CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION TO PHLEBOTOMY
(EXAM QUESTIONS) WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS .
The monitoring system for institutions that train phlebotomist is known as - Correct Answer -
Accreditation
Once certified, what must a phlebotomists earn to ensure continued certification? - Correct
Answer -CEU (continuing education units)
Informed consent means - Correct Answer -Patients must be informed of intended treatments and
their risks before they are performed.
Which characteristic is not a required personal characteristic of a professional phlebotomist? -
Correct Answer -sense of humor
When a patient in the hospital refuses to have blood drawn, the phlebotomist should - Correct
Answer -notify the patient's nurse to ensure that the physician or other ordering practitioner is
notified promptly
1) What is phlebotomy? - Correct Answer -The process of drawing blood
2) List the six steps of routine blood collection - Correct Answer -1. Correctly positively identify
the patient
2. Choose the appropriate equipment for obtaining the sample
3. Select and prepare this site for collection
4. Collect the sample, ensuring patient comfort and safety
5. Correctly labeled sample
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, 6. Transport the sample to the laboratory in a timely manner, using appropriate handling her
seizures
3) The first state to enact legislation mandating licensure of all phlebotomist: - Correct Answer -
California
4) Visible signs of professionalism include: - Correct Answer -good grooming and conservative
hairstyle.
5) maintaining confidentiality Includes all of the following aspects: - Correct Answer -
Discussing patients in the hallway
6)The role of the phlebotomist includes public relations and involves which of the following? -
Correct Answer -All of the above
a. Being liaison between the laboratory and patience, visitors and staff.
b. Promoting good public relations between the laboratory and patience, visitors
c. Executing phlebotomy procedures would knowledge, skills and professional patient interaction
7) Phlebotomy duties include which of the following? - Correct Answer -Transporting specimens
to the laboratory
8) Which agency or agencies approve phlebotomy training programs?
a. American Association of Allied Health Professionals (AAAHP)
b. National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)
c. American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS)
d. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute - Correct Answer -B. National Accrediting Agency
for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)
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(EXAM QUESTIONS) WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS .
The monitoring system for institutions that train phlebotomist is known as - Correct Answer -
Accreditation
Once certified, what must a phlebotomists earn to ensure continued certification? - Correct
Answer -CEU (continuing education units)
Informed consent means - Correct Answer -Patients must be informed of intended treatments and
their risks before they are performed.
Which characteristic is not a required personal characteristic of a professional phlebotomist? -
Correct Answer -sense of humor
When a patient in the hospital refuses to have blood drawn, the phlebotomist should - Correct
Answer -notify the patient's nurse to ensure that the physician or other ordering practitioner is
notified promptly
1) What is phlebotomy? - Correct Answer -The process of drawing blood
2) List the six steps of routine blood collection - Correct Answer -1. Correctly positively identify
the patient
2. Choose the appropriate equipment for obtaining the sample
3. Select and prepare this site for collection
4. Collect the sample, ensuring patient comfort and safety
5. Correctly labeled sample
1
, 6. Transport the sample to the laboratory in a timely manner, using appropriate handling her
seizures
3) The first state to enact legislation mandating licensure of all phlebotomist: - Correct Answer -
California
4) Visible signs of professionalism include: - Correct Answer -good grooming and conservative
hairstyle.
5) maintaining confidentiality Includes all of the following aspects: - Correct Answer -
Discussing patients in the hallway
6)The role of the phlebotomist includes public relations and involves which of the following? -
Correct Answer -All of the above
a. Being liaison between the laboratory and patience, visitors and staff.
b. Promoting good public relations between the laboratory and patience, visitors
c. Executing phlebotomy procedures would knowledge, skills and professional patient interaction
7) Phlebotomy duties include which of the following? - Correct Answer -Transporting specimens
to the laboratory
8) Which agency or agencies approve phlebotomy training programs?
a. American Association of Allied Health Professionals (AAAHP)
b. National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)
c. American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS)
d. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute - Correct Answer -B. National Accrediting Agency
for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)
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