2. OVERVIEW:
⢠SOURCES
⢠METHODSOF BLOOD COLLECTION
⢠VENOUS BLOODVSARTERIAL BLOODVS CAPILLARY BLOOD
⢠TYPES OF ANTICOAGULANTS USED (COLOURCODING)
⢠BLOOD BANK
3. Patientâs specimen:
⢠A properly labelled sample is essential so that the results of the test should
match the patient.
⢠Label with patientâs ID or the sample number provided for the patient.
4. oBlood can be collected from 3 different sources:
ďś Capillary blood.
ďś Venous blood.
ďś Arterial blood.
5.
6. CAPILLARY BLOOD - METHOD OF COLLECTION :
â˘Select the least used finger.
â˘Cleanse the site with alcohol swab.
â˘Puncture across the grain of the skin
â˘And transfer blood to a strip or small container.
7.
8. ⢠INDICATIONS:
To draw a small amount of blood
ďą in a microtube or
ďą strip for blood sugar and
ďą bleeding time tests.
ďą For infants and young children.
19. Blood collection for
venous blood:
Equipment required:
â˘Tourniquet.
â˘Vacutainer and syringe.
â˘Alcohol swab.
â˘Bandage
20. ⢠Most common
ďźMajority of routine tests are performed on venous blood.
ďźBlood can be taken directly from the vein.
ďźThe best site - deep veins of the ante-cubital fossa.
27. Tourniquet should be applied on the upper arm.
Sterilise the puncture area with a spirit/alcohol swab and allow it
to dry.
Visualize and palpate the vein.
Donât enter the vein directly and vertically.
28.
29. Draw blood according to required tests.
Loosen the tourniquet.
Withdraw the needle.
Press down on the gauze, applying adequate pressure.
Apply a piece of band.
Put blood into a suitable container.
31. ďśBlind attempts should not made.
ďśSubcutaneous manipulation of the needle to enter a vein
should not be done.
ďśOnce the needle is withdrawn, pressure should be applied and
maintained for 1-2 minutes.
ďśIf you canât control the pressure this will cause Ecchymoses i.e.
extravasation of blood.
32. â˘Order of Draw:
1st. (Yellow-black stopper)
2nd Plain tube (Red stopper or SST)
3rd Coagulation tube (light blue stopper).
& for the last draw :
1. Heparin
2. EDTA
3. Oxalate/ fluoride
Tubes with anticoagulants/additives must be mixed thoroughly with collected
blood.
33. â˘SERUM:
⢠Liquid remaining after blood has clotted naturally in a plain tube.
⢠Itâs the most common specimen required for chemical and
serological test.
34. PLASMA:
ďą A fluid obtained from anticoagulated and centrifuged blood
ďą Plasma is required for Coagulation Profile and FibrinogenAssay.
35. Blood Collection tubes
ďPlastic tube with a rubber stopper include color coded.
ďContain anticoagulants and/or other chemical additives.
ďPlain tubes contain no anticoagulants.
ďAll tubes must be mixed thoroughly.
36. ANTICOAGULANT TUBE/
VACUTAINER
ďEDTA (Ethylene Diamine Tetra-Acetate) liquid:
ďTypes:
ďNa and K2 EDTA (2.0mg /ml)
ďMechanism: forming Ca salts to remove Ca.
ď Uses: CBC, PCR, PS and HbA1c.
ďRequires full draw (invert 8 times).
41. Citrate
â˘Action:
- Binds Ca in a non-ionsed but soluble complex.
â˘Disadvantage:
- It is a liquid -
not acceptable for blood cell counts &
Hb estimation.
42. ⢠HEPARIN:
ďSodium Heparin or Lithium Heparin
ď0.5 to 1.0mg per 5ml of blood
ďMechanism: inactivation of thrombin and
thromboplastin.
ďUses:
- For Lithium level - Na Heparin anticoagulant.
- For Ammonia level - Na or Lithium Heparin
43. Heparin
⢠Uses:
-naturally occuring biological anti-coagulant
-Used in hematological special tests,
biochemistry for electrolytes
-For blood gases
-Transfusions
⢠Action:
-Inhibition of enzymes involved in coagulation
eg: Anti thrombin III
-Inhibits action of thrombin on fibrinogen and formation of
thromboplastin
⢠Disadvantages:
-expensive
-highly acidic-blue colouration in smear
45. Oxalate
â˘Potasium oxalate:
- concentration is 2mg/ml blood
- shrinkage of RBCâs,
so 8% shrinkage in PCV
- used for chemical analysis
-Not used for PCV, ESR, cell morphology
â˘Ammonium oxalate:
- concentration 2mg/ml blood
- Adr: swelling of RBC
- Not used for PCV, ESR
46. RED (PLAINTUBE):
ď No preservative/anticoagulant.
ď Uses: usually for toxicology and serology
47. SST (SERUM SEPARATOR TUBE)
ď No additives.
ď Clotting accelerator and separation gel.
ď Uses: Chemistry, Immunology, and Serology.
48. PST /LIGHT GREEN :
ď Plasma Separating Tube
with Lithium Heparin.
ď Advantage:
forms a physical barrier
between plasma and blood
cells during centrifugation.
53. ANTI-COAGULANT IN
BLOODBAG:
â˘CPD - CITRATE PHOSPHATE DEXTROSE
â˘At 2-4 degree C â 21days
â˘CPDA-1 - CITRATE PHOSPHATE DEXTROSE ADENINE
â˘At 2-4 degree C â 35 days
â˘SAGM - SALINE ADENINE GLUCOSE MANNITOL
54. Apheresis
⢠Process of removal of whole blood from the donor /patient
⢠separating it into various components followed by
⢠retention of desired or unwanted components while the
⢠remaining consitituents are reinfused back into the
⢠donor/patient.
⢠The following terms are used according to the material
⢠retained :-
⢠Plateletpheresis â where platelets are retained.
⢠Plasmapheresis â when plasma is retained.
⢠Leukopheresis â when white cells are retained.
56. Techniques used in Apheresis
⢠Techniques used in Apheresis
⢠Manual Method
⢠⢠Performed using refrigerated centrifuges and specialized plastic bags.
⢠⢠Blood collected in the primary bag is centrifuged to separate the desired
⢠component which is retained in the satellite bag and the remainder is
⢠reinfused through the same vein back to the donor.
⢠Advantages:
⢠⢠Simple and less expensive method.
⢠Disadvantages:
⢠â˘The amount of component prepared per procedure is less than that collected
⢠from cell separators.
⢠â˘The risk of returning red cells to the wrong patient if stringent donor
⢠identification is not done.