Lesson 3 Specimen Processing Module PDF
Lesson 3 Specimen Processing Module PDF
I. Learning Objectives
At the end of this chapter, the students should be able to:
A. Describe the different complications of venepuncture;
B. Enumerate the sites to be avoided in blood collection; and
C. Explain the procedures in specimen processing including chain of custody,
delivery time, and transport.
III. Assignment
IV. Discussion/Generalization
Thrombosis
Edema
Hematoma
Mastectomy
Tunica media
Tunica intima
Tunica serosa
Tunica adventitia
Sodium Heparin
Ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid
Sodium Fluoride
5. Routine blood specimen for whole blood analysis should be centrifuged within.
2 hours
3 hours
not centrifuged
1 hour
6. This is the area usually found in large laboratories where specimens are
received, evaluated, identified and sorted.
Central processing
Main processing
Capital processing
Central operations
7. The maximum time limit for serum and plasma separation according to CLSI
standards is
5 hours
4 hours
2 hours
3 hours
8. Collecting blood from intravenous lines may cause these changes on analytes
of the specimen except:
decreased sodium
decreased creatinine
increased glucose
increased potassium
Chain of Command
Chain of Control
Chain of Custody
Chain of Care
Sodium fluoride
Sodium citrate
Sodium heparin
11. All of these are late local complications in blood collection except:
12. A phlebotomist should not collect blood from the arm on the side of a
mastectomy because
the blood collected will be contaminated with excess fluid trapped in body's
tissues
13. In mixing additive tubes you must gently invert the specimen to avoid
icterus
hemolysis
lipemia
contamination
14. This is created when multiple tests are ordered on a single specimen.
Fraction
Specimen
Aliquot
Sample
VI. References
✘ Bishop, M. L., Fody, E. P., & Schoeff, L. E. (2013). Clinical chemistry: principles,
techniques, and correlations. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer
Health/Hippincott Williams & Wilkins