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AMCA Phlebotomy Certification Prep Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers for Accuracy
When a phlebotomist observes actions or suspects child abuse,
what should be the next step to take?
✓✓ advise supervisor privately
The principle reason for requiring feedback when
communicating with patients is to determine weather they
______________.
✓✓ have understood what is being said
Implied consent for a venipuncture on an adult requires
_____________.
✓✓ the patient extends their arm to you
How should the phlebotomist dispose of a needle after drawing
blood from a patient?
✓✓ close safety and dispose in a puncture resistant container
(sharps container)
The hospital department that is responsible for sterile supplies
✓✓ Central Supply
The reason a test if ordered timed is to ______________.
✓✓ Draw it at the best time for accurate results
, ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
The patient's specimen is lipemic, this is usually an indicator
that the patient ___________.
✓✓ Has not fasted
Abbreviation for "nothing by mouth"
✓✓ NPO
The government agency responsible for regulating the safety
and health of workers
✓✓ Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
To prevent cross contamination of microorganisms from one
patient to another, OSHA standards require ____________.
✓✓ Barrier protection equipment (PPE personal protective
equipment)
The balanced or "steady state" of the body is called:
✓✓ Homeostasis
The blood vessel that only carries blood away from the heart is
_________.
✓✓ artery
What laboratory document describes in detail the steps to
follow for specimen collection?
, ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
✓✓ Procedure manual
Which type of specimen may require collection of a discarded
tube before the test specimen is collected?
✓✓ blood culture specimen
What is the additive in a green top tube?
✓✓ sodium heparin
What item is donned first when wearing full PPE?
✓✓ gown tied at neck and waist
The liquid portion of a clotted blood specimen is called
__________
✓✓ plasma
Which of the following additives would be found in a yellow
topped tube?
✓✓ SPS
Which test should be collected in a royal blue topped tube?
✓✓ Trace metal analysis / nutrients and toxicology studies
(magnesium)
If a laboratory test requires serum, which vacutainer tube is the
tube of choice?
AMCA Phlebotomy Certification Prep Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers for Accuracy
When a phlebotomist observes actions or suspects child abuse,
what should be the next step to take?
✓✓ advise supervisor privately
The principle reason for requiring feedback when
communicating with patients is to determine weather they
______________.
✓✓ have understood what is being said
Implied consent for a venipuncture on an adult requires
_____________.
✓✓ the patient extends their arm to you
How should the phlebotomist dispose of a needle after drawing
blood from a patient?
✓✓ close safety and dispose in a puncture resistant container
(sharps container)
The hospital department that is responsible for sterile supplies
✓✓ Central Supply
The reason a test if ordered timed is to ______________.
✓✓ Draw it at the best time for accurate results
, ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
The patient's specimen is lipemic, this is usually an indicator
that the patient ___________.
✓✓ Has not fasted
Abbreviation for "nothing by mouth"
✓✓ NPO
The government agency responsible for regulating the safety
and health of workers
✓✓ Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
To prevent cross contamination of microorganisms from one
patient to another, OSHA standards require ____________.
✓✓ Barrier protection equipment (PPE personal protective
equipment)
The balanced or "steady state" of the body is called:
✓✓ Homeostasis
The blood vessel that only carries blood away from the heart is
_________.
✓✓ artery
What laboratory document describes in detail the steps to
follow for specimen collection?
, ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
✓✓ Procedure manual
Which type of specimen may require collection of a discarded
tube before the test specimen is collected?
✓✓ blood culture specimen
What is the additive in a green top tube?
✓✓ sodium heparin
What item is donned first when wearing full PPE?
✓✓ gown tied at neck and waist
The liquid portion of a clotted blood specimen is called
__________
✓✓ plasma
Which of the following additives would be found in a yellow
topped tube?
✓✓ SPS
Which test should be collected in a royal blue topped tube?
✓✓ Trace metal analysis / nutrients and toxicology studies
(magnesium)
If a laboratory test requires serum, which vacutainer tube is the
tube of choice?
