DIALYSIS TECHNICIAN 2026 EXAMINERS ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Higher bicarbonate concentration in dialysate are needed when plasma bicarbonate
levels drop below: - ✔✔22 mEq/L
✔✔Where is the heparin pump infusion line located? - ✔✔On the arterial tubing before
the dialyzer
✔✔Muscle cramps are primarily caused by the shifting of what ion during treatment? -
✔✔Sodium
✔✔What is the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability? - ✔✔A law that created
national rules about the security and privacy of health data
✔✔What does intravascular mean? - ✔✔Inside the blood vessels
✔✔During dialysis, levels of waste in the blood should: - ✔✔Decrease
✔✔What is one way to remove solutes? - ✔✔Convection
✔✔What is not a dialyzer characteristic? - ✔✔Capacity
, ✔✔A nephron is made up of: - ✔✔Glomerulus, Tubule
✔✔What isa solution a mixture of? - ✔✔A Solvent and a Solute
✔✔A semipermeable is a filter that: - ✔✔Allows only certain sized particles to cross
✔✔Diffusion is movement of particles ..... - ✔✔From an area of higher concentration to
an area of lower concentration
✔✔What does AAMI stand for? - ✔✔Association for the Advancement of Medical
Instrumentation
✔✔What is covered by the standardsof AAMI? - ✔✔Dialyzer Reprocessing
✔✔Whatare symptoms of pericarditis? - ✔✔Chest pain relieved after sitting upright
✔✔What is a Chief iron-storage protein in the body? - ✔✔Serum Ferritin
✔✔How can you prevent a patient from having a dialyzer reaction? - ✔✔Use cellulose
acetate dialyzer membrane
✔✔What does the conductivity of dialysate reflect? - ✔✔Electrolyte levels of the
dialysate bath
✔✔What is the syndrome that cerebral edema can cause by the too rapid removal of
urea nitrogen from the blood? - ✔✔Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome
✔✔How much blood is outside the patients body at any time during dialysis? - ✔✔150-
250 ml
✔✔What factor affects the rate of diffusion? - ✔✔Surface area of the membrane
✔✔What are symptoms of a dialyzer reaction? - ✔✔Back Pain
✔✔What are the steps for dialyzer reprocessing after a dialysis treatment? - ✔✔Pre-
Cleaning, Performance Tests, Dialyzer Rejection, Disinfection
✔✔What are symptoms of anaphylaxis? - ✔✔Hives, Trouble Breathing, Hypotension,
Anxiety
✔✔What is the length of dialysis treatments based on? - ✔✔Clearance, Blood Flow
Rate, Fluid Gains, Patients Health
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Higher bicarbonate concentration in dialysate are needed when plasma bicarbonate
levels drop below: - ✔✔22 mEq/L
✔✔Where is the heparin pump infusion line located? - ✔✔On the arterial tubing before
the dialyzer
✔✔Muscle cramps are primarily caused by the shifting of what ion during treatment? -
✔✔Sodium
✔✔What is the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability? - ✔✔A law that created
national rules about the security and privacy of health data
✔✔What does intravascular mean? - ✔✔Inside the blood vessels
✔✔During dialysis, levels of waste in the blood should: - ✔✔Decrease
✔✔What is one way to remove solutes? - ✔✔Convection
✔✔What is not a dialyzer characteristic? - ✔✔Capacity
, ✔✔A nephron is made up of: - ✔✔Glomerulus, Tubule
✔✔What isa solution a mixture of? - ✔✔A Solvent and a Solute
✔✔A semipermeable is a filter that: - ✔✔Allows only certain sized particles to cross
✔✔Diffusion is movement of particles ..... - ✔✔From an area of higher concentration to
an area of lower concentration
✔✔What does AAMI stand for? - ✔✔Association for the Advancement of Medical
Instrumentation
✔✔What is covered by the standardsof AAMI? - ✔✔Dialyzer Reprocessing
✔✔Whatare symptoms of pericarditis? - ✔✔Chest pain relieved after sitting upright
✔✔What is a Chief iron-storage protein in the body? - ✔✔Serum Ferritin
✔✔How can you prevent a patient from having a dialyzer reaction? - ✔✔Use cellulose
acetate dialyzer membrane
✔✔What does the conductivity of dialysate reflect? - ✔✔Electrolyte levels of the
dialysate bath
✔✔What is the syndrome that cerebral edema can cause by the too rapid removal of
urea nitrogen from the blood? - ✔✔Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome
✔✔How much blood is outside the patients body at any time during dialysis? - ✔✔150-
250 ml
✔✔What factor affects the rate of diffusion? - ✔✔Surface area of the membrane
✔✔What are symptoms of a dialyzer reaction? - ✔✔Back Pain
✔✔What are the steps for dialyzer reprocessing after a dialysis treatment? - ✔✔Pre-
Cleaning, Performance Tests, Dialyzer Rejection, Disinfection
✔✔What are symptoms of anaphylaxis? - ✔✔Hives, Trouble Breathing, Hypotension,
Anxiety
✔✔What is the length of dialysis treatments based on? - ✔✔Clearance, Blood Flow
Rate, Fluid Gains, Patients Health
