LQPB2303 - CMLE - DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF CONTAMINATION BY INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS IN BLOOD SPECIMENS

Course Description

LabQ 2023 Phlebotomy

Faculty/Authors
KARLA TALBOTT, BS, MLS(ASCP)
THE ENDOSCOPY CENTER

KRISTEN COFFEY, MS, MB(ASCP)CM
UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA

CMLE Credit: 2.0
Estimated Completion Time: 2 hour
Format: Online Educational Activity and Post Exam

Instructions

To claim CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:

Review the Technical Considerations.
Click Go to Course to view an overview of the modules in this course.
Click Access to begin the course.
Review the Educational Activity.
Complete and submit the Post Exam.
Submit the course Evaluation to register your credit.

Faculty Disclosures
The faculty have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Technical Considerations

Release Date: 05/27/2023
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 12/31/2025

Course Objectives

Following completion of this activity, you will be able to:

describe the macroscopic appearance of a blood specimen that has been contaminated by intravenous fluids;

predict various electrolyte and chemistry analytes that would be affected by contamination;

list the variables of the preanalytic phase of sample collection that may affect chemistry results;

determine how a set of chemistry results may have been altered; and

recommend the corrective action to be taken to prevent contamination.

Summary


Availability:	On-Demand


Credit Offered:	2 CMLE Credits