Which of these choices lists lab tests in the order in which tubes would be drawn to conduct the tests?

A blade-style lancet should be held at a _______ angle to a patient’s fingerprint whorls when performing capillary collection. 

If a tourniquet has been left on the arm for more than one minute, how long should it remain off the arm before it is reapplied?

Adhesive bandages are never placed on 

When a patient’s veins are difficult to access, how many attempts at venipuncture should a phlebotomy technician make before seeking help from other qualified personnel?

Most collection tubes should be centrifuged within ________ of collection.

Which of these patient reactions should be documented, but is not a cause for discontinuing a draw or likely to affect analytes?

After assembling the ETS and double-checking that he has the correct tubes gathered for a venipuncture draw, a phlebotomy technician realizes that he forgot to remove the tourniquet after site selection.  He knows that is has been in place for more than one minute.  If he continues with the draw, what is one possible consequence?

When passing another phlebotomy technician’s drawing station a PBT overhears him telling the patient that if she does not extend her arm, he will have to extend it for her and strap it down for the draw.  What is the passing PBT’s best course of action?

A patient with a DNR order in place becomes unresponsive during the course of a blood draw. The phlebotomy technician should