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Chapter 7 Flashcards

Chapter 17 – Specimen Handling and Transport Chapter 18 – Compliance (legal issues)

1
Q 
The three basic processing steps for blood specimens in the clinical laboratory include all of the following, except:
	A. Precentrifugation 	
	B. Centrifugation 	
	C. Agitation 	
	D. Postcentrifugation
A

C. Agitation

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A blood specimen wrapped in foil is designed to protect the specimen from what?
	A. Vibration 	
	B. Heat 	
	C. Ice 	
	D. Light
A

D. Light

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During transportation of specimens, cold or heat packs are used to ensure:
	A. That specimens clot 	
	B. Controllable temperatures 	
	C. Hemolysis 	
	D. Ice slurries
A

B. Controllable temperatures

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Q 
Why must analysis take place as quickly as possible after venipuncture?
	A. For accuracy 	
	B. For hiring 	
	C. Because of weather 	
	D. Because of automation
A

A. For accuracy

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For hand-delivered specimens, what type of paperwork is usually used in the laboratory?
	A. MSDS 	
	B. MAR 	
	C. Log sheet 	
	D. Biohazard symbol
A

C. Log sheet

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Mislabeled tubes can cause over- or under-medication by causing:
A. The wrong test results to go to the patient
B. Invasive procedures
C. Insurance problems
D. Tests to have to be re-done

A

A. The wrong test results to go to the patient

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Q 
Messages, patient records, and laboratory test results are often transported via which type of computerized system?
	A. Biohazard 	
	B. Courier 	
	C. Point-of-purchase 	
	D. Pneumatic tube
A

D. Pneumatic tube

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Q 
What does inadequate mixing of blood specimens cause?
	A. Gel separation 	
	B. Anticoagulation 	
	C. Clots to form 	
	D. Additives to develop
A

C. Clots to form

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Q 
The entire length of the process of blood specimen ordering, through testing to reporting, is called:
	A. Processing time 	
	B. Turnaround time 	
	C. Analysis time 	
	D. Hematology time
A

B. Turnaround time

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Q 
Coagulation tests may be affected by rough handling or:
	A. Carrying 	
	B. Blood specimens 	
	C. Transporting 	
	D. Agitation
A

D. Agitation

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Q 
For easy updating, laboratory compliance plans and the policies and procedures are best kept in:
	A. Drawers 	
	B. Files 	
	C. Hanging folders 	
	D. Three ring binders
A

D. Three ring binders

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Non-allowed duties for phlebotomists include all of the following, except:
A. Taking vital signs
B. Reviewing patient charts to see diagnosis information
C. Filing reports and answering phones
D. Entering billing or other information on lab patients into a lab computer system

A

D. Entering billing or other information on lab patients into a lab computer system

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13
Q 
Laboratory compliance plans should have a method of receiving anonymous complaints without any fear of:
	A. Medicare 	
	B. Medicaid 	
	C. Retaliation 	
	D. Fraud
A

C. Retaliation

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Q 
Blood culture specimens are usually collected into:
	A. Culture media 	
	B. Bedpans 	
	C. Catheters 	
	D. Cold packs
A

A. Culture media

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15
Q 
A procedure that penetrates the skin is referred to as:
	A. Superficial 	
	B. Invasive 	
	C. Sudden 	
	D. Preferred
A

B Invasive

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16
Q 
Compliance prevents all of the following except:
	A. Abuse 	
	B. Fraud 	
	C. Quality customer service 	
	D. Waste
A

C. Quality customer service

17
Q 
How often should standing orders be reviewed and updated?
	A. Weekly 	
	B. Monthly 	
	C. Semiannually or annually 	
	D. Every 5 years
A

C. Semiannually or annually

18
Q 
Semen or urine specimens are what type of specimens?
	A. Remote 	
	B. Stat 	
	C. Microbiological 	
	D. Not pregnancy related
A

C. Microbiological

19
Q 
Why do certain tests require cooling?
	A. To clot 	
	B. To slow metabolic processes 	
	C. To stop clotting 	
	D. To speed up metabolic processes
A

B. To slow metabolic processes

20
Q 
Records must be maintained for any state or federal government scrutiny:
	A. If required 	
	B. For 3 years 	
	C. For 5 years 	
	D. For 10 years
A

A. If required

21
Q 
When shipping infectious substances by air, they should be protected from:
	A. Double packaging 	
	B. Dry ice 	
	C. Absorbent material 	
	D. Watertight seals
A

B. Dry ice

22
Q 
The Office of the Inspector General conducts inspections of :
	A. HIPAA 	
	B. Computers 	
	C. Laboratories 	
	D. Kickbacks
A

C. Laboratories

23
Q 
Standing orders mean that what does not have to be continually written?
	A. Laws 	
	B. Regulations 	
	C. Policies and procedures 	
	D. New orders
A

D. New orders

24
Q 
Reports of laboratory results should be maintained for how long?
	A. 1 year 	
	B. 5 years 	
	C. 10 years 	
	D. Permanently
A

D. Permanently

25
Q 
When transported by air, how many hazard classes of substances that can cause harm exist?
	A. 3 	
	B. 6 	
	C. 9 	
	D. 12
A

A. 3 or C. 9

I’m not sure, but I took the quiz twice already and B and D were wrong

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