PHLEB LEC ( capillary )
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- It refers to the sampling blood from a puncture on the finger, heel or an earlobe
- increasingly common in medicine
- other terms of capillary blood sampling
- sterile, disposable, sharp-pointed or bladed instrument that either punctures or makes an incision on the skin to obtain capillary blood specimens for testing
- safety engineered device used for the finger stick collection of blood
- makes a surgical incision instead of a guillotine puncture wound so that tissue damage and pain are virtually eliminated
- high quality, single use lancets available in two formats
- two formats of capiject
- easy to use; fast launching for convenient use
- helps maximize blood flow and minimize pain when performing heel sticks on newborns and babies
- laser typically vaporizes water inthe skin to produce a small hole in the capillary bed
- no risk of accidental sharps injury, and no need for sharps disposal
- called microtubes and often referred to as bullets because of their size and shape
- special small plastic tubes used to collect thetiny amounts of blood obtained from capillary punctures
- disposable, narrow-bore plastic or plastic-clad glass capillary tubes that fill by capillary action
- MICROHEMATOCRIT TUBES AND SEALANTS typically hold ___ microliter of blood
- is a clay likematerial used for sealing microhematocrittubes.
- Includes holder tray with __ numbered slots fortube storage
- no anticoag
- coated w/heparin
- long thin narrow-borecapillary tubes, 100 mm in length & capacity of 100 microliter
- small metal filings inserted into the tube after collection to aid in mixing the anticoagulant
- used to mix specimen
- closures used to seal CBG tubes
- glass microscope slides are occasionally used to make blood films for hematology determinations
- Capillary specimens are a mixture of __, __, and __, along with __ and __
- fluid in the tissue spaces between the cells
- fluid within the cells
- Hemoglobin, potassium, and serum sample are
- Calcium, total protein, plasma sample are
- Available veins are fragile or must be saved forother procedures such as ___
- Several unsuccessful venipunctures have been performed and the requested test can be collected by ___
- The patient has __ or __ tendencies
- Special procedures that require capillary blood
- Infants have a small blood volume; removingquantities of blood typical of venipuncture orarterial puncture can lead to ___
- According to studies, for every 10 mL of blood removed, as much as ___ is also removed
- Large quantities removed rapidly can cause ___
- Puncturing deep veins can result in
- Capillary blood is the preferred specimen for some tests, such as
- Tests that cannot be collected for capillary puncture