NHCO PHLEBOTOMY FULL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS PROFESSIONAL
PREPARATION MATERIAL
●● HIPAA
Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 1996:
protects patience health information.
●● ETS
Answer: Evacuated tube system: draws a predetermined amount of
blood. needle, adaptor, and color-coded vacuum-sealed tube.
●● Agglutination
Answer: clumping of red blood cells
●● Anemia
Answer: lack of a normal number of red blood cells
●● Antibody
Answer: substance formed by the body to react to an antigen
●● hemochromatosis
, Answer: excess iron deposits in blood
●● polycythemia vera
Answer: general increase in red blood cells (erythremia)
●● serum
Answer: liquid portion of the blood that remains after clotting
●● thrombocytes
Answer: platelets
●● CLSI
Answer: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute: a global laboratory
that develops standard practices for quality patient care and safety
●● CLIA '88
Answer: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988: ensure
quality and accuarcy of laboratory settings
●● NIOSH
Answer: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: conducts
research to provide safer workplaces
AND CORRECT ANSWERS PROFESSIONAL
PREPARATION MATERIAL
●● HIPAA
Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 1996:
protects patience health information.
●● ETS
Answer: Evacuated tube system: draws a predetermined amount of
blood. needle, adaptor, and color-coded vacuum-sealed tube.
●● Agglutination
Answer: clumping of red blood cells
●● Anemia
Answer: lack of a normal number of red blood cells
●● Antibody
Answer: substance formed by the body to react to an antigen
●● hemochromatosis
, Answer: excess iron deposits in blood
●● polycythemia vera
Answer: general increase in red blood cells (erythremia)
●● serum
Answer: liquid portion of the blood that remains after clotting
●● thrombocytes
Answer: platelets
●● CLSI
Answer: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute: a global laboratory
that develops standard practices for quality patient care and safety
●● CLIA '88
Answer: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988: ensure
quality and accuarcy of laboratory settings
●● NIOSH
Answer: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: conducts
research to provide safer workplaces