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SMPA - Nova StatStrip 12 Month/Annual
Competency 2025/2026 Exam Questions
and Correct Answers | New Update
What are the two unique patient identifiers that are required to be checked every
time and on
every patient prior to performing POC glucose testing ? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Full
name and Date of birth
It is acceptable to perform a bedside glucose test on a fellow colleague when they
are not feeling well. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔False
Venous whole blood collected from a twin catheter must be used to measure
glucoses on the
StatStrip glucometer for the critically ill patient. Which criteria constitutes a
critically ill patient at
SMMC? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Any or all of the above
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Decreased peripheral blood flow can occur, but is not limited to, patients with
severe hypotension,
shock, hyperosmolar-hyperglycemia (with or without ketosis) and severe
dehydration. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔true
Quality control testing must be performed using two levels of bedside glucose
control solutions under which of the following conditions: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔All of
the above
How long are StatStrip glucose test strips good for once opened? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔6 months or the printed expiration date on the vial (whichever comes first)
Point of Care Testing (POCT) colleagues are responsible for performing periodic
proficiency testing within their regular workflow and ( as closely as possible) in
the same manner as patient testing. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔true
What must be done whenever a critical bedside glucose result is obtained? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Critical values must be reported to, read back by the patients'
physician (or house doctor), and documented in the patient medical record within
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SMPA - Nova StatStrip 12 Month/Annual
Competency 2025/2026 Exam Questions
and Correct Answers | New Update
What are the two unique patient identifiers that are required to be checked every
time and on
every patient prior to performing POC glucose testing ? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Full
name and Date of birth
It is acceptable to perform a bedside glucose test on a fellow colleague when they
are not feeling well. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔False
Venous whole blood collected from a twin catheter must be used to measure
glucoses on the
StatStrip glucometer for the critically ill patient. Which criteria constitutes a
critically ill patient at
SMMC? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Any or all of the above
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY 1
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Decreased peripheral blood flow can occur, but is not limited to, patients with
severe hypotension,
shock, hyperosmolar-hyperglycemia (with or without ketosis) and severe
dehydration. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔true
Quality control testing must be performed using two levels of bedside glucose
control solutions under which of the following conditions: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔All of
the above
How long are StatStrip glucose test strips good for once opened? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔6 months or the printed expiration date on the vial (whichever comes first)
Point of Care Testing (POCT) colleagues are responsible for performing periodic
proficiency testing within their regular workflow and ( as closely as possible) in
the same manner as patient testing. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔true
What must be done whenever a critical bedside glucose result is obtained? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Critical values must be reported to, read back by the patients'
physician (or house doctor), and documented in the patient medical record within
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY 2
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
