NHA CPT EXAMS SCRIPT ALL ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔What are blood cultures testing for? - ✔✔Tests that aid in identifying the specific
bacterial organism causing infections in the blood.
✔✔Cannula - ✔✔A tube that can be inserted into a cavity or blood vessel and used as a
channel for transporting fluids.
✔✔Clean-Catch Midstream - ✔✔A urine specimen that is used for detecting bacteria
and/or for microscopic analysis.
✔✔Creatinine Clearance Test - ✔✔Analytic procedure to determine whether or not the
kidneys are able to remove creatinine from the blood.
✔✔Diabetes Mellitus - ✔✔Metabolic disease in which carbohydrate utilization is
reduced due to a deficiency in insulin and characterized by hyperglycemia, glycosuria,
water and electrolyte loss, ketoacidosis, and in serious conditions, coma. In milder
forms of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, dietary regulation may keep the
disorder under control.
✔✔FUO - ✔✔Fevers of Unknown Origin
✔✔What is a Fistula? - ✔✔An artificial shunt or passage, commonly used in the arm of
a patient undergoing kidney dialysis; the vein and artery are fused through a surgical
procedure.
✔✔Can you draw blood in a fistula? - ✔✔No
✔✔What is another option for a tourniquet in obese patients? - ✔✔Blood Pressure Cuff.
✔✔What is a Modified Allen Test? - ✔✔One hand is examined at a time: The hand is
elevated and the patient is asked to clench their fist for about 30 seconds. Pressure is
, applied over the ulnar and the radial arteries so as to occlude both of them. Still
elevated, the hand is then opened.
✔✔What is malpractice? - ✔✔The legal term for improper or unskillful care of a patient
by a member of the health care team or any professional misconduct, or unreasonable
lack of skill.
✔✔CLIA'88 - ✔✔Essentially applies to every clinical laboratory testing facility in the
United States.
✔✔Oncology - ✔✔The study of tumors and cancer.
✔✔Microbiology - ✔✔The study of bacteria and fungi.
✔✔Homeostasis - ✔✔Another terms for a "steady-state."
✔✔Vascular System - ✔✔The network of blood vessels that includes arteries, veins,
and capillaries.
✔✔Gas exchange in the capillaries is what? - ✔✔Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide.
✔✔True or False: You label tubes before you draw a patients blood. - ✔✔False.
✔✔True or False: You label tubes after a venipuncture but before you leave the room. -
✔✔True.
✔✔Where does a CSF specimen originate? - ✔✔The spinal column.
✔✔What is the 1st thing you do if a fire occurs? - ✔✔Pull the nearest fire alarm.
✔✔OSHA - ✔✔Require health care facilities to protect workers
exposed to biological hazards.
✔✔Isolation Precautions - ✔✔The CDC recommended universal precautions, which is a
method of infection control that assumed that all human blood and bloody fluids were
potentially infectious.
✔✔Role Of The Phlebotomist - ✔✔-Collect routine capillary and venous specimens for
testing as requested
-Prepare specimen for transport, ensuring its stability
-Transport specimen to the laboratory
- Promote good public relations with hospital staff and patients
-Comply with new and revised procedures as described in he procedure manual
-Assist in collecting and documenting monthly workload and recording data
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔What are blood cultures testing for? - ✔✔Tests that aid in identifying the specific
bacterial organism causing infections in the blood.
✔✔Cannula - ✔✔A tube that can be inserted into a cavity or blood vessel and used as a
channel for transporting fluids.
✔✔Clean-Catch Midstream - ✔✔A urine specimen that is used for detecting bacteria
and/or for microscopic analysis.
✔✔Creatinine Clearance Test - ✔✔Analytic procedure to determine whether or not the
kidneys are able to remove creatinine from the blood.
✔✔Diabetes Mellitus - ✔✔Metabolic disease in which carbohydrate utilization is
reduced due to a deficiency in insulin and characterized by hyperglycemia, glycosuria,
water and electrolyte loss, ketoacidosis, and in serious conditions, coma. In milder
forms of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, dietary regulation may keep the
disorder under control.
✔✔FUO - ✔✔Fevers of Unknown Origin
✔✔What is a Fistula? - ✔✔An artificial shunt or passage, commonly used in the arm of
a patient undergoing kidney dialysis; the vein and artery are fused through a surgical
procedure.
✔✔Can you draw blood in a fistula? - ✔✔No
✔✔What is another option for a tourniquet in obese patients? - ✔✔Blood Pressure Cuff.
✔✔What is a Modified Allen Test? - ✔✔One hand is examined at a time: The hand is
elevated and the patient is asked to clench their fist for about 30 seconds. Pressure is
, applied over the ulnar and the radial arteries so as to occlude both of them. Still
elevated, the hand is then opened.
✔✔What is malpractice? - ✔✔The legal term for improper or unskillful care of a patient
by a member of the health care team or any professional misconduct, or unreasonable
lack of skill.
✔✔CLIA'88 - ✔✔Essentially applies to every clinical laboratory testing facility in the
United States.
✔✔Oncology - ✔✔The study of tumors and cancer.
✔✔Microbiology - ✔✔The study of bacteria and fungi.
✔✔Homeostasis - ✔✔Another terms for a "steady-state."
✔✔Vascular System - ✔✔The network of blood vessels that includes arteries, veins,
and capillaries.
✔✔Gas exchange in the capillaries is what? - ✔✔Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide.
✔✔True or False: You label tubes before you draw a patients blood. - ✔✔False.
✔✔True or False: You label tubes after a venipuncture but before you leave the room. -
✔✔True.
✔✔Where does a CSF specimen originate? - ✔✔The spinal column.
✔✔What is the 1st thing you do if a fire occurs? - ✔✔Pull the nearest fire alarm.
✔✔OSHA - ✔✔Require health care facilities to protect workers
exposed to biological hazards.
✔✔Isolation Precautions - ✔✔The CDC recommended universal precautions, which is a
method of infection control that assumed that all human blood and bloody fluids were
potentially infectious.
✔✔Role Of The Phlebotomist - ✔✔-Collect routine capillary and venous specimens for
testing as requested
-Prepare specimen for transport, ensuring its stability
-Transport specimen to the laboratory
- Promote good public relations with hospital staff and patients
-Comply with new and revised procedures as described in he procedure manual
-Assist in collecting and documenting monthly workload and recording data
