NHA CPT guides
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- Patient Identification and Preparation for PhlebotomyPatient ID, requisitions, consent, fasting and preparing pediatric, elderly and anxious patients for phlebotomy, from the CPT Patient Preparation domain.
- Phlebotomy Order of Draw: Tube Colors, Additives and Practice QuizThe phlebotomy order of draw by tube color, what each additive does, inversion counts, a memory trick, and free order-of-draw practice questions.
- Phlebotomy Safety and Infection ControlStandard precautions, hand hygiene, PPE, sharps safety and needlestick response for phlebotomists, from the CPT exam's Safety and Compliance domain, with practice.
- Phlebotomy Special CollectionsSpecial collections for the NHA CPT exam: blood cultures, timed and fasting draws, chilled and light-protected specimens, and chain of custody, with practice.
- Specimen Processing and HandlingLabeling, centrifuging, hemolysis, specimen rejection and transport for the NHA CPT exam's Processing domain, with free phlebotomy practice questions.
- Venipuncture Site Selection and ComplicationsChoosing a venipuncture site, sites to avoid, and handling complications like hematoma, fainting and nerve injury, with free phlebotomy practice questions.
- Capillary Puncture and the Capillary Order of DrawHow to perform a capillary (fingerstick and heel stick) puncture, the capillary order of draw, sites and depth, and free phlebotomy practice questions.
- Blood Collection Tube Colors and AdditivesWhat each blood tube color contains (sodium citrate, clot activator, gel, heparin, EDTA, sodium fluoride), what it's used for and inversion counts, with practice.