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A patient reports that during a previous blood
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draw he felt lightheaded and almost passed
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out. What should -
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a= ✅ Perform the draw with the patient
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reclined or in a supine position a= a= a= a= a=
A phlebotomy technician at a primary care
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clinic is performing venipuncture on a patient
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with suspected influenza. The patient is wearing
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a mask. What PPE should the technician
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wear? - a= a=
a= ✅ Gloves and a mask
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A requisition calls for the following tests:
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CBC, CMP, and PTT. Which of the following
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reflects the proper order of draw? - a= a= a= a= a= a= a=
a= ✅ Citrate, SST, EDTA
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Blood exits the heart through the body's largest
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artery, the ________________. - a= a= a= a=
a= ✅ Aorta
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What part of the evacuated tube system allows
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multiple collection tubes to be filled with one a= a= a= a= a= a= a=
puncture? - a= a=
a= ✅ The interior needle/tube holder
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When drawing a specimen for an ammonia
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,test, what should a phlebotomy technician
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have ready for specimen transportation? -
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a= ✅ An ice slurry
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A phlebotomy technician asks a patient to
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state and spell his name. He says, "Chris
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Morgan, C-H-R-I-S M-O-R-G-A-N." The name a= a= a= a=
listed on the requisition is "Criss Morgan."
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What should the phlebotomy technician do? -
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a= ✅ Call the ordering provider to resolve the
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issue and get a new requisition with the
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correct spelling if the spelling was an a= a= a= a= a= a=
error
When a blood culture is ordered along with
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other tests, which tube is filled first? -
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a= ✅ Yellow SPS
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Which of these patient reactions should be
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documented, but is not a cause for discontinuing a= a= a= a= a= a= a=
a draw or likely to affect analytes? -
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a= ✅ Petechiae
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A phlebotomy technician is performing a
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venipuncture collection on a young adult and a= a= a= a= a= a=
needs to draw a citrate tube, a serum separator
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tube, and an EDTA tube. The citrate tube
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and SST fill quickly. The EDTA tube fills partway
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and then blood flow stops. What is the
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most likely explanation? -
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a= ✅ The tube's vacuum is compromised.
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, Scars cover the arms and hands of a patient
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whose requisition requires CBC and electrolytes.
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After finding no acceptable venipuncture
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site on either arm or hand, the phlebotomy
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technician sees that the scarring does not a= a= a= a= a= a=
extend to the fingertips. Which of the following
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is true? - a= a= a=
a= ✅ The phlebotomy technician can do a capillary
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draw and document that where the a= a= a= a= a=
blood was collected and why. a= a= a= a=
When is a sharps receptacle considered to be
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overfilled according to OSHA standards? - a= a= a= a= a= a=
a= ✅ When it is more than 3/4 full
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. Of the three veins commonly assessed for
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venipuncture, which is considered the least a= a= a= a= a=
favorable? - a= a=
a= ✅ The basilic vein a= a= a=
An emergency room physician directs a phlebotomist
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to draw blood from an unconscious
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patient of unknown identity. This is - a= a= a= a= a= a= a=
a= ✅ Legal under the concept of implied
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consent
When performing a draw on an inpatient with
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a recent mastectomy, the phlebotomy technician
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finds that an IV is running in the arm on
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the non-mastectomy side. Which site should
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