how much blood would you need to give in order that every type of blood test could be carried out , and what is the first basic test
2007-01-16 21:52:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
When I get a new admit patient in the hospital, I draw what's called a rainbow (one of each of the basic tubes for in house testing). That includes enough blood for coagulation tests, all in-house chemistry tests, and hematology tests. Tests sent out to a reference laboratory typically require a larger specimen and take more tubes. To do the common tests in house is about 4 teaspoons. The first basic tests we do are a metabolic panel and a complete blood count (CBC).
2007-01-18 11:58:00 · answer #1 · answered by Phlebotomist 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the type of blood test. Blood tests test for specific things like sugar or calcium or any one of thousands of things. Most blood tests require a small amount of blood, so that the usual blood sample is about a third of an ounce, an amount upon which many, many tests can be performed. However, some blood tests require the blood specimen to be collected in a certain type of container, so more that one container (tube) might have to be collected. At most I imagine three blood tubes, each about one third of an ounce, would be the maximum you'd have to have collected at any one sitting.
2007-01-17 18:20:20 · answer #2 · answered by thmmd 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Prob bout a pint.
The first would be to see what blood group you are, its one of teh easiest.
2007-01-17 07:13:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
About an armful.
2007-01-17 06:07:46 · answer #4 · answered by D B 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋