotomy Technician Study Guide| latest 2023/2024

Medca: Phlebotomy Technician Study Guide| latest 2023/2024 type and cross match - takes place for transfusions to determine if a patient will react after a transfusion (learning if blood is compatible with donors) preanalytical phase - the process of collecting a specimen for further laboratory testing anatomic pathology - process of testing specimen such as biopsy pharmacy department - primary consultant for blood collected for testing drug levels quality improvement - the use of data-based methods in order to reach improvement(may use a flowchart or pareto chart) quality control records - What are these examples of: -expiration dates -precision of testing supplies/reagents -storage information phlebotomist - Who is a potential threat to the patient yes - is feces and urine a potential source of infection nosocomial - patient developing an infection while in the hospital that was not present before they arrived fomites - materials that carry infections hand washing - the single most important way to prevent the spread of infection wash hands with soap and water - what do you do when you are stuck by a needle blood pressure - pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels arterial - blood pressure usually refers to the ____________ pressure of systemic circulation systolic pressure - ____________ is maximum while diastolic pressure is minimum decreases - blood pressure _______________ when blood moves away from the heart inside - blood pressure is usually measured on the _________ of the elbow, at a person's upper arm 120/80 - what is the normal blood pressure reading (with systolic being the higher number, and diastolic being the lower number) systolic - -heart contracting -maximum arterial pressure during the contraction is in the left ventricle -also called ventricular contraction diastolic - -relaxation and dilation(expansion) period -minimum arterial pressure is when ventricles are filled with blood diastolic sound - sound heard during diastole pulse - rhythmical expansion of arteries due to heart contractions increases - when you breathe in your heart rate __________ ankle - Your pulse can be felt at the wrist(radial artery), neck(carotid artery), inside elbow(brachial artery), behind knee(popliteal artery), and around the ________________ joint(posterior tibial artery) index and middle - the _________ _____ _______________ fingers can feel for the pulse thumb - what has a pulse of it's own 120-60 - what should someone's pulse rate be between serum - when blood clots what is the fluid called homeostasis - what is the steady state of the body called bone marrow - where is blood made 95 - the bone marrow produces __% of the blood cells using the liver, spleen, and lymph nodes to help with cell regulation stem cells - what do blood cells originate as platelets - blood cells include, red blood cells(erythrocytes), white blood cells(leukocytes), and ______________(thrombocytes) 45 - erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes make up __% of the blood tissue plasma - what makes up 55% of the blood tissue 8 - blood makes up _% of the average humans body weight 5 - How many liters of blood are in the body pH - measures the hydrogen ion concentration 7.35 to 7.45 - what should the normal blood pH level be acidic - less than the 7.35 pH