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If a patient receives a transfusion of the wrong blood type

What can happen if a patient receives a transfusion of the wrong blood type?

Which of the following tests CANNOT be performed by skin puncture

You must collect a routine hematology test, a coagulation test, and a STAT chemistry test. Which of the following are the tubes you would most likely use, listed in the correct order of draw?

Centrifuge speed is measured in ____________

A capillary puncture should be done rather than a venipuncture in all of the following situations EXCEPT when:

Introducing bacteria from the patient’s skin into a specimen for blood cultures analysis may result in:

The phlebotomist needs to draw a CBC and a Bilirubin level from a 10-day-old infant’s heel. What color of tubes will they draw and what additives do these tubes contain? What is the order of draw and are there any special handling instructions?

The following tests have all been ordered at the same time on different inpatients. Only one phlebotomist is on duty. Which test should the phlebotomist collect first?

Collection of a blood specimen for which of the following tests would incorporate the use of a typenex armband?