The basics of drawing labs

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Across
  1. 4. You are drawing blood from the right AC and IV fluids are infusing in the right wrist INT. What should you do to the IV fluids before drawing blood?
  2. 5. Where all specimens should be labeled.
  3. 6. This must be sent when sending a pink tube to the lab.
  4. 7. Must be stopped when labs are drawn from the same arm.
  5. 8. This color tube is used when drawing a lactic acid level.
  6. 10. The term means the red blood cells have burst or broken down in the vial provided to the lab.
  7. 12. Lactic acid and ammonia vials must be sent to lab with this.
  8. 13. When the patient has a central with continuous IV fluids, this device can be used to draw labs and return "waste blood" back to the patient.
Down
  1. 1. When only a coagulation test is requested and a butterfly is used, collect a __________ first. This prevents a short draw due to dead space in the butterfly tubing.
  2. 2. This color tube is for coagulation labs and must be filled to the line and not above.
  3. 3. When a medication order for Vancomycin Trough to be drawn is due in BCMA, nursing must enter this.
  4. 5. Always drawn first when ordered according to order of draw.
  5. 9. NH3
  6. 11. This color tube is used to draw troponins.