NHA Phlebotomy Certification
Exam Study Guide – Practice
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When a phlebotomy technician is preparing to draw blood from a patient with
scabies they should wear: - Answer✔✔-Gloves and a gown
What troponin level should be reported immediately to the provider? -
Answer✔✔-0.3ng/mL
After placing a tourniquet on a patients arm, a phlebotomist technician notices
small red spots below the tourniquet. What are the small red spots? -
Answer✔✔-Petechiae; microcapillary bleeds that are associated with
coagulation abnormalities.
A phlebotomist technician should collect a lactic acid specimen in what colored
top tube? - Answer✔✔-Gray
,The Joint Commission recommends using the: - Answer✔✔-patients full name
and the medical record number
Blood cultures have been ordered on an adult patient in an intensive care unit.
What materials should a phlebotomist technician bring? - Answer✔✔-An
aerobic bottle and an anaerobic bottle
What colored top tube should a phlebotomist technician select for an
erythrocyte sedimentation rate test? - Answer✔✔-A lavender colored top
Which precautions should be used when a patient has Mycobacterium
Tuberculosis? - Answer✔✔-Airborne Precautions
How would you instruct a patient to collect a 24-hr urine specimen? -
Answer✔✔-Discard first void of the morning and collect all subsequent voids
until the next morning.
When removing a bag of contaminated items, how would you discard the bag
after exiting the room? - Answer✔✔-Should be placed inside a second
hazardous waste bag outside room
Phlebotomist technician should identify order of draw for capillary collections
from venipuncture because: - Answer✔✔-an increased rate of coagulation
Phlebotomist is reviewing a lab test requisition form before obtaining
specimens, what should they also check? - Answer✔✔-Check requisition form
for duplicate tests orders
, What collection tube should a phlebotomist use to accelerate clotting for
serum specimens? - Answer✔✔-A tube that has the additive thrombin
What tube should a phlebotomist use first when collecting the dermal
samples? - Answer✔✔-should use lavender tube first because this tube
minimizes platelet clumping and microclot formation.
Which specimens should be placed on ice immediately following collection? -
Answer✔✔-Ammonia specimens
What should a patient avoid when collecting a fecal occult collection? -
Answer✔✔-Ibuprofen
A patient has a left mastectomy and an IV on her right side, where could the
technician draw from? - Answer✔✔-Below the IV
Which of the following actions should a phlebotomist take when preparing a
peripheral blood smear? - Answer✔✔-Place a 1mm drop of blood 1/2in from
edge of slide
Which of the following is the proper cleansing technique when a phlebotomist
is performing a routine venipuncture? - Answer✔✔-cleanse the site using back
and forth friction
After exiting a patients room, which is the last piece of PPE a phlebotomist
should remove? - Answer✔✔-Mask
1) Gloves 2) Goggles 3) Gown 4) Mask
Exam Study Guide – Practice
Questions with Verified
Answers. GRADED A+. Latest
2026/2027 Update.
When a phlebotomy technician is preparing to draw blood from a patient with
scabies they should wear: - Answer✔✔-Gloves and a gown
What troponin level should be reported immediately to the provider? -
Answer✔✔-0.3ng/mL
After placing a tourniquet on a patients arm, a phlebotomist technician notices
small red spots below the tourniquet. What are the small red spots? -
Answer✔✔-Petechiae; microcapillary bleeds that are associated with
coagulation abnormalities.
A phlebotomist technician should collect a lactic acid specimen in what colored
top tube? - Answer✔✔-Gray
,The Joint Commission recommends using the: - Answer✔✔-patients full name
and the medical record number
Blood cultures have been ordered on an adult patient in an intensive care unit.
What materials should a phlebotomist technician bring? - Answer✔✔-An
aerobic bottle and an anaerobic bottle
What colored top tube should a phlebotomist technician select for an
erythrocyte sedimentation rate test? - Answer✔✔-A lavender colored top
Which precautions should be used when a patient has Mycobacterium
Tuberculosis? - Answer✔✔-Airborne Precautions
How would you instruct a patient to collect a 24-hr urine specimen? -
Answer✔✔-Discard first void of the morning and collect all subsequent voids
until the next morning.
When removing a bag of contaminated items, how would you discard the bag
after exiting the room? - Answer✔✔-Should be placed inside a second
hazardous waste bag outside room
Phlebotomist technician should identify order of draw for capillary collections
from venipuncture because: - Answer✔✔-an increased rate of coagulation
Phlebotomist is reviewing a lab test requisition form before obtaining
specimens, what should they also check? - Answer✔✔-Check requisition form
for duplicate tests orders
, What collection tube should a phlebotomist use to accelerate clotting for
serum specimens? - Answer✔✔-A tube that has the additive thrombin
What tube should a phlebotomist use first when collecting the dermal
samples? - Answer✔✔-should use lavender tube first because this tube
minimizes platelet clumping and microclot formation.
Which specimens should be placed on ice immediately following collection? -
Answer✔✔-Ammonia specimens
What should a patient avoid when collecting a fecal occult collection? -
Answer✔✔-Ibuprofen
A patient has a left mastectomy and an IV on her right side, where could the
technician draw from? - Answer✔✔-Below the IV
Which of the following actions should a phlebotomist take when preparing a
peripheral blood smear? - Answer✔✔-Place a 1mm drop of blood 1/2in from
edge of slide
Which of the following is the proper cleansing technique when a phlebotomist
is performing a routine venipuncture? - Answer✔✔-cleanse the site using back
and forth friction
After exiting a patients room, which is the last piece of PPE a phlebotomist
should remove? - Answer✔✔-Mask
1) Gloves 2) Goggles 3) Gown 4) Mask
