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How much blood is needed to be drawn from a patient for fasting blood sugar test?
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How is the fibrinogen test performed?
This test is performed with a blood sample, which can be drawn at any time of day. The patient does not have to be fasting (nothing to eat or drink).
What are the risks of an adrenocorticotropic hormone test?
They may include slight bleeding from the location where the blood was drawn. The patient may feel faint or lightheaded after the blood is drawn. Sometimes the patient may have an accumulation of blood under the puncture site.
What are the normal ranges of blood glucose for nonfasting and fasting samples?
Fasting blood glucose (lab drawn)65-99mg/dL = normal blood glucose100-125mg/dL = pre diabetes126mg/dL andover = diabetes (recommend repeating test on another day to confirm diagnosis of diabetes)Non fasting blood glucose(lab drawn)Please note: fasting blood glucose is recommended to diagnose diabetesunder 140mg/dL = normal blood glucose140-199 mg/dL = pre diabetes200mg/dL and over = diabetes
Why might physicians prefer to schedule new patients first thing in the morning?
Many blood tests require a patient to be fasting for at least 12 hours. If an appointment is scheduled early in the morning, the patients can have their blood drawn for these types of tests before their first meal of the day.
When a patient offers his or her arm to have blood drawn he or she has what consent?
Consent by action or acquiescence.
When to draw serum trough and serum peak drug levels?
Trough levels should be drawn immediately prior to a dose and should not be drawn before steady state conditions are acheived. Peak levels should be drawn at least 60 minutes after the end of the infusion. If it is administered via a peripheral site, the serum level should be drawn from the opposite extermity. and the IV should be flushed.
If a patient has a disease and blood was drawn what would show?
It will generally show a high white blood cell count.
What position should a patient never be in when having blood drawn?
Sitting or lying down
What step should a phlebotomist take if blood was drawn from the wrong patient?
Notify the supervisor STAT!
Do you have to fast before a psa test?
IF YOU MEAN PROSTATE TESTING, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FAST, WELL AT LEAST THE MEN THAT CAME TO OUR CLINIC FOR FREE SCREENING A FEW YEARS AGO ONLY HAD TO HAVE THEIR BLOOD DRAWN AND NO FASTING WAS REQUIRED.
Why should venipuncture be avoided on the affected side when a patient has had a mastectomy?
A patient who has had mastectomy may have blood drawn. You should avoid the side that has had lymph node dissection.
How is an analanine aminotransferase test done?
This test involves blood being drawn, probably from a vein in the patient's elbow.
