Phlebotomy Quiz 1 Flashcards
Define six sigma
Six Sigma is a method designed to improve process performance by reducing variation, improving quality, enhancing financial performance and improving customer satisfaction.
QUALITY FRAMEWORK
Who regulates and oversees the US FDA (Food & Drug Administration) as well as CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)?
The federal government
Definition of phlebotomy
“Vein cutting”
Phlebotomy is derived from Greek words ‘phleb’ which relates to veins and ‘tomy’ which relates to cutting. Definition can be summarized as the incision of a vein for blood letting.
Phlebotomist is a blood collector
What is considered a long term setting?
Nursing home
What does EMR stand for?
Electronic medical records
What condition would cause you to stay away and avoid patient contact for 24 hours?
Strep throat; antibiotics can take care of it within 24 hours
The standard of care currently used in malpractice legal cases involving health care providers is based on the conduct of the average health care provider in which area?
National Community
What agency administers CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988)?
FDA (Federal Drug Administration)
CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Who regulates quality and accuracy of labs?
CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988)
What is considered a skin antiseptic?
Antiseptics are chemicals used to inhibit growth and development of microorganisms but do not necessarily kill them.
Examples of skin antiseptics include alcohols (ethyl, isopropyl), hydrogen peroxide, iodine, quaternary ammonium (ingredient in many soaps), chlorhexidine gluconate, chloride, hexylresorcinol
Define Joint Commission
Accreditation for health organizations
The Joint Commission is an independent, non-profit organization that sets quality standards for health care.
What legal concept is demonstrated if a healthcare worker forced a child to have his blood collected?
Assault & Battery
What contributes towards professional appearance?
Posture & personal hygiene
Ethic vs Bioethics
Ethics refer to moral standards of behavior or conduct that govern an individual’s actions
Bioethics refers to the moral issues or problems that have resulted because of modern medicine, clinical research and/or technology. Examples often relate to life and death; refer to issues such as abortion, when patients should be allowed to die, and who receives organ donations.
What does XX chromosome represent?
Female
When would a phlebotomist work with a pharmacist?
They would collaborate for drug monitoring
Identify types of skin infection agents
Commonly identified pathogenic agents of skin include: C. albicans, smallpox, herpes virus, enterovirus and measles
Identify what MSDS is and what its purpose is.
MSDS stands for Material Safety Data Sheets; they are required for any chemical with a hazard warning label; it lists general information, precautionary measures and emergency information.
This sheet must be kept available to all workers with standard communication.
What is the control center of a cell called?
Nucleus
MSDS was amended to be available initially by who? Who is it now?
It was initially ammended by OSHA but is now under HCS Hazard Communication Standard
The periosteum contains what?
In general, bones consist of several layers covered by a membrane, the periosteum. The periosteum contains blood vessels that bring blood from inside the bone to the outer layer.
The outer layer or compact bone is more rigid than the inner layer that is spongy bone. Center of a bone is the marrow which produces most blood cells.
