Phlebotomy National Exam Study Guide
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Questions With Complete Solutions
OSHA correct answer: Occupational Saftey & Health Administration
What vaccination does OSHA require all health care personnel get? correct answer: OSHA requires that all health care personnel exposed to blood and other bodily fluids must receive a vaccination against Hepatitis B
Pulmonary Edema correct answer: Fluid in the lungs
How much blood can a person donate in a session? correct answer: 500 mL
Patients have the right to what? correct answer: Under the Patient Bill Of Rights they always have the option to decline medical treatment and to know what tests are being performed on them.
What can you NOT give a patient? correct answer: Results or a diagnosis. Because you are not medically qualified to do so.
Negligence is? correct answer: Failure to give appropriate care. DON'T BE NEGLIGENT!
PPE stands for? correct answer: Personal Protective Equipment One of the most important practices is? correct answer: Hand Washing is one of the most important (and easiest) practices used to prevent transmission of bloodborne pathogens
Needles should never be correct answer: recapped
Sharps containers must be what? correct answer: puncture-
resistent, leak proof on the sides and bottom and must be labeled
or color-coded
Types of Hazards correct answer: Biologic - Infectious agents that can cause bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic infections
Sharps - Needles, lancets and broken glass can puncture and cut,
causing blood-borne pathogen exposure
Chemical - Preservatives and chemicals used in the laboratory. Exposure to Toxin, Carcinogenic or caustic substances
Fire or explosive - bunsen burners, oxygen and chemicals can cause burns or dismemberment
Physical - wet floors, heavy lifting ance cause falls, sprains and strains
* ALLERGIC reaction ** - Latex sensitivity is a PHYSICAL reaction to care worker allergic reation to the patient
In infection control WHO is the agent? correct answer: Person In infection control WHAT is portal of exit? correct answer: Needle
In infection control WHAT can we control? correct answer: Mode Of Transmission OR exit of infection
In infection control WHAT is a portal of entry? correct answer: Mucas membrane
In infection control WHO is a susceptible host? correct answer: Person
Mode of Transmission correct answer: Specific ways in which microorganisms travel from the reservoir to the suseptible host
Five main types or mode of transmission correct answer: contact - direct and indirect (fomite)
Droplet - Cold, Flu and sneezing
Airborne - viral - breath in common vehicle - person, fomite and not handwashing
vector borne - illness that is transmitted through an invertebrate, such as an insect
Mode of infection correct answer: the point in the infection chain where we aim at preventing the spread of infectious disease
Standard precautions do what? correct answer: Infection control
method designed to prevent direct contact with blood and other body fluids and tissues by using a barrier of protection and work
control practices.
(This information is ONLY for your review.)
Questions With Complete Solutions
OSHA correct answer: Occupational Saftey & Health Administration
What vaccination does OSHA require all health care personnel get? correct answer: OSHA requires that all health care personnel exposed to blood and other bodily fluids must receive a vaccination against Hepatitis B
Pulmonary Edema correct answer: Fluid in the lungs
How much blood can a person donate in a session? correct answer: 500 mL
Patients have the right to what? correct answer: Under the Patient Bill Of Rights they always have the option to decline medical treatment and to know what tests are being performed on them.
What can you NOT give a patient? correct answer: Results or a diagnosis. Because you are not medically qualified to do so.
Negligence is? correct answer: Failure to give appropriate care. DON'T BE NEGLIGENT!
PPE stands for? correct answer: Personal Protective Equipment One of the most important practices is? correct answer: Hand Washing is one of the most important (and easiest) practices used to prevent transmission of bloodborne pathogens
Needles should never be correct answer: recapped
Sharps containers must be what? correct answer: puncture-
resistent, leak proof on the sides and bottom and must be labeled
or color-coded
Types of Hazards correct answer: Biologic - Infectious agents that can cause bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic infections
Sharps - Needles, lancets and broken glass can puncture and cut,
causing blood-borne pathogen exposure
Chemical - Preservatives and chemicals used in the laboratory. Exposure to Toxin, Carcinogenic or caustic substances
Fire or explosive - bunsen burners, oxygen and chemicals can cause burns or dismemberment
Physical - wet floors, heavy lifting ance cause falls, sprains and strains
* ALLERGIC reaction ** - Latex sensitivity is a PHYSICAL reaction to care worker allergic reation to the patient
In infection control WHO is the agent? correct answer: Person In infection control WHAT is portal of exit? correct answer: Needle
In infection control WHAT can we control? correct answer: Mode Of Transmission OR exit of infection
In infection control WHAT is a portal of entry? correct answer: Mucas membrane
In infection control WHO is a susceptible host? correct answer: Person
Mode of Transmission correct answer: Specific ways in which microorganisms travel from the reservoir to the suseptible host
Five main types or mode of transmission correct answer: contact - direct and indirect (fomite)
Droplet - Cold, Flu and sneezing
Airborne - viral - breath in common vehicle - person, fomite and not handwashing
vector borne - illness that is transmitted through an invertebrate, such as an insect
Mode of infection correct answer: the point in the infection chain where we aim at preventing the spread of infectious disease
Standard precautions do what? correct answer: Infection control
method designed to prevent direct contact with blood and other body fluids and tissues by using a barrier of protection and work
control practices.
