All test questions for final!

Why should a dermal puncture site be warmed?

Which of the following can be used to obtain a serum specimen?

An arterialized specimen must be collected for which of the following tests?

The word encephalomeningitis, which part of the word is the suffix?

What is the correct identification procedure when an unidentified patient is brought into the ED?

Bone marrow is collected from the?

When should a phlebotomist document the name of the person who has verified a patients identity?

An advantage of POCT is?

The recommended disinfectant for blood and body fluid contamination is?

A puncture site may require additional pressure to stop bleeding when a patient?

Which of the following tests would be delivered to the chemistry section?

Blood is pumped into the aorta from?

A patient verbalizes a shooting, burning, tingling pain when the needle is inserted. This could be caused by?

Safe operation of the centrifuge EXCLUDES?

Which of these regulatory agencies classifies laboratory tests by their complexity?

When a dermal puncture device is selected, the most critical consideration is the?

What must be considered when choosing the correct equipment for venipuncture?

What test result is markedly decreased when a patient fasts longer than 16 hours?

The trough level for therapeutic drug monitoring is collected?

The blood specimen for this test must be protected from light?

Which of the following tests is part of a CBC?

Geriatric patients are more prone to hematoma formation because?

Sweat electrolytes are collected to confirm the diagnosis of?

OSHA requires employers to provide health-care workers with which of the following immunizations free of charge?

The plural form for bronchitis is?

On newborns, dermal punctures are performed on the?

Dermal punctures are often performed on?

When a chemical is accidentally spilled on the body, the first thing to do is?

A procedure manual is?

What complication can occur when you draw blood from an arm located on the same side of the body as patients mastectomy

The vein that carries oxygen rich blood is the?

What type of specimen is collected by inserting a flexible mini-tip culture swab through the nose?

What should you do first when a patient develops syncope?

Ethics are defined as?

The vein of choice for venipuncture located in the antecubital space is?

Phlebotomist tells patient who refuses to have blood drawn, calm down or he will get someone to hold them down committed

Acceptable QC can ensure?

The needle is inserted into the vein with the bevel?

Which urine test requires a patient to collect a clean catch midstream specimen?

Specimens for ammonia levels must be?

The advantage of the ETS is that?

Wiping away the first drop of blood?

The blood cells that sensor oxygen and carbon dioxide are?

A patient who appears pale, and has cold damp skin may develop?

Which of the following test requires a patient to collect a 72 hour fecal specimen?

When a patient refuses to have his/her blood drawn, the phlebotomist should?

A test included in a newborn screen that requires placement of blood in circles on filter paper is?

The acronym RACE should be followed when?

PPE includes all of the following except?

A phlebotomist is unfamiliar with how to perform an arterial puncture but does it anyway, resulting injury example of?

Which of the following carries oxygen poor blood?

Capillaries, lymph vessels, nerve fibers, gland and hair follicles are in which layer of the skin?

The primary goal of a QMS is to?

When blood is inoculated into blood culture bottles using the winged blood collection set, the?

Oxygenated blood from the lungs flows into the?

In addition to documenting patient and QC results, which of following must be recorded when performing POCT?

Consent for HIV testing?

Which of the following actions makes a patient feel that you care about them?

A phlebotomist who is or may be pregnant should avoid?

Physicians approval is required when collecting blood from?

The combining form cyt/o means?

After collection and delivery to the laboratory, when must clotted and anti-coagulated tubes be centrifuged?

Which of the following represents a professional behavior by a phlebotomist?

The maximum length of a puncture device used on the heel is?

According to the CLSI, which of the following is an acceptable order of draw?

The maximum length of time a tourniquet should be applied is?

Phlebotomists involvement with the Patient Care Partnership includes the patients right to?

The main foundation of a word that denotes a body component is the?

Procedural controls that verify test kit and added reagents are performing correctly are called?

EDTA, sodium citrate and potassium oxalate anticoagulants prevent blood from clotting in blood collection tubes by?

The information that must be present on the specimen label?

What should a phlebotomist do when a patient is sleeping?

The test used to monitor coumadin(warfarin) is?

Six steps of lean are?

The term HAI refers to infections?

Risk management departments develop policies to protect the?

The pacemaker of the heart is the?

The agency that sets the standards and guidelines for POCT is?

Pleural fluid is collected from the?

Specimens that require chilling immediately after collection are placed in?

Documentation of a laboratory’s overall quality of work is provided in the laboratory’s?

The medical word for inflammation of the liver is?

Which must ALWAYS be filled to the correct ratio?

Which of the needles has the smallest diameter?

When encountering a patient with an AV fistula, the phlebotomist should?

In the chain of infection, the susceptible host can also become the?

A properly tied tourniquet?

QC includes?

An unexpected patient death that is not related to that patients illness is termed a?

Which of the following is correct for positioning for a venipuncture procedure?

The winged blood collection set is primarily used for?

Why are specimens collected at specific times?

A PT test is performed in?

Sputum specimens are collected to diagnose?

In the words cardiology, bradycardia, cardiomegaly and cardiologist, the word root is?

When should you label blood collection tubes?

Where is POCT most often performed?

Drawing excess amounts of blood from a premature infant can cause?

To define a medical word, first define the?

The smallest blood vessel is the?

Serum or plasma must be separated from cells within ____ minutes from collection

Misidentification of a patient whose hemoglobin level is being monitored every 4 hours might be detected by?

Start of employment sup. asks phlebotomist to do a glucose test and report results to supervisor, phlebotomist doing?

Errors most commonly associated with the incorrect PT (INR) results are?

The lungs and heart are located in the?

When greeting a patient, you must?

Which of the following is not routinely carried on a phlebotomists tray?

Which abbreviation is on The Joint Commissions “do not use” list?

A person’s blood group is determined by testing?

Which word means “pertaining to the period around birth?”

A tourniquet is used in routine venipuncture to?

What information is required on a requisition form?

Effective communication includes?

A reclining chair is part of a?

The most common type of fire extinguisher is?

A phlebotomist who takes an exam prepared by a national phlebotomy agency is seeking?

The hospital department that provides breathing treatments and performs arterial punctures is?

Which of the following methods can be used to locate veins that are not prominent?

Documentation required in a phlebotomy department includes a/an?

The concentration of this analyte is higher in blood collected by dermal puncture than by venipuncture?

Testing of stool for parasites is performed in?

Phlebotomist receives request for cortisol level, FBS level and stat cross match. Which order should be collected?

The artery located in the antecubital space is?

Before you draw a blood specimen from a patient, you must always?

A phlebotomist who encounters a comatose patient with no ID band should?

When obtaining a specimen for Group A strep, swabbing which of these areas could possibly produce false negative result?

The recommended specimen for urine pregnancy testing is a?

Why do phlebotomists perform their routine blood collections early in the morning?

Deoxygenated blood enters the heart in which chamber?

Synovial fluid is found in the?

The clinical laboratory section that performs serum testing to detect ABS to hepatitis viruses is?

Yellow ACD blood collection tubes are used for?

Implied consent for venipuncture on an adult requires?

Six sigma methodology is a?

The brain and spinal cord are protected by?

Two blood culture sets from a patient requiring STAT administration of antibiotics are collected?

The basic structure of the body is the?

Which of the following may be an additional duty of phlebotomists in today’s healthcare system?

Which tube additive preserves glucose?

The law that specifically addresses the privacy of health information is the?

Which of the following laboratory personnel is an MD?

The acronym PASS should be followed when?

The current routine infection control policy developed by the CDC and followed in all healthcare settings is?

An error in correctly reporting a patients test result is considered a/an?

Before you enter an isolation room, the first thing you should do is?

If urine specimen for routine analysis cannot be delivered to laboratory with 2 hours, what should you do?

Before disposing of a contaminated needle, you must?

To prevent rolling veins, the venipuncture step of primary importance is?

What is the focus of RCA?

Plasma differs from a serum in that?