Test 2

Question 1

What is a phlebotomist

Answer 1

Someone who collects blood for diagnostic testing

Question 2

What is the most important part of a phlebotomist job?

Answer 2

To I.D. The patient

Question 3

What are the 7 departments that a phlebotomist can work in?

Answer 3

Hematology, chemistry, blood bank, serology and immunology, coagulation, and microbiology

Question 4

What are the 3 types of communication skills?

Answer 4

Verbal, Non-verbal, and listening

Question 5

What does PPE mean?

Answer 5

Personal protective equipment

Question 6

What is the order of the PPE

Answer 6

Gown, mask, gloves

Question 7

How do you I.D. A patient?

Answer 7

Ask for their name, DOB, and SS#

Question 8

What is the test order?

Answer 8

RBGGL (Red, blue, gold, green, and lavender)

Question 9

What color tube goes to coagulation?

Answer 9

The blue tube

Question 10

How long can a tourniquet stay on a patient?

Answer 10

1 minute

Question 11

When does the test order change?

Answer 11

It’s always the same except when you draw blood cultures

Question 12

What is a wave test

Answer 12

A test that doesn’t require schooling

Question 13

What is the difference between the holder and the transfer device ?

Answer 13

The transfer device has a needle

Question 14

What do you need in order to conduct a finger stick ?

Answer 14

All you need is a lancet

Question 15

What are your three cleansers?

Answer 15

• 70 % alcohol
• clor-prep
• soap and water

Question 16

What is the difference between a routine exam, a STAT exam and an ASAP order?

Answer 16

• routine exam: normal blood work
• A.S.A.P: as soon as possible
• STAT: priority

Question 17

What are the 11 items that are necessary in order to complete a Veni-puncture?

Answer 17

• rec/label
• gloves
• tourniquet
• needle
• tubes
• alcohol
• gauze
• tape/ bandages
• sharp container
• biobag

Question 18

What angle should the needle be at?

Answer 18

15 degrees

Question 19

What are the areas to avoid?

Answer 19

1. Damaged vien
2. Hematoma
3. Burns,scars, tattoos
4. Mastectomy
5. Edema
6. I.V. Areas
7. Cannula or fistulas

Question 20

What are some technical complications?

Answer 20

1. Failure to obtain blood
2. Needle is too deep
3. Bevel against the wall
4. Needle to shadow
5. Vein collapse
6. Needle beside the vein
7. Expired tube

Question 21

What are some patient complications?

Answer 21

1. Fainting
2. Vomiting
3. Seizures
4. Allergies
5. Patient refusal

Question 22

What causes a Hematoma?

Answer 22

1. Failure to remove the tourniquet
2. Bending the arm after needle removal
3. Inserting the needle THROUGH the vein
4. Needle is too large for the vein
5. Using a needle that is too small
6. Failure to insert the needle far enough into the vein

Question 23

What are the causes of hemoconcentration?

Answer 23

1. Tourniquet on for too long
2. Excessive squeezing
3. Excessive probing
4. Fist pumping during vein-puncture
5. Long term I.V.

Question 24

Chemistry department test

Answer 24

Iron, alcohol, glucose

Question 25

Test for microbiology

Answer 25

Blood, fungal, and urine cultures

Question 26

What are some test done by the coagulation department

Answer 26

Bleeding time, PT, PTT

Question 27

Serology and immunology

Answer 27

Hepatitis A, B, or C

Question 28

Hematology

Answer 28

CBC, PLatelets, WBC

Question 29

Blood bank

Answer 29

XM, type and screen, T&C

Question 30

What are your three fingers or choice

Answer 30

Index
Middle
Ring

Question 31

What do you need to do if a hematoma occurs?

Answer 31

Discontinue the veni- puncture

Question 32

Which tubes never clot

Answer 32

The purple and the blue

Question 33

What are the three things needed to construct a syringe?

Answer 33

1. Syringe
2. Needle
3. Transfer device

Question 34

What is a sentinel event

Answer 34

Anything that is an unexpected Occurrence ending in serious injury or death

Question 35

What color tube do you fill first when using a butterfly

Answer 35

You always used the red first