NHCO Phlebotomy Exam Guide
What is phlebotomy? - answer Drawing or removing blood from the circulatory system
through a cut or puncture to obtain a sample for analysis and diagnosis.
What is another name for phlebotomy? - answer Venipuncture
How do you positively identify the patient? - answer Ask them to state and spell their full
name and provide their date of birth
What is HIPAA and what year was it passed? - answer Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that was passed in 1996. HIPAA requires
providers to get written permission before disclosing healthcare information to anyone
outside the provider team.
What is PHI? - answer Protected health information (PHI) is any individually identifiable
health information that is transmitted or stored electronically. Healthcare professionals
have to safeguard this information.
True or False: if you violate PHI, you are also violating HIPAA - answerTrue
Under HIPAA and/or PHI, safeguarded information includes but is not limited to: -
answer- Treatments
- Test results
- Mediations
- Procedures
- Appointment times
- Appointment dates
As a phlebotomist, are you allowed to give patients test results or explain what the tests
check for? - answerNo, phlebotomists aren't medically qualified to give test results or
explain what the test checks for.
If a patient asks what test is being performed, can a phlebotomist tell them? -
answerYes, under the patient's bill of rights, they can always know the name of the tests
being performed, but a phlebotomist cannot explain what the test checks for.
What is informed consent? - answerA competent person gives voluntary permission for
a medical procedure after receiving adequate information about the risk of, methods
used and consequences of the procedure
What is phlebotomy? - answer Drawing or removing blood from the circulatory system
through a cut or puncture to obtain a sample for analysis and diagnosis.
What is another name for phlebotomy? - answer Venipuncture
How do you positively identify the patient? - answer Ask them to state and spell their full
name and provide their date of birth
What is HIPAA and what year was it passed? - answer Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that was passed in 1996. HIPAA requires
providers to get written permission before disclosing healthcare information to anyone
outside the provider team.
What is PHI? - answer Protected health information (PHI) is any individually identifiable
health information that is transmitted or stored electronically. Healthcare professionals
have to safeguard this information.
True or False: if you violate PHI, you are also violating HIPAA - answerTrue
Under HIPAA and/or PHI, safeguarded information includes but is not limited to: -
answer- Treatments
- Test results
- Mediations
- Procedures
- Appointment times
- Appointment dates
As a phlebotomist, are you allowed to give patients test results or explain what the tests
check for? - answerNo, phlebotomists aren't medically qualified to give test results or
explain what the test checks for.
If a patient asks what test is being performed, can a phlebotomist tell them? -
answerYes, under the patient's bill of rights, they can always know the name of the tests
being performed, but a phlebotomist cannot explain what the test checks for.
What is informed consent? - answerA competent person gives voluntary permission for
a medical procedure after receiving adequate information about the risk of, methods
used and consequences of the procedure
