hemoglobin
Medical term Routine Blood Collections
Iron-based protein packed inside red cells; it picks up oxygen in the lungs, releases it to tissues and makes blood look red.
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Free practice questions that use hemoglobin
- Routine Blood Collections, question 5A physician office patient has orders for an aPTT (light blue-top) and a hemoglobin A1c (lavender-top). The phlebotomist uses a straight…
- Processing, question 3While filing a reference lab's printed report, a phlebotomist at a hospital outpatient lab sees she keyed a hemoglobin of 8.1 g/dL into…
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