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VENIPUNCTURE
VENIPUNCTURE
Whole Blood
1. To obtain plasma, tubes with anticoagulant are needed
2. Gently rotate tube with additive in a figure 8 motion immediately to mix anticoagulant.
Hematocrit (Hct)
1. Screening test to determine anemia or polycythemia
a. Anemia: condition which there is a lack of circulating red blood cells
2. Polycythemia: excessive number of RBCs