Procedures

Question 1

What diseases require the patients to be given therapeutic phlebotomies?

Answer 1

Hemochromatosis, Polycythemia

Question 2

While in school, what should a student do if he/she found rashes on the skin after wearing gloves in the first training week?

Answer 2

Inform the instructor

Question 3

What must not be done when a person receives an electrical shock?

Answer 3

Do not pull the person away from the electrical source

Question 4

In a laboratory setup, what actions can lead to a blood specimen’s hemolysis?

Answer 4

Combining the blood with an additive or anticoagulant through shaking

Question 5

What refers to the order of draw?

Answer 5

It is the order in which the tubes are filled

Question 6

Chloe is collecting a blood sample from a patient in room 17. However, her patient was beginning to feel faint in the middle of blood collection.

What action must Chloe take?

Answer 6

Pull out the needle, advise the patient to lower his/her head, and report the issue.

Question 7

Define Infection

Answer 7

The invasion and proliferation of pathogens in body tissues

Question 8

Define Fomite

Answer 8

Any nonliving object or substance that is capable of carrying infectious organisms.

Question 9

Define Protozoon

Answer 9

A single-cell parasite that replicates rapidly once inside a living host.

Question 10

What test gives valuable results regarding whether a patient has experienced a myocardial infarction?

Answer 10

Cardiac Troponin (cTnT)

Question 11

When a phlebotomist performs an eosinophil county, which of the following blood parts is being measured?

Answer 11

White Blood Cells

Question 12

What situations is the use of alcohol-based hand rub not allowed?

Answer 12

Before eating

Question 13

What characteristic does not affect blood composition?

Answer 13

Weight

Question 14

What fluid is not considered as a stat specimen?

Answer 14

Urine

Question 15

Inert materials such as clothes, furniture, and utensils can also transmit infectious substances from one person to another.

In phlebotomy, what refers to these objects?

Answer 15

Fomites

Question 16

What specimen must be chilled first when transferring it to the laboratory?

Answer 16

Ammonia

Question 17

How long do you have to wait after injecting lidocaine before the anesthetic effects in arterial blood collection?

Answer 17

1 to 2 minutes

Question 18

What PPE that must be removed outside the isolation room, upon the exit of the isolation chamber?

Answer 18

Respirator

Question 19

What is true about newborn and infants?

Answer 19

Newborns have a more significant amount of plasma compared with adults.

Question 20

How is the systolic pressure obtained for a patient’s blood pressure?

Answer 20

First heart sounds that is heard as the cuff deflats

Question 21

As a phlebotomist, what measures is a proper blood sampling procedure at the NICU?

Answer 21

Wear a lab coat, mask and gloves

Question 22

Which is not required by OSHA to be provided to the employees?

Answer 22

Hepatitis C Vaccine (HCV) Immunization

Question 23

What is not required to be provided to the employees?

Answer 23

Hepatitis C Vaccine (HCV) Immunization

Question 24

What is the primary use of a tourniquet?

Answer 24

Help find and enter the veins easily

Question 25

What is the timeframe needed when using a tourniquet on a patient?

Answer 25

At most a 1 minute

Question 26

What is the order of draw if a CBC, PT, plasma potassium and glucose (with glycolysis inhibitor) should be collected during a multiple-tube draw on a patient?

Answer 26

Light blue, green, lavender, grey

Question 27

Define Bevel

Answer 27

A sharpened and slanted cut edge of a needled designed to ease the process of puncturing tissue

Question 28

Define Catheter

Answer 28

A hollow, flexible tube inserted into a vessel or cavity of the body to withdraw fluids.

Question 29

Define Aerobic blood culture bottle

Answer 29

The type of blood culture bottle used to collect specimens to test for microbes that thrive in the air.

Question 30

What would most likely happen when a stopper is removed from a blood collection tube?

Answer 30

Aerosol

Question 31

During the collections of timed specimens what factor is being monitored?

Answer 31

Medication Levels

Question 32

What area can be used to collect a throat culture sample?

Answer 32

Tonsils

Question 33

The laboratory has the right to refuse certain specimens. What is not a reason for specimen rejection?

Answer 33

An EDTA tubes used for a chemistry test

Question 34

What tube will have the blood contained to clot within 5 minutes?

Answer 34

RST

Question 35

If a patient has jaundice, what biological components must be test?

Answer 35

Bilirubin

Question 36

At room temperature, how long does it take for blood clotting to complete?

Answer 36

30-45 minutes

Question 37

What test monitors Coumadin (Warfarin) therapy?

Answer 37

APTT

Question 38

What condition typically occurs as a person grows older?

Answer 38

Hematomas are more likely to occur

Question 39

What safety equipment may be included in the lab to ensure the safety of anyone who is working there?

Answer 39

Eyewash Station Emergency Shower PPE

Question 40

What are the two pretesting conditions that must be met before performing the dipstick for routine urinalysis?

Answer 40

The sample must be at room temperature and well mixed

Question 41

According to the recent CDC isolation guidelines, what are the three new sets of isolation and disease-specific precautions?

Answer 41

Airborne, droplet and contact

Question 42

When working with supplies other than sharps in a laboratory, what options is the correct way of garbage and used supplies disposal?

Answer 42

Place in labeled biohazard containers

Question 43

What is observed when a person has jaundiced?

Answer 43

Yellowing of the skin