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Phlebotomy NHCO NM Exam Questions
And Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
What was the concept behind bloodletting - Answer✔To rid the body of excess fluids
What is the primary role and responsibility of a phlebotomist? - Answer✔Obtain blood
specimens by venipuncture or capillary techniques
What does HIPAA stand for? - Answer✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
When you participate as both the sender and the reciever, you create an effective — -
Answer✔Communication Loop
Ethical behavior entails conforming to a standard of right and wrong to avoid — -
Answer✔Harming the patient
Of the types of OSHA Compliance inspections, which one is conducted on randomly chosen
workplaces determined to be engaged in particularly hazardous work types? -
Answer✔programmed inspection
Duplicate tests should be drawn individually because results might be going to different doctors
- Answer✔False
The larger the number of gauge size means the needle is thicker and longer - Answer✔False
Verbal verification for ID from the patient is good enough to proceed with the venipuncture -
Answer✔False
Hemostasis is the process by which... - Answer✔Blood vessels repair after injury
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PHI - Answer✔protected health information
TJC - Answer✔The Joint Commision
CLSI - Answer✔Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
OSHA - Answer✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The Complaint Inspection - Answer✔employee filed
The Fatality or Accidents Inspection - Answer✔occurs after OSHA receives notice from the
employer of a workplace fatality or accident resulting in 3 or more employees' hospitalizations.
The Programmed Inspection - Answer✔an inspection conducted of randomly chosen
workplaces determined to be engaged in particularly hazardous types of work according to
their standard industry classification codes
The Imminent Danger Inspection - Answer✔occurs when OSHA receives a report that a
condition of imminent danger exists at a workplace
*least common type of inspection
NSPA - Answer✔Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act
HBV - Answer✔hepatitis B virus
Vascular Phase - Answer✔Injury to a blood vessel causes it to constrict slowing the flow of
blood
Platelet Phase - Answer✔Injury to the endothelial lining causes platelets to adhere to it.
Additional platelets stick to the site finally forming a temporary platelet plug in the process
called "aggregation."
Coagulation Phase - Answer✔This involves a cascade of interactions of coagulation factors that
converts the temporary platelet plug to a stable fibrin clot. The coagulation cascade involves an
intrinsic system and extrinsic system, which ultimately come together in a common pathway.
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Fibronylysis - Answer✔the breakdown and removal of the clot
POCT - Answer✔Point of care testing
Plasma - Answer✔the liquid portion of unclotted blood still containing clotting factors
Serum - Answer✔liquid portion of the blood that remains after clotting
Blood Cultures - Answer✔Additive : Nutrient Broth
Lab: Microbiology
Common Tests: Aerobic and Anaerobic cultures
clear top tube - Answer✔discard tube
Light Blue Tube - Answer✔Additive: Sodium Citrate
Lab: Coagulation
Tests: PT, PTT, aPTT
Yields: Plasma
Red Top Tube - Answer✔Contains no additive or anticoagulant. Collected blood clots by normal
coagulation process in 30-60 minutes.
Lab: Chemistry
Tests: Serum Pregnancy Test
Yields: Serum
Tiger/ Marble/ Red-gray speckled/ Gold top - Answer✔Additive: Silica and Thixotropic gel
Lab: Chemistry
Tests: BMP, CMP, Serum Pregnancy Test, Lipids and Cholesterol
Yields: Serum
Light Green Top Tube - Answer✔Additive: Lithium Heparin and Thixotropic gel
Lab: Chemistry
Tests: STAT Electrolytes, hCG, hCG qualitative, hCG quantitative
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Phlebotomy NHCO NM Exam Questions
And Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
What was the concept behind bloodletting - Answer✔To rid the body of excess fluids
What is the primary role and responsibility of a phlebotomist? - Answer✔Obtain blood
specimens by venipuncture or capillary techniques
What does HIPAA stand for? - Answer✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
When you participate as both the sender and the reciever, you create an effective — -
Answer✔Communication Loop
Ethical behavior entails conforming to a standard of right and wrong to avoid — -
Answer✔Harming the patient
Of the types of OSHA Compliance inspections, which one is conducted on randomly chosen
workplaces determined to be engaged in particularly hazardous work types? -
Answer✔programmed inspection
Duplicate tests should be drawn individually because results might be going to different doctors
- Answer✔False
The larger the number of gauge size means the needle is thicker and longer - Answer✔False
Verbal verification for ID from the patient is good enough to proceed with the venipuncture -
Answer✔False
Hemostasis is the process by which... - Answer✔Blood vessels repair after injury
1|Page
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PHI - Answer✔protected health information
TJC - Answer✔The Joint Commision
CLSI - Answer✔Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
OSHA - Answer✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The Complaint Inspection - Answer✔employee filed
The Fatality or Accidents Inspection - Answer✔occurs after OSHA receives notice from the
employer of a workplace fatality or accident resulting in 3 or more employees' hospitalizations.
The Programmed Inspection - Answer✔an inspection conducted of randomly chosen
workplaces determined to be engaged in particularly hazardous types of work according to
their standard industry classification codes
The Imminent Danger Inspection - Answer✔occurs when OSHA receives a report that a
condition of imminent danger exists at a workplace
*least common type of inspection
NSPA - Answer✔Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act
HBV - Answer✔hepatitis B virus
Vascular Phase - Answer✔Injury to a blood vessel causes it to constrict slowing the flow of
blood
Platelet Phase - Answer✔Injury to the endothelial lining causes platelets to adhere to it.
Additional platelets stick to the site finally forming a temporary platelet plug in the process
called "aggregation."
Coagulation Phase - Answer✔This involves a cascade of interactions of coagulation factors that
converts the temporary platelet plug to a stable fibrin clot. The coagulation cascade involves an
intrinsic system and extrinsic system, which ultimately come together in a common pathway.
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Fibronylysis - Answer✔the breakdown and removal of the clot
POCT - Answer✔Point of care testing
Plasma - Answer✔the liquid portion of unclotted blood still containing clotting factors
Serum - Answer✔liquid portion of the blood that remains after clotting
Blood Cultures - Answer✔Additive : Nutrient Broth
Lab: Microbiology
Common Tests: Aerobic and Anaerobic cultures
clear top tube - Answer✔discard tube
Light Blue Tube - Answer✔Additive: Sodium Citrate
Lab: Coagulation
Tests: PT, PTT, aPTT
Yields: Plasma
Red Top Tube - Answer✔Contains no additive or anticoagulant. Collected blood clots by normal
coagulation process in 30-60 minutes.
Lab: Chemistry
Tests: Serum Pregnancy Test
Yields: Serum
Tiger/ Marble/ Red-gray speckled/ Gold top - Answer✔Additive: Silica and Thixotropic gel
Lab: Chemistry
Tests: BMP, CMP, Serum Pregnancy Test, Lipids and Cholesterol
Yields: Serum
Light Green Top Tube - Answer✔Additive: Lithium Heparin and Thixotropic gel
Lab: Chemistry
Tests: STAT Electrolytes, hCG, hCG qualitative, hCG quantitative
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