PHLEBOTOMY FINAL EXAM
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (LATEST
UPDATE 2024/2025)
True or False
Infec/ons can occur even if the pa/ent is not presen/ng symptoms
True
True or False
Sharps containers are spill proof
True
True or False
Tourniquets are placed just above the AC
False
Tourniquets are place 3-4 inches above the AC
How far below the AC should the skin be pulled with the non-dominate hand?
6 inches
What is the most common type of an/sep/c?
70% isopropyl alcohol
Alterna/ve to alcohol as an an/sep/c?
Chlorahexidine or iodine
Define nosocomial infec/on
Infec/on acquired as a result of being in a health care facility
OSHA
Protects employees
FDA
, Regulates food and drugs
HIPAA
Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability
Reverse Isola/on
Isola/on procedures used when a pa/ent is suscep/ble to infec/on
Order of Draw
SPS, light blue, serum, green, lavender/purple, white and gray.
Common test ordered with a pink tube?
Blood typing
Common test with a black tube?
ESR; Erythrocyte Sedimenta/on Rate
What type of addi/ve is in a royal blue tube?
Clot ac/vator
Common test ordered with a yellow ACD tube?
Gene/c tes/ng
Discard tubes
Clear, red, SST, gray
Ph of blood
7.4; more basic than water
Average amount of blood in adults?
5 liters
What is plasma?
Liquid por/on of blood with the cloZng factors. 90% water, 10% dissolved
substances
What is serum?
Liquid por/on of blood without cloZng factors
What are the formed elements of the blood?
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (LATEST
UPDATE 2024/2025)
True or False
Infec/ons can occur even if the pa/ent is not presen/ng symptoms
True
True or False
Sharps containers are spill proof
True
True or False
Tourniquets are placed just above the AC
False
Tourniquets are place 3-4 inches above the AC
How far below the AC should the skin be pulled with the non-dominate hand?
6 inches
What is the most common type of an/sep/c?
70% isopropyl alcohol
Alterna/ve to alcohol as an an/sep/c?
Chlorahexidine or iodine
Define nosocomial infec/on
Infec/on acquired as a result of being in a health care facility
OSHA
Protects employees
FDA
, Regulates food and drugs
HIPAA
Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability
Reverse Isola/on
Isola/on procedures used when a pa/ent is suscep/ble to infec/on
Order of Draw
SPS, light blue, serum, green, lavender/purple, white and gray.
Common test ordered with a pink tube?
Blood typing
Common test with a black tube?
ESR; Erythrocyte Sedimenta/on Rate
What type of addi/ve is in a royal blue tube?
Clot ac/vator
Common test ordered with a yellow ACD tube?
Gene/c tes/ng
Discard tubes
Clear, red, SST, gray
Ph of blood
7.4; more basic than water
Average amount of blood in adults?
5 liters
What is plasma?
Liquid por/on of blood with the cloZng factors. 90% water, 10% dissolved
substances
What is serum?
Liquid por/on of blood without cloZng factors
What are the formed elements of the blood?
