You are working in the send out department for your shift on a Monday night.  You receive a urine for an IEP test.  The urine was collected Friday @ 6 am, and you do not know what temperature the drs office had it over the weekend.  Urine IEP stability requirements Ambient (room temp) – 24 hours Refrigerated – 48 hours Frozen – 3 months Is this urine specimen acceptable for the test requested?  How would you resolve this issue?

As a student ST you are assigned to assist in the clean processing area of the operating room. Your health facility also has a central supply department that has decontamination and sterilization services for the rest of the facility. In your assigned area, you will be asked to assist in assembling instrument trays correctly, ensuring that monitoring systems are in place, and loading the steam sterilizer. Your mentor will run the loads, but you are expected to retrieve and interpret the output data from the system. You will start your work by receiving instruments that have come out of the washer/sterilizer/disinfector. The instruments are in wash trays. They are decontaminated and dry, and your mentor for the day has removed them from the system and placed them in the clean work room. Your work room has files containing the contents of all instrument sets, logs to identify the sterilization loads by their number, the date of the run, and additional space to record which type(s)…

What standard procedures are needed in handling the following specimens for laboratory submission? blood CSF

Jim, the phlebotomist, extracts blood sample from an ICU patient for AST, ALT, bilirubin, sodium, & potassium using a syringe. An IV line is seen on the left arm of the patient so he extracts blood from the right arm. He obtains 5 ml of blood and uses two separate tubes for the tests. Making use of a transfer device, he first dispenses 3 ml of blood in a plain red top for AST, ALT and bilirubin then dispenses 2ml of blood in a green lithium heparin top for sodium and potassium. He labels them accordingly with the appropriate details and proceeds to the laboratory. He now processes the specimens obtained and analyzes them using the appropriate machines for the lab tests requested. 1. Is there any analyte that may be affected given the circumstance? If Yes, choose which analyte(s) is /are affected. If no analyte(s) is/are affected, choose NONE.  A. ALT B. AST C. Bilirubin D. Sodium E. Potassium F. NONE   2. If you answered any analyte, Explain why. If you…

Case 2: Answer each question in a clear and organized paragraph. Each paragraph should include a clear and precise answer (1–3 sentences) that directly addresses the question. (For No. 96-98) A phlebotomist, named Toru, is sent to the Emergency Room to collect an EDTA specimen for a stat type and crossmatch (pink or lavender tube) on an accident victim. He properly identifies the patient and is in the process of filling the lavender-top tube when an ER nurse tells him that the patient's physician wants to add a stat set of electrolytes for Chemistry Department to the test order. Jake acknowledges her request. He finishes filling the lavender top and grabs a green top. After completing the draw, he takes the specimens straight to the laboratory to be processed immediately. 96. One of the specimens that Jake drew is compromised. Which one is it? Your answer 97. Why is the specimen compromised and how may test results be affected? points) Your answer 98. How could Toru have avoided the…

The doctor orders Solu-Medrol 125mg IV q 12h for the patient. The pharmacy sends solu-medrol 1 gm /5 ml. How many mL will the nurse administer per dose ?

The physician order reads: Ceftriaxidine 885mg IV q12h. Refer to the label below. How many mL would be required for one dose? Add 5.2mL of sterile water for final CEFTRIAXIDINE Concentration of 500mg/5mL. Stable for 7 days in refrigerator. For I.V. use 1g Read accompanying circular EXPIRES 10/10/2023

Jake, a phlebotomist, is sent to the emergency room (ER) to collect an EDTA specimen for a stat type and cross match on an accident victim. He properly identifies the patient and is in the process of filling the lavender top tube when an ER nurse tells him that the patient’s physician wants to add a stat set of electrolytes to the test order. Jake acknowledges her request. He finishes filling the pink top, and grabs a green top. After completing the draw, he takes the specimens straight to the laboratory to be processed immediately. a. One of the specimens that Jake drew is compromised. Which one is it? b. Why is the specimen compromised and how may the test results be affected? c. How could Jake have avoided the problem without drawing the patient twice?