AMCA PHLEBOTOMY REVIEW EXAMINERS
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Which government agency regulates the quality of gloves worn during phlebotomy
procedures? - ✔✔FDA
✔✔After an accidental needle stick, the phlebotomist should wash the infected area with
soap and water - ✔✔True
✔✔The recommended disinfectant to use to clean surfaces is sodium hypochlorite. -
✔✔True
✔✔The correct way to transport a cryofibrinogen sample to the lab is to...
Selected: - ✔✔placed in an incubated tube keeping it at body temperature (37degrees
Celsius)
✔✔Using a heating pad can increase bloodflow up to __ times on a patient. The heating
pad should only stay on the site for up to __ minutes. - ✔✔7, 4
✔✔It is appropriate to give test results to the parent or guardian of an adult child -
✔✔False
✔✔Threatening or feeling threatened either verbally or physically is considered _. The
act of causing physical harm to an individual is considered _. - ✔✔assault, battery
✔✔If the wrong tube was drawn, the phlebotomist should notify the supervisor and
recollect the draw, if possible - ✔✔True
✔✔In order to perform a successful capillary puncture, the phlebotomist should perform
the following steps, in this order - ✔✔1. Warm site
2. Clean site with alcohol
3.Puncture the site
4.Wipe away first drop of blood
, 5.Collect the specimen
6.Place gauze over site and cover
✔✔As a phlebotomist, you should always identify yourself before identifying the patient -
✔✔True
✔✔QNS stands for - ✔✔quality not sufficient
✔✔FBS stands for - ✔✔fasting blood sugar
✔✔hCG testing is used to determine pregnancy. - ✔✔True
✔✔Urine is more concentrated when collected - ✔✔first thing in the morning
✔✔Vasovagal syncope is another term for. - ✔✔fainting
✔✔Standard precautions include hand hygiene, proper use of PPE, and sharp's safety.
- ✔✔True
✔✔FDP stands for _. This specimen is processed in the _ department. - ✔✔Fibrinogen
Degradation Products, coagulation
✔✔If a EDTA tube is used before a serum tube it could cause cross contamination and
could result in high potassium or a false low calcium value. - ✔✔True
✔✔A phlebotomist will wash their hands _ and _ the venipuncture. - ✔✔before/after
✔✔The term hematoma means blood has leaked from the vein into the tissues of the
skin - ✔✔True
✔✔Patients complete name, date of birth, identification number, date, time of draw, and
the collectors' initials must be on the specimen tube - ✔✔True
✔✔Vitamin B12 will be protected from _ - ✔✔light
✔✔Biopsy tissue would be sent to anatomical _ to be analyzed. - ✔✔pathology
✔✔A patient that is on blood thinners or aspirin regimen may need additional pressure
applied to stop bleeding - ✔✔True
✔✔When a patient starts to sweat, look pale, and or complaining of blurred vision could
be signs of a _. - ✔✔vasovagal syncope
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Which government agency regulates the quality of gloves worn during phlebotomy
procedures? - ✔✔FDA
✔✔After an accidental needle stick, the phlebotomist should wash the infected area with
soap and water - ✔✔True
✔✔The recommended disinfectant to use to clean surfaces is sodium hypochlorite. -
✔✔True
✔✔The correct way to transport a cryofibrinogen sample to the lab is to...
Selected: - ✔✔placed in an incubated tube keeping it at body temperature (37degrees
Celsius)
✔✔Using a heating pad can increase bloodflow up to __ times on a patient. The heating
pad should only stay on the site for up to __ minutes. - ✔✔7, 4
✔✔It is appropriate to give test results to the parent or guardian of an adult child -
✔✔False
✔✔Threatening or feeling threatened either verbally or physically is considered _. The
act of causing physical harm to an individual is considered _. - ✔✔assault, battery
✔✔If the wrong tube was drawn, the phlebotomist should notify the supervisor and
recollect the draw, if possible - ✔✔True
✔✔In order to perform a successful capillary puncture, the phlebotomist should perform
the following steps, in this order - ✔✔1. Warm site
2. Clean site with alcohol
3.Puncture the site
4.Wipe away first drop of blood
, 5.Collect the specimen
6.Place gauze over site and cover
✔✔As a phlebotomist, you should always identify yourself before identifying the patient -
✔✔True
✔✔QNS stands for - ✔✔quality not sufficient
✔✔FBS stands for - ✔✔fasting blood sugar
✔✔hCG testing is used to determine pregnancy. - ✔✔True
✔✔Urine is more concentrated when collected - ✔✔first thing in the morning
✔✔Vasovagal syncope is another term for. - ✔✔fainting
✔✔Standard precautions include hand hygiene, proper use of PPE, and sharp's safety.
- ✔✔True
✔✔FDP stands for _. This specimen is processed in the _ department. - ✔✔Fibrinogen
Degradation Products, coagulation
✔✔If a EDTA tube is used before a serum tube it could cause cross contamination and
could result in high potassium or a false low calcium value. - ✔✔True
✔✔A phlebotomist will wash their hands _ and _ the venipuncture. - ✔✔before/after
✔✔The term hematoma means blood has leaked from the vein into the tissues of the
skin - ✔✔True
✔✔Patients complete name, date of birth, identification number, date, time of draw, and
the collectors' initials must be on the specimen tube - ✔✔True
✔✔Vitamin B12 will be protected from _ - ✔✔light
✔✔Biopsy tissue would be sent to anatomical _ to be analyzed. - ✔✔pathology
✔✔A patient that is on blood thinners or aspirin regimen may need additional pressure
applied to stop bleeding - ✔✔True
✔✔When a patient starts to sweat, look pale, and or complaining of blurred vision could
be signs of a _. - ✔✔vasovagal syncope
