Hematology Testing and Anticoagulants Quiz

RBCs can shrink.

To prevent coagulation by binding or chelating calcium.

Heparin prevents clotting by inhibiting thrombin formation.

<p>To prevent coagulation by binding calcium.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>EDTA K3 can cause cells to shrink.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Potassium oxalate prevents coagulation by precipitating calcium.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Preserves glucose for up to 3 days and inhibits bacterial growth</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Silica particles, inert clays like Celite, and clotting factors such as thrombin</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are clot activators and cause blood to clot within 15 to 30 minutes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Clot within 5 minutes with gentle inversions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is an inert substance that separates serum or plasma from other blood components</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It can activate coagulation and clotting when in contact with glass</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Yellow</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>As a unit after use and never be removed from the needle and reused.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sharp with Engineered Sharps Injury Protection</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Improper storage, opening the tube, dropping the tube, advancing the tube too far onto the needle before venipuncture, or if the needle bevel becomes partially out of the skin during venipuncture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Clot activators</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sugar</p> Signup and view all the answers