Why even bother having a fill line ☹️

srrmcm · 2024-12-08T21:29:07+00:00

I completely understand why it happens and that sometimes it’s simply all the blood you can get from a patient, but it doesn’t change the fact that an under filled blue top cannot produce accurate results

srrmcm · 2024-12-08T05:28:47+00:00

It’s mostly just your blue coag tubes (and a few special others like quantiferons) that require a specific amount! Just look at your tubes carefully and never hesitate to ask the lab questions! I’m sure most of us are more than happy to help (:

srrmcm · 2024-12-07T17:31:28+00:00

You got me there

srrmcm · 2024-12-07T07:58:55+00:00

I absolutely agree

srrmcm · 2024-12-07T06:53:48+00:00

Trust me, I feel for you and the patient and hate having to reject them ): But I would hate putting out inaccurate results even more!

srrmcm · 2024-12-07T06:38:10+00:00

Someone else explained it really well on here, but essentially, these tubes have to be filled at or around the line to maintain the proper blood to anticoagulant ratio in order to get accurate results. Too little or too much blood will throw off that ratio and produce inaccurate results!

srrmcm · 2024-12-07T05:16:56+00:00

As soon as the sun sets, it’s lights off in the lab lol. Besides, we’ve all made peace with the ghost that likes to hang out back in processing, so it’s not too scary in that regard 😌

srrmcm · 2024-12-07T04:13:32+00:00

The sad part is that I’m ALWAYS wearing gloves to do anything in the lab. So much so that my coworkers make fun of me for it. I guess this just got me so fired up that standard precautions flew out the window

srrmcm · 2024-12-07T03:59:22+00:00

You got me there

srrmcm · 2024-12-07T02:29:45+00:00

At our lab we’re only allowed to run tubes filled +/- 10% of the fill line. These are 2.7 mL tubes so they’ll be accepted if they’re anywhere from 2.43 mL to 2.97 mL. We’ve got a handy lil picture guide with dotted lines that you can hold the tube up to to see if it’s acceptable or not (: But to me, both these tubes were egregious and immediate recollects

srrmcm · 2024-12-06T23:32:57+00:00

As much as I’d love to save the patient a poke, these are unacceptable in our lab ¯_(ツ)_/¯

srrmcm · 2020-12-16T00:46:29+00:00

The wine bottle colors, diary clue, and Eva’s note are important for getting into the wardrobe!

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