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1. Which of the following is the suffix meaning blood?
A. -cyte
B. -emia
C. -globin
D. -itis: -emia
2. The literal meaning of the word hemolysis is .
A. Blood breaking down
B. Blood being red
C. Lacking red cells
D. Serum being red: Blood breaking down
3. PT in the lab abbreviation for which of the following tests?
A. Partial Thromboplastin
B. Platelet time
C. Protein C
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D. Prothrombin time: Prothrombin time
4. When a patient is swollen with excess fluids, this is called?
A. Edema
B. Jaundice
C. Thrombosis
D. Scarring: Edema
5. The patient you are preparing to draw blood from has three good veins in the antecubital area.
Which is the best to use?
A. Basilica
B. Brachial
C. Cephalic
D. Median Cubital: Median Cubital
6. The liquid portion of an anticoagulated blood specimen is called?
A. Clotted
B. Plasma
C. Platelet-free
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D. Serum: Plasma
7. What is a nosocomial infection?
A. An infection acquired at school
B. An infection acquired at a healthcare facility
C. MRSA: An infection acquired at a healthcare facility
8. Which of the following is not a single-use only item?
A. Needles
B. Tourniquets
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C. Tube Holders
D. Winged infusion sets: Tourniquets
9. What is the name of the equipment used to seperate plasma or serum from red blood cells?
A. Autoclave
B. Centrifuge
C. Hemocytometer
D. Spectrophotometer: Centrifuge
10.Which of the following is a true statement regarding safe use of tube holders and needles?
A. After removing & disposing the needle, clean the tube holder with an alcohol pad.
B. Discard the tube holder & needle together as a unit into a sharps container.
C. Manually unscrew the needle from the tube holder so the tube holder can be reused.
D. Use the sharps container to hold the needle while it is unscrewed from the holder.: Discard the
tube holder & needle together as a unit into a sharps container.
11.Needles are color-coded to indicate their
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1. Which of the following is the suffix meaning blood?
A. -cyte
B. -emia
C. -globin
D. -itis: -emia
2. The literal meaning of the word hemolysis is .
A. Blood breaking down
B. Blood being red
C. Lacking red cells
D. Serum being red: Blood breaking down
3. PT in the lab abbreviation for which of the following tests?
A. Partial Thromboplastin
B. Platelet time
C. Protein C
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D. Prothrombin time: Prothrombin time
4. When a patient is swollen with excess fluids, this is called?
A. Edema
B. Jaundice
C. Thrombosis
D. Scarring: Edema
5. The patient you are preparing to draw blood from has three good veins in the antecubital area.
Which is the best to use?
A. Basilica
B. Brachial
C. Cephalic
D. Median Cubital: Median Cubital
6. The liquid portion of an anticoagulated blood specimen is called?
A. Clotted
B. Plasma
C. Platelet-free
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D. Serum: Plasma
7. What is a nosocomial infection?
A. An infection acquired at school
B. An infection acquired at a healthcare facility
C. MRSA: An infection acquired at a healthcare facility
8. Which of the following is not a single-use only item?
A. Needles
B. Tourniquets
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C. Tube Holders
D. Winged infusion sets: Tourniquets
9. What is the name of the equipment used to seperate plasma or serum from red blood cells?
A. Autoclave
B. Centrifuge
C. Hemocytometer
D. Spectrophotometer: Centrifuge
10.Which of the following is a true statement regarding safe use of tube holders and needles?
A. After removing & disposing the needle, clean the tube holder with an alcohol pad.
B. Discard the tube holder & needle together as a unit into a sharps container.
C. Manually unscrew the needle from the tube holder so the tube holder can be reused.
D. Use the sharps container to hold the needle while it is unscrewed from the holder.: Discard the
tube holder & needle together as a unit into a sharps container.
11.Needles are color-coded to indicate their
