QUESTIONS WITH A+ GRADED ANSWERS
When a phlebotomist suspects child abuse:
Report it to supervisor privately
The reason you request feed back when communicating with patients is:
So you know they understand what is being said.
Implied consent for a venipuncture on an adult requires:
A patient extending their arm.
How should a phlebotomist dispose of a needle after drawing blood:
Place the needle in a puncture resistant container. (Sharps)
The hospital department that is responsible for sterile supplies:
Central Supply.
The patient's specimen is lipemic:
This is an indicator that the patient is not fasting.
The reason a test is ordered timed:
Is to make sure it's drawn at the best time for accurate results.
Which of the following abbreviations is NOTHING BY MOUTH
(NPO)
The government agency responsible for safety and health of workers:
(OSHA) Occupational Safety Health Administration.
To prevent cross contamination from one patient to another:
OSHA requires barrier protection (PPE) Personal Protective Equipment.
The balanced or steady state of the body is:
Homeostasis.
The blood vessels that carry blood away the heart:
Arteries.
What lab document describes the steps to follow for specimen collection:
Procedural Manuel.
Which type of specimen may require collection of a discard tube BEFORE the test specimen is
collected:
, Blood culture specimen
What additive is in a green tube top:
Sodium Heparin.
What item is donned first when wearing full P.P.E:
Gown tied at neck and waist.
The liquid portion of a clotted blood specimen is:
Serum
What additives would be found in a yellow tube top:
(SPS) Sodium Polyantholesulfonate
What test should be collected in a royal blue top:
Magnesium
If a lab test requires serum what tube top are you going to use:
Red top.
The recommended disinfection for blood and body fluids is:
Sodium hypochlorite.
Most coagulation test require a plasma specimen collected in a:
Light blue tube.
Measurements of copper a trace element is collected in a:
Royal blue tube.
A patient came to the clinic with a low-grade fever of 1-month duration. As part of the lab work up
the the physician ordered (E.S.R) what tube is used:
Lavender tube.
A bleeding time test is to see how quickly you bleed & how fast you clot:
40 is how high you pump a blood pressure cuff for a bleeding test.
Whenever you are transporting blood you must have a:
bio-hazard sticker.
You will always label tubes:
After you draw your blood.
The tourniquet must be applied: