Collection of Specimens: Safety Precautions Quiz

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Clearly label the specimen container with the patient's ______ and identification number.

name

Always include ______ and time of collection and your initials.

date

Identify the specimen ______ and/or specific site correctly so that proper culture media will be selected during processing the laboratory.

source

Collect specimens in sturdy, sterile, screw-cap, ______ proof containers with lids that do not create an aerosol when opened.

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Every laboratory should provide proper ______ for collection of samples.

guidelines Signup and view all the answers

If sample collection, transport, media are not proper, it will give ______ results.

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Specimens suspected with ______ should be labeled as high risk.

Tuberculosis Signup and view all the answers

Fecal samples suspected with ______ should be labeled as high risk.

Cholera, Typhoid Signup and view all the answers

Serum samples suspected with ______ infections should be labeled as high risk.

HIV, HBV, HCV Signup and view all the answers

Specimens should be labeled to avoid ______ of the external surface of the collection container.

contamination Signup and view all the answers

Specimens should be transported in ______ bags with a separate pouch for the laboratory requisition orders.

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Specimens should be transported in ______ carriers, such as small buckets with rigid handles.

transport Signup and view all the answers

When transporting specimens to the laboratory, it is important to leave them at ______ if there is a delay.

room temperature Signup and view all the answers

For mycology samples, skin scrapings should be made from the ______ of the lesion.

active periphery Signup and view all the answers

Nail scrapings should be deep enough to assure acquiring ______ tissue.

recently invaded Signup and view all the answers

Hair samples should be submitted in a ______ dish or container.

sterile Signup and view all the answers

Pus or exudates from wounds should be submitted in a ______ bottle or tube.

screwcapped Signup and view all the answers

Excised tissue or curettings from infected sinuses should be sent in a ______ container.