HARTMAN PHLEBOTOMY EXAM SCRIPT
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
REVIEW
●● Accession number
Answer: Number generated by laboratory information system (LIS)
when specimen request is entered into the computer
●● how can you use the accession number?
Answer: can be used to trace specimens and results through the LIS at
each stage f process
●● how can LIS help the process of blood collection?
Answer: 1- deduce the chance of identification errors in patient care
2- PBT must take care they're entering info correctly
●● what info is on all requisition papers?
Answer: 1- patients name
2- patient DOB
3- gender
4- name and contact info of health care provider
,5- tests ordered ordered and Amy special requirements such as fasting ,
timed collection etc
6 also may include diagnosis codes, phone and address, hospital record
number, insurance info
●● PBT mantra
Answer: I'm only here to draw blood you'll have to discuss your
questions with your dr
●● why are blood tests ordered?
Answer: 1- part of routine care
2- aid in diagnosis
3- to monitor specific medication or condition
●● provider
Answer: provides care ex dr or clinic
●● payer
Answer: pays med bill ex medicare or medicare
●● Analyte
Answer: Substance being measured in a diagnostic test
,●● most lab tests require ...........blood
Answer: veinous
●● specimens are managed in different ways depending on.......
Answer: the analyte involved
●● CBC (complete blood count)
Answer: a set of tests that include all WBC, RBC and platelet
measurements.
●● ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate)
Answer: The rate in which it takes for RBC's to settle off in an unclotted
tube. Normal rate is 1 ml in 5 min.
●● what do blood cultures detect?
Answer: bacterial or fungal infections in patients blood
●● Electrolytes are
Answer: substances that affect the flow of nutrients and the removal or
waste products in blood
●● name examples of analytes?
, Answer: electrolytes, enzymes, proteins, antibodies, vitamins and
minerals
●● test panel is a group of test that either
Answer: 1- related to analytes ex electrolyte panel or lipid panel
2- related to a unifying condition ex hepatic panel (liver function test)
●● renal panel
Answer: kidney function test
●● hepatic panel
Answer: liver function test
●● basic metabolic panel
Answer: group of eight specific blood tests that provide important
information about the current status of the patient's kidneys, electrolyte
balance, blood sugar, and calcium levels
●● what tube for basic metabolic panel
Answer: SST or heparin tube
fasting sometimes requested
●● what's specifically tested for in BMP?
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
REVIEW
●● Accession number
Answer: Number generated by laboratory information system (LIS)
when specimen request is entered into the computer
●● how can you use the accession number?
Answer: can be used to trace specimens and results through the LIS at
each stage f process
●● how can LIS help the process of blood collection?
Answer: 1- deduce the chance of identification errors in patient care
2- PBT must take care they're entering info correctly
●● what info is on all requisition papers?
Answer: 1- patients name
2- patient DOB
3- gender
4- name and contact info of health care provider
,5- tests ordered ordered and Amy special requirements such as fasting ,
timed collection etc
6 also may include diagnosis codes, phone and address, hospital record
number, insurance info
●● PBT mantra
Answer: I'm only here to draw blood you'll have to discuss your
questions with your dr
●● why are blood tests ordered?
Answer: 1- part of routine care
2- aid in diagnosis
3- to monitor specific medication or condition
●● provider
Answer: provides care ex dr or clinic
●● payer
Answer: pays med bill ex medicare or medicare
●● Analyte
Answer: Substance being measured in a diagnostic test
,●● most lab tests require ...........blood
Answer: veinous
●● specimens are managed in different ways depending on.......
Answer: the analyte involved
●● CBC (complete blood count)
Answer: a set of tests that include all WBC, RBC and platelet
measurements.
●● ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate)
Answer: The rate in which it takes for RBC's to settle off in an unclotted
tube. Normal rate is 1 ml in 5 min.
●● what do blood cultures detect?
Answer: bacterial or fungal infections in patients blood
●● Electrolytes are
Answer: substances that affect the flow of nutrients and the removal or
waste products in blood
●● name examples of analytes?
, Answer: electrolytes, enzymes, proteins, antibodies, vitamins and
minerals
●● test panel is a group of test that either
Answer: 1- related to analytes ex electrolyte panel or lipid panel
2- related to a unifying condition ex hepatic panel (liver function test)
●● renal panel
Answer: kidney function test
●● hepatic panel
Answer: liver function test
●● basic metabolic panel
Answer: group of eight specific blood tests that provide important
information about the current status of the patient's kidneys, electrolyte
balance, blood sugar, and calcium levels
●● what tube for basic metabolic panel
Answer: SST or heparin tube
fasting sometimes requested
●● what's specifically tested for in BMP?
