Fresenius PCT Certification Review
2026/2027 | Exam-Focused Questions
and Verified Answers with Complete
Solutions (Already Passed A+)
• What should you do with a sharps container in the event of a flood? -✓✓lock,
seal and place them in a bio-hazard storage room
• What type of access has the lowest complication rate? -✓✓fistula
• What must you do when using the emergency hand crank during a power outage?
-✓✓check to ensure 300 mLs of normal saline is in the bag
• What term is used to define a failure to follow established procedure, treatment
prescription, or an event that causes patient injury or death? -✓✓adverse event
• What does a near miss do? -✓✓Helps identify a risk to patient safety and reduce
the risk of patient injury.
• A patient begins to experience faintness, double vision and clammy hands. What
is the cause? -✓✓hypotension
• What is the path of the urine flow through the urinary tract? -✓✓Urine flows
from the kidneys to the ureters to the bladder to the urethra.
• What is Fresenius Medical Care's goal for spkt/v? -✓✓1.4
• Which of the following is correct about KECN testing?
1. Sodium is used to estimate clearance of urea
2. The result of an OLC is know as KECN with accepted rate of 300-400
3. OLC tests are treated are 8 times per treatment
4. OLC are used to project serum levels -✓✓Sodium is used to estimate clearance
of urea
• Which is the following is true about dialysate?
, 1. It contains chlorine
2. It is ultrapure
3. It is sterile
4. It contains urea -✓✓It is ultrapure
• What does a yellow AMP light indicate? -✓✓Projected spkt/v is less than 1.4
• Which of the following is true about Ultra Low Total Chlorine Testing? -✓✓the
sample cup must be rinsed three times
• What is the limit for Total Chlorine? -✓✓< 0.1 ppm (parts per million)
• What PPE should you wear when disinfecting a dialysis station or cleaning a
blood spill? -✓✓gloves, gown and face shield
• You should check both arms for a fistula or graft before taking what vital sign? -
✓✓blood pressure
• When should you replace the venous line during treatment?
a. If the arterial pressure goes to - 250
b. If a large clot is seen in the venous line
c. Should never be replaced during treatment
d. Venous pressure is half the BFR -✓✓If a large clot is seen in the venous line
• Which should be reported to the RN? -✓✓BP 165/102
• Where in the circuit should you look to determine what the cause of an venous
alarm?
a. the dialyzer
b. the venous chamber to the venous needle
c. blood pump only
d. from the arterial needle to the blood bump -✓✓the venous chamber to the
venous needle
2026/2027 | Exam-Focused Questions
and Verified Answers with Complete
Solutions (Already Passed A+)
• What should you do with a sharps container in the event of a flood? -✓✓lock,
seal and place them in a bio-hazard storage room
• What type of access has the lowest complication rate? -✓✓fistula
• What must you do when using the emergency hand crank during a power outage?
-✓✓check to ensure 300 mLs of normal saline is in the bag
• What term is used to define a failure to follow established procedure, treatment
prescription, or an event that causes patient injury or death? -✓✓adverse event
• What does a near miss do? -✓✓Helps identify a risk to patient safety and reduce
the risk of patient injury.
• A patient begins to experience faintness, double vision and clammy hands. What
is the cause? -✓✓hypotension
• What is the path of the urine flow through the urinary tract? -✓✓Urine flows
from the kidneys to the ureters to the bladder to the urethra.
• What is Fresenius Medical Care's goal for spkt/v? -✓✓1.4
• Which of the following is correct about KECN testing?
1. Sodium is used to estimate clearance of urea
2. The result of an OLC is know as KECN with accepted rate of 300-400
3. OLC tests are treated are 8 times per treatment
4. OLC are used to project serum levels -✓✓Sodium is used to estimate clearance
of urea
• Which is the following is true about dialysate?
, 1. It contains chlorine
2. It is ultrapure
3. It is sterile
4. It contains urea -✓✓It is ultrapure
• What does a yellow AMP light indicate? -✓✓Projected spkt/v is less than 1.4
• Which of the following is true about Ultra Low Total Chlorine Testing? -✓✓the
sample cup must be rinsed three times
• What is the limit for Total Chlorine? -✓✓< 0.1 ppm (parts per million)
• What PPE should you wear when disinfecting a dialysis station or cleaning a
blood spill? -✓✓gloves, gown and face shield
• You should check both arms for a fistula or graft before taking what vital sign? -
✓✓blood pressure
• When should you replace the venous line during treatment?
a. If the arterial pressure goes to - 250
b. If a large clot is seen in the venous line
c. Should never be replaced during treatment
d. Venous pressure is half the BFR -✓✓If a large clot is seen in the venous line
• Which should be reported to the RN? -✓✓BP 165/102
• Where in the circuit should you look to determine what the cause of an venous
alarm?
a. the dialyzer
b. the venous chamber to the venous needle
c. blood pump only
d. from the arterial needle to the blood bump -✓✓the venous chamber to the
venous needle
