PHLEBOTOMY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024 #5
Patient Identification - correct answer What is the most important step in venipuncture?
Personal Protective Equipment - gown, mask, and gloves - correct answer What is
PPE?
Air dry - correct answer What is the best way to let a clean site dry?
Blood borne pathogens and needle safety - correct answer OSHA requires all
phlebotomists to be trained regarding what?
Universal and/or standard precautions - correct answer All specimens are considered
hazardous and infectious so we must use what?
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration - correct answer What
organization should be contacted regarding employee safety and unsafe working
conditions?
Material Safety Data Sheet , the right to know the law - correct answer What does
MSDS mean and what is it part of?
Lavender, EDTA - correct answer What color tube, and additive is used for CBC, Hct,
Hgb, Sed rate?
Red, SST - correct answer Which tube has no additives?
Light Blue, Sodium Citrate - correct answer What color tube and which additive is used
for Protime and APTT?
9 to 1 - correct answer What is the ratio of blood to additive in a light blue tube?
Na Fluoride - correct answer Which additive is the best choice for an ethanol specimen?
Grey, Oxalate - correct answer What color tube is an ethanol specimen drawn in?
Cleanse the site, get patient information if able, and notify supervisor immediately -
correct answer In case of a needle stick accident you should...?
To find a vein - correct answer What is the purpose of the tourniqutte?
1 minute - correct answer How long can a tourniqutte be in place?
Wipe away the first drop - correct answer What is the first thing you must do after every
finger stick?
Patient Identification - correct answer What is the most important step in venipuncture?
Personal Protective Equipment - gown, mask, and gloves - correct answer What is
PPE?
Air dry - correct answer What is the best way to let a clean site dry?
Blood borne pathogens and needle safety - correct answer OSHA requires all
phlebotomists to be trained regarding what?
Universal and/or standard precautions - correct answer All specimens are considered
hazardous and infectious so we must use what?
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration - correct answer What
organization should be contacted regarding employee safety and unsafe working
conditions?
Material Safety Data Sheet , the right to know the law - correct answer What does
MSDS mean and what is it part of?
Lavender, EDTA - correct answer What color tube, and additive is used for CBC, Hct,
Hgb, Sed rate?
Red, SST - correct answer Which tube has no additives?
Light Blue, Sodium Citrate - correct answer What color tube and which additive is used
for Protime and APTT?
9 to 1 - correct answer What is the ratio of blood to additive in a light blue tube?
Na Fluoride - correct answer Which additive is the best choice for an ethanol specimen?
Grey, Oxalate - correct answer What color tube is an ethanol specimen drawn in?
Cleanse the site, get patient information if able, and notify supervisor immediately -
correct answer In case of a needle stick accident you should...?
To find a vein - correct answer What is the purpose of the tourniqutte?
1 minute - correct answer How long can a tourniqutte be in place?
Wipe away the first drop - correct answer What is the first thing you must do after every
finger stick?
