What do you guys do about this?
We've had this happen a couple times but a lot smaller and I haven't had it happen to my tubes before. I drew 6 tubes in this patient and 4 of them were SSTs. This one had one of these clots in them. Do you guys just take it out and still run tests or does it have to be discarded? Unless it depends on the test you're doing? Just curious on the lab side! I'm a medical assistant with a phlebotomy certification looking to find my way into the lab one day and I like hearing about your side of this type of stuff.
We've had this happen a couple times but a lot smaller and I haven't had it happen to my tubes before. I drew 6 tubes in this patient and 4 of them were SSTs. This one had one of these clots in them. Do you guys just take it out and still run tests or does it have to be discarded? Unless it depends on the test you're doing? Just curious on the lab side! I'm a medical assistant with a phlebotomy certification looking to find my way into the lab one day and I like hearing about your side of this type of stuff.