What is the preferred vein for venipuncture?

___________ is clear, pale-yellow fluid that is nearly 91% water and 9% solutes.

You are in the process of collecting a blood specimen. The needle is inserted but the tube is filling very slowly.  A hematoma starts to form rapidly.  What has most likely happened?

Which specimen tubes must contain a 9-to-1 ratio of blood to anticoagulant to be accepted for testing?

Which disease targets the liver?

You must collect a specimen on a 6-year-old. The child is a little fearful.  What do you do?

A client contracts Salmonella. What type of transmission most likely occurred? 

When collecting a blood culture specimen directly from a syringe into blood culture bottles, which should be filled first?

The primary reason for performing arterial puncture is to ____________.  

Class “C” fires