FRESENIUS PCT TEST
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A
⩥ What should you do with a sharps container in the event of a flood.
Answer: lock, seal and place them in a bio-hazard storage room
⩥ What type of access has the lowest complication rate. Answer: fistula
⩥ What must you do when using the emergency hand crank during a
power outage?. Answer: check to ensure 300 mLs of normal saline is in
the bag
⩥ What term is used to define a failure to follow established procedure,
treatment prescription, or an event that causes patient injury or death?.
Answer: adverse event
⩥ What does a near miss do?. Answer: Helps identify a risk to patient
safety and reduce the risk of patient injury.
⩥ A patient begins to experience faintness, double vision and clammy
hands. What is the cause?. Answer: hypotension
, ⩥ What is the path of the urine flow through the urinary tract?. Answer:
Urine flows from the kidneys to the ureters to the bladder to the urethra.
⩥ What is Fresenius Medical Care's goal for spkt/v?. Answer: 1.4
⩥ Which of the following is correct about KECN testing?
1. Sodium is used to estimate clearance of urea
2. The result of an OLC is know as KECN with accepted rate of 300-400
3. OLC tests are treated are 8 times per treatment
4. OLC are used to project serum levels. Answer: Sodium is used to
estimate clearance of urea
⩥ Which is the following is true about dialysate?
1. It contains chlorine
2. It is ultrapure
3. It is sterile
4. It contains urea. Answer: It is ultrapure
⩥ What does a yellow AMP light indicate?. Answer: Projected spkt/v is
less than 1.4
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A
⩥ What should you do with a sharps container in the event of a flood.
Answer: lock, seal and place them in a bio-hazard storage room
⩥ What type of access has the lowest complication rate. Answer: fistula
⩥ What must you do when using the emergency hand crank during a
power outage?. Answer: check to ensure 300 mLs of normal saline is in
the bag
⩥ What term is used to define a failure to follow established procedure,
treatment prescription, or an event that causes patient injury or death?.
Answer: adverse event
⩥ What does a near miss do?. Answer: Helps identify a risk to patient
safety and reduce the risk of patient injury.
⩥ A patient begins to experience faintness, double vision and clammy
hands. What is the cause?. Answer: hypotension
, ⩥ What is the path of the urine flow through the urinary tract?. Answer:
Urine flows from the kidneys to the ureters to the bladder to the urethra.
⩥ What is Fresenius Medical Care's goal for spkt/v?. Answer: 1.4
⩥ Which of the following is correct about KECN testing?
1. Sodium is used to estimate clearance of urea
2. The result of an OLC is know as KECN with accepted rate of 300-400
3. OLC tests are treated are 8 times per treatment
4. OLC are used to project serum levels. Answer: Sodium is used to
estimate clearance of urea
⩥ Which is the following is true about dialysate?
1. It contains chlorine
2. It is ultrapure
3. It is sterile
4. It contains urea. Answer: It is ultrapure
⩥ What does a yellow AMP light indicate?. Answer: Projected spkt/v is
less than 1.4
