After completing a blood draw the phlebotomy technician should always 

Accidental artery puncture should be avoided for the following reason:

If, after centrifuging a specimen, a phlebotomist notices a pink or red tint to the serum, the specimen is likely ______.

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?