Phlebotomy National Exam Study Guide
(2022/2023) Rated A+
OSHA ✔✔Occupational Saftey & Health Administration
What vaccination does OSHA require all health care personnel get? ✔✔OSHA requires that all
health care personnel exposed to blood and other bodily fluids must receive a vaccination against
Hepatitis B
Pulmonary Edema ✔✔Fluid in the lungs
How much blood can a person donate in a session? ✔✔500 mL
Patients have the right to what? ✔✔Under the Patient Bill Of Rights they always have the option
to decline medical treatment and to know what tests are being performed on them.
What can you NOT give a patient? ✔✔Results or a diagnosis. Because you are not medically
qualified to do so.
,Negligence is? ✔✔Failure to give appropriate care. DON'T BE NEGLIGENT!
PPE stands for? ✔✔Personal Protective Equipment
One of the most important practices is? ✔✔Hand Washing is one of the most important (and
easiest) practices used to prevent transmission of bloodborne pathogens
Needles should never be ✔✔recapped
Sharps containers must be what? ✔✔puncture-resistent, leak proof on the sides and bottom and
must be labeled or color-coded
Types of Hazards ✔✔Biologic - Infectious agents that can cause bacterial, viral, fungal or
parasitic infections
Sharps - Needles, lancets and broken glass can puncture and cut, causing blood-borne pathogen
exposure
,Chemical - Preservatives and chemicals used in the laboratory. Exposure to Toxin, Carcinogenic
or caustic substances
Fire or explosive - bunsen burners, oxygen and chemicals can cause burns or dismemberment
Physical - wet floors, heavy lifting ance cause falls, sprains and strains
* ALLERGIC reaction ** - Latex sensitivity is a PHYSICAL reaction to care worker allergic
reation to the patient
In infection control WHO is the agent? ✔✔Person
In infection control WHAT is portal of exit? ✔✔Needle
In infection control WHAT can we control? ✔✔Mode Of Transmission OR exit of infection
In infection control WHAT is a portal of entry? ✔✔Mucas membrane
, In infection control WHO is a susceptible host? ✔✔Person
Mode of Transmission ✔✔Specific ways in which microorganisms travel from the reservoir to
the suseptible host
Five main types or mode of transmission ✔✔contact - direct and indirect (fomite)
Droplet - Cold, Flu and sneezing
Airborne - viral - breath in
common vehicle - person, fomite and not handwashing
vector borne - illness that is transmitted through an invertebrate, such as an insect
Mode of infection ✔✔the point in the infection chain where we aim at preventing the spread of
infectious disease
Standard precautions do what? ✔✔Infection control method designed to prevent direct contact
with blood and other body fluids and tissues by using a barrier of protection and work control
practices.
(2022/2023) Rated A+
OSHA ✔✔Occupational Saftey & Health Administration
What vaccination does OSHA require all health care personnel get? ✔✔OSHA requires that all
health care personnel exposed to blood and other bodily fluids must receive a vaccination against
Hepatitis B
Pulmonary Edema ✔✔Fluid in the lungs
How much blood can a person donate in a session? ✔✔500 mL
Patients have the right to what? ✔✔Under the Patient Bill Of Rights they always have the option
to decline medical treatment and to know what tests are being performed on them.
What can you NOT give a patient? ✔✔Results or a diagnosis. Because you are not medically
qualified to do so.
,Negligence is? ✔✔Failure to give appropriate care. DON'T BE NEGLIGENT!
PPE stands for? ✔✔Personal Protective Equipment
One of the most important practices is? ✔✔Hand Washing is one of the most important (and
easiest) practices used to prevent transmission of bloodborne pathogens
Needles should never be ✔✔recapped
Sharps containers must be what? ✔✔puncture-resistent, leak proof on the sides and bottom and
must be labeled or color-coded
Types of Hazards ✔✔Biologic - Infectious agents that can cause bacterial, viral, fungal or
parasitic infections
Sharps - Needles, lancets and broken glass can puncture and cut, causing blood-borne pathogen
exposure
,Chemical - Preservatives and chemicals used in the laboratory. Exposure to Toxin, Carcinogenic
or caustic substances
Fire or explosive - bunsen burners, oxygen and chemicals can cause burns or dismemberment
Physical - wet floors, heavy lifting ance cause falls, sprains and strains
* ALLERGIC reaction ** - Latex sensitivity is a PHYSICAL reaction to care worker allergic
reation to the patient
In infection control WHO is the agent? ✔✔Person
In infection control WHAT is portal of exit? ✔✔Needle
In infection control WHAT can we control? ✔✔Mode Of Transmission OR exit of infection
In infection control WHAT is a portal of entry? ✔✔Mucas membrane
, In infection control WHO is a susceptible host? ✔✔Person
Mode of Transmission ✔✔Specific ways in which microorganisms travel from the reservoir to
the suseptible host
Five main types or mode of transmission ✔✔contact - direct and indirect (fomite)
Droplet - Cold, Flu and sneezing
Airborne - viral - breath in
common vehicle - person, fomite and not handwashing
vector borne - illness that is transmitted through an invertebrate, such as an insect
Mode of infection ✔✔the point in the infection chain where we aim at preventing the spread of
infectious disease
Standard precautions do what? ✔✔Infection control method designed to prevent direct contact
with blood and other body fluids and tissues by using a barrier of protection and work control
practices.
