A+ Score Solution/ 2024-2025.
Anti-coagulants - Answer: Prevents blood from clotting
Define Blood Pressure - Answer: the amount of force exerted by the blood on the peripheral
arterial walls
Where do Veins Carry Blood? - Answer: To the heart
Lactate? (In what type of tubes) - Answer: Plasma Tubes
What happens when a tourniquet is left on too long? - Answer: Hemoconcentration begins to
form
What can cause lost vacuum in a Tube? - Answer: Expired/Damages tube.
What size gauge is used for a Blood Donor Donation? - Answer: 16 gauge.
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, What chemical is in the Green Tube? - Answer: Heparin
What goes in the Sharps Container? - Answer: Needles, glass, contaminated/infectious waste,
lancets. Sharp items
When should the tourniquet be removed? - Answer: Before the needle is withdrawn
And when filling the last tube needed
What is plasma? - Answer: Fluid portion of blood
90% water
Name the 2 lymphocytes - Answer: T Cell
B Cell
CDC? - Answer: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; provides safety guidelines for
medical offices and facilities
Nosocomial Infection? - Answer: hospital acquired infection
Where should the tourniquet be placed? - Answer: Approximately 3-4 inches about the
puncture site.
Or 2 inches above the puncture site
Transfixed Vein? - Answer: Pull back slightly on the needle to fix.
What is immunohematology? - Answer: study of blood group antigens and antibodies
(Blood Typing)
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