Clinical Chemistry · stage 1 of 6

Before the tube is filled

Everything that has to be right before you draw: the request itself, the person in front of you, and the barriers that keep both of you safe. Finish this stage and you can take a specimen that is defensible from the first second it exists.

Work through these in order

1. 1Recognizing a request that should be questionedSpecimen Collection CC-SC-2
2. 2Meeting each patient without assuming you already understand themProfessionalism CC-PR-4
3. 3Telling the patient what the test needsSpecimen Collection CC-SC-1
4. 4Talking with the patient in front of youProfessionalism CC-PR-6
5. 5Keeping patient information inside the circle of careProfessionalism CC-PR-1
6. 6Confirming you have the right patientSpecimen Collection CC-SC-10
7. 7Routine practices and additional precautionsSafety CC-SA-13
8. 8Choosing, wearing and removing protective equipmentSafety CC-SA-1
9. 9Hand hygiene at the benchSafety CC-SA-2
10. 10Engineering controls and built-in safety devicesSafety CC-SA-4
11. 11Performing the draw itselfSpecimen Collection CC-SC-11
12. 12Reducing the chance of exposure during routine workSafety CC-SA-6
13. 13Spotting when the collection itself went wrongSpecimen Collection CC-SC-9
14. 14Keeping an unbroken paper trail for legal specimensSpecimen Collection CC-SC-5

This reading order is MLTPrep’s own. To browse the same material filed against the competency areas instead, go back to the Clinical Chemistry study guide.

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