PCT test (Davita) Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
what is REM and what is used to submit? -
correct answer ✅Risk Event Management and unsafe condition,
near miss, and an adverse event
Sterile means -
correct answer ✅free of all living microorganisms and spores
clean means -
correct answer ✅not sterile, but disinfected such as a clean
dialysis chair
contaminated means -
correct answer ✅that a sterile or clean item has come in contact
with non-sterile object
dirty means -
correct answer ✅neither sterile or clean, but visibly contaminated
Alcohol-bases hand rubs must contain -
correct answer ✅60-95% ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, or a
combination of both
,PCT test (Davita) Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
How long should you wash your hands for? -
correct answer ✅20 seconds
PPE includes what? -
correct answer ✅gloves, gowns, masks, protective eye gear
environmental surfaces are cleaned with appropriate disinfectant
such as a bleach solution -
correct answer ✅1:100 one part bleach and 99 part water
for visible blood or gross blood spills, a ______ bleach solution
must be utilized -
correct answer ✅1:10 1 part bleach and 9 parts water
when preparing patient assignments, teammates who care for
confirmed or suspected hep B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive
patient(s) will only be assigned to simultaneously care for surface -
correct answer ✅antibody positive (immune) patients
Although dialysis is a complex procedure, it is based on simple
principles -
,PCT test (Davita) Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
correct answer ✅use of a semipermeable membrane, diffusion,
ultrafiltration, convection, and osmosis
what are the 3 treatment goals to achieve in dialysis? -
correct answer ✅1. Remove waste from the blood
2.remove excess water from the blood
3. balance blood electrolytes
semipermeable membrane -
correct answer ✅thin sheet of natural or synthetic material that
allows some small particles to pass through, while blocking other,
larger ones.
what is a dialyzer and the 2 compartments -
correct answer ✅artificial kidney and blood site and dialysate site
what happens if the blood site and dialysate site mix? -
correct answer ✅= blood leak
what is dialysate (3 things)? -
correct answer ✅RO water, acid bath, and bicarbonate
, PCT test (Davita) Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
what is an extracorporeal circuit? -
correct answer ✅bloodline, saline, and dialyzer=set up
What is diffusion? -
correct answer ✅movement of dissolved particles across a
semipermeable membrane from the side with the higher
concentration to the side with the lower concentratio n.
What is ultrafiltration? -
correct answer ✅removes water from the blood by pushing it
across the semipermeable membrane
What is convection? -
correct answer ✅or solute drag is when solutes move with the
water across the semipermeable membrane.
What is osmosis? -
correct answer ✅is the movement of water across a
semipermeable membrane from the side with the lower solute
concentration to the side with the higher solute concentration
Answers (Grade A+)
what is REM and what is used to submit? -
correct answer ✅Risk Event Management and unsafe condition,
near miss, and an adverse event
Sterile means -
correct answer ✅free of all living microorganisms and spores
clean means -
correct answer ✅not sterile, but disinfected such as a clean
dialysis chair
contaminated means -
correct answer ✅that a sterile or clean item has come in contact
with non-sterile object
dirty means -
correct answer ✅neither sterile or clean, but visibly contaminated
Alcohol-bases hand rubs must contain -
correct answer ✅60-95% ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, or a
combination of both
,PCT test (Davita) Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
How long should you wash your hands for? -
correct answer ✅20 seconds
PPE includes what? -
correct answer ✅gloves, gowns, masks, protective eye gear
environmental surfaces are cleaned with appropriate disinfectant
such as a bleach solution -
correct answer ✅1:100 one part bleach and 99 part water
for visible blood or gross blood spills, a ______ bleach solution
must be utilized -
correct answer ✅1:10 1 part bleach and 9 parts water
when preparing patient assignments, teammates who care for
confirmed or suspected hep B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive
patient(s) will only be assigned to simultaneously care for surface -
correct answer ✅antibody positive (immune) patients
Although dialysis is a complex procedure, it is based on simple
principles -
,PCT test (Davita) Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
correct answer ✅use of a semipermeable membrane, diffusion,
ultrafiltration, convection, and osmosis
what are the 3 treatment goals to achieve in dialysis? -
correct answer ✅1. Remove waste from the blood
2.remove excess water from the blood
3. balance blood electrolytes
semipermeable membrane -
correct answer ✅thin sheet of natural or synthetic material that
allows some small particles to pass through, while blocking other,
larger ones.
what is a dialyzer and the 2 compartments -
correct answer ✅artificial kidney and blood site and dialysate site
what happens if the blood site and dialysate site mix? -
correct answer ✅= blood leak
what is dialysate (3 things)? -
correct answer ✅RO water, acid bath, and bicarbonate
, PCT test (Davita) Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
what is an extracorporeal circuit? -
correct answer ✅bloodline, saline, and dialyzer=set up
What is diffusion? -
correct answer ✅movement of dissolved particles across a
semipermeable membrane from the side with the higher
concentration to the side with the lower concentratio n.
What is ultrafiltration? -
correct answer ✅removes water from the blood by pushing it
across the semipermeable membrane
What is convection? -
correct answer ✅or solute drag is when solutes move with the
water across the semipermeable membrane.
What is osmosis? -
correct answer ✅is the movement of water across a
semipermeable membrane from the side with the lower solute
concentration to the side with the higher solute concentration
