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NCCT practice test Flashcards

1
Q

Which are types of tourniquets are used in specimen collection?

A

Velcro, blood pressure cuff, pliable strap

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2
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Within the capillaries, blood cells _________.

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Give away oxygen, pick up carbon dioxide, pick up waste products

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3
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The color of normal serum is usually

A

Straw to yellow

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4
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Chemicals that prevent blood from clotting are called?

A

Anticoagulants

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5
Q

Red and white blood cell counts are examples of _____ tests

A

Hematology

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6
Q

Treating all specimens as if they are hazardous and infectious is the basic for?

A

Universal precautions

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7
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Drugs used to destroy or kill bacteria that cause disease, are called _____________.

A

Antibiotics

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8
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The term asepsis literally means ______________.

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Without bacteria

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9
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The use of a chemical procedure to destroy all microbial life, including highly resistant bacterial endospores, is called ________________.

A

Sterilization

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10
Q

Which of the following legally enforces the Bloodborne Pathogen Standard?

A

OSHA

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11
Q

In health care, when all evaluated services and results compare within acceptable standards, principles of _______________ are being used.

A

Quality assurance

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12
Q 
Which of the following is not known to transmit HIV?
A) Vaginal secretions
B) Breast milk
C) Semen
D) Sweat
A

Sweat

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13
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Consent to treatment based upon full understanding of all possible risks of unpreventable results of treatment is called?
A) Contributory negligence
B) Fraud
C) Assumption of risk
D) Proximate cause
A

Assumption of risk

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14
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A tube adapter that has been visibly contaminated with blood should be disposed of in?
A) A sealed double ba
B) The regular trash
C) A biohazards waste container
D) A needle cutter
A

A biohazards waste container

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15
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Arterioles, the smallest arteries, subdivide into?

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Capillaries

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16
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The branch of study of moral issues, questions and problems arising in the practice of medicine and biomedical research is called?

A

Bioethics

17
Q

If tests require serum rather than a plasma, a tube with what color top should be drawn?

A

Red

18
Q

The rubber sleeve (at the end opposite the needle tip) on an evacuated tube needle makes it possible for use with?

A

Multiple tubes

19
Q

What info. must be included if the phlebotomist must manually label a blood collection tube from an outpatient?

A

Patients full name & phlebotomist initials, date of patients birth and/or SSN, date and time of draw

20
Q

The tube to collect whole blood with an EDTA additive in it has a _____ stopper

A

Lavender

21
Q

Diastolic pressure is

A

The bottom number of blood pressure readings

22
Q

Do not draw blood _____ an intravenous infusion

A

Above

23
Q 
Common symptoms of shock include all of the following except \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
A) Pale skin
B) Increased shallow breathing rate
C) Temperature
D) Weak puls
A

Temperature

24
Q

The tissue that covers and protects the body is?

A

Epithelial

25
Q

Lack of physical or mental fitness is?

A

Incompetence

26
Q

Unlike serum, plasma contains?

A

Fibrinogen

27
Q

1) Preanalytical variables include?
2) Analytical variables include?
3) Post-analytical variables include?

A

1) Specimen collection, transport, and processing
2) Testing
3) Results transmission, interpretation, follow-up, and retesting

28
Q

An international, nonprofit organization that develops standards and guidelines for patient testing and related healthcare issues.

A

The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI), formerly known as the National Commission on Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS)

29
Q

CLSI lists the order of draw as follows.

A
  1. Blood culture tube
  2. Coagulation tube (eg, blue closure)
  3. Serum tube with or without clot activator, with or without gel (eg, red closure)
  4. Heparin tube with or without gel plasma separator (eg, green closure)
  5. EDTA tube with or without gel separator (eg, lavender closure, pearl closure)
  6. Glycolytic inhibitor (eg, gray closure)
30
Q

Nemonic for order of draw

A 
Sally brings really good grease and leaves the gravy:
Sally = sterile 
Brings = blue 
Really = red 
Good = gold 
Grease = green
and
Leaves = lavender
the
Gravy = gray
31
Q

Which one of the following is found in the plasma portion of blood?

A

.

32
Q

Why is plasma preferred over serum for many STAT lab tests?

a. Fibrinogen in serum interferes with lab testing.
b. Lab tests performed on plasma are more accurate.
c. Patient test results can be available quicker.
d. Serum cannot be used for STAT testing.

A

Patient test results can be available quicker

33
Q

Which of the following is a FALSE statement about laboratory instrumentation?

a. Laboratory instruments increase the accuracy and precision of patient test results.
b. Laboratories typically have just one analyzer to perform all types of testing.
c. Most analyzers are interfaced with computers to assist with test result reporting.
d. The analytic method determines the type of specimen used for testing.

A

Laboratories typically have just one analyzer to perform all types of testing.

34
Q

Which one of the following is NOT an anticoagulant added to evacuated tubes?

a. ACD
b. K2EDTA
c. Lithium heparin
d. Thrombin

A

Thrombin

35
Q

Which one of the following evacuated tube types does not require mixing at the time of collection?

a. Light blue stopper
b. Greenshield
c. Gold shield with gel
d. Red stopper, silicon coated

A

Red stopper,silicon coated

36
Q

Fill volume is critical in all of the following tube types EXCEPT __________.

a. Clear shield over light blue stopper
b. Light blue shield
c. Orange shield
d. Yellow ACD Solution A

A

Fill volume is critical in all of the following tube types EXCEPT __________.

a. Clear shield over light blue stopper
b. Lightblueshield
c. Orange shield
d. YellowACDSolutionA

37
Q

If an orange shield tube is collected before a light blue stopper/shield, which of the following could occur?

a. Clotting of the light green shield tube
b. Distortion of blood cells on WBC differentials
c. Falsely elevated potassium test results
d. Shortened PT time test results

A

Shortened PT time test results

38
Q

You have orders to collect a CBC, type and screen, RPR, and basic metabolic panel. Using the test directory provided what tube types do you collect and in what order do you collect them?

a. Gold shield, light green shield, lavender shield, pink shield
b. Light green shield, gold shield, pink shield, lavender shield
c. Lavender shield, gold shield, pink shield, light green shield
d. Pink shield, lavender shield, light green shield, gold shield

A

a. Gold shield, light green shield, lavender shield, pink shield
b. Light green shield, gold shield, pink shield, lavender shield
c. Lavender shield, gold shield, pink shield, light green shield
d. Pink shield, lavender shield, light green shield, gold shield

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