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b. A fire extinguisher failed during routine testing.
CHAPTER 2 SAFETY IN THE HEMATOLOGY LABORATORY c. A pregnant laboratory employee has asked whether she
needs to be concerned about working with a given
1. Standard precautions apply to all of the following except: reagent.
a. Blood d. During a safety inspection, an aged microscope power
b. Cerebrospinal fluid supply is found to have a frayed power cord.
c. Semen
d. Concentrated acids 8. It is a busy evening in the City Hospital hematology
department. One staff member called in sick, and there was a
2. The most important practice in preventing the spread of major auto accident that has one staff member tied up in the
disease is: blood bank all evening. Mary, the medical laboratory scientist
a. Wearing masks during patient contact covering hematology, is in a hurry to get a stat sample on the
b. Proper hand washing analyzer but needs to pour off an aliquot for another
c. Wearing disposable laboratory coats department. She is wearing gloves and a lab coat. She
d. Identifying specimens from known or suspected HIV and carefully covers the stopper of the well-mixed
HBV-infected patients with a red label ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) tube with a gauze
square and tilts the stopper toward her so it opens away from
3. The appropriate dilution of bleach to be used in laboratory her. She pours off about 1 mL into a prelabeled tube, replaces
disinfection is: the stopper of the EDTA tube, and puts it in the sample rack
a. 1:2 and sets it on the conveyor. She then brings the poured
b. 1:5 sample off to the other department. How would you assess
c. 1:10 Mary’s safety practice?
d. 1:100 a. Mary was careful and followed all appropriate procedures.
b. Mary should have used a shield when opening the tube.
4. How frequently should fire alarms and sprinkler systems be c. Mary should have poured the sample into a sterile tube.
tested? d. Mary should have wiped the tube with alcohol after
a. Weekly replacing the stopper.
b. Monthly
c. Quarterly 9. What class fire extinguisher would be appropriate to use
d. Annually on a fire in a chemical cabinet? a. Class A
b. Class B
5. Where should alcohol and other flammable chemicals be c. Class C
stored? d. Class D
a. In an approved safety can or storage cabinet away from
10. According to OSHA standards, laboratory coats must be
heat sources
all of the following except: a. Water resistant
b. Under a hood and arranged alphabetically for ease of
b. Made of cloth fabric that can be readily laundered
identification in an emergency
c. Long-sleeved
c. In a refrigerator at 28 C to 88 C to reduce volatilization
d. Worn fully buttoned
d. On a low shelf in an area protected from light
11. Which one of the following would NOT be part of a safety
6. The most frequent cause of needle punctures is:
management plan?
a. Patient movement during venipuncture
a. Job safety analysis
b. Improper disposal of phlebotomy equipment
b. Risk assessment of potential safety hazards
c. Inattention during removal of needle after venipuncture
c. Mechanism for reporting accidents
d. Failure to attach needle firmly to syringe or tube holder
d. Budget for engineering controls and personal protective
7. Under which of the following circumstances would a SDS equipment
be helpful?
a. A phlebotomist has experienced a needle puncture with a
clean needle.
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1. Which step in the CLSI procedure for venipuncture is part
of standard precautions? a. Wearing gloves
b. Positively identifying the patient
b. No, although EDTA is used for hematologic testing,
citrate, not heparin, is used for coagulation testing.
c. Median or median cubital, because it has the lowest risk
of damaging nerves in the arm
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c. Cleansing the site for the venipuncture
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b. A fire extinguisher failed during routine testing.
CHAPTER 2 SAFETY IN THE HEMATOLOGY LABORATORY c. A pregnant laboratory employee has asked whether she
needs to be concerned about working with a given
1. Standard precautions apply to all of the following except: reagent.
a. Blood d. During a safety inspection, an aged microscope power
b. Cerebrospinal fluid supply is found to have a frayed power cord.
c. Semen
d. Concentrated acids 8. It is a busy evening in the City Hospital hematology
department. One staff member called in sick, and there was a
2. The most important practice in preventing the spread of major auto accident that has one staff member tied up in the
disease is: blood bank all evening. Mary, the medical laboratory scientist
a. Wearing masks during patient contact covering hematology, is in a hurry to get a stat sample on the
b. Proper hand washing analyzer but needs to pour off an aliquot for another
c. Wearing disposable laboratory coats department. She is wearing gloves and a lab coat. She
d. Identifying specimens from known or suspected HIV and carefully covers the stopper of the well-mixed
HBV-infected patients with a red label ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) tube with a gauze
square and tilts the stopper toward her so it opens away from
3. The appropriate dilution of bleach to be used in laboratory her. She pours off about 1 mL into a prelabeled tube, replaces
disinfection is: the stopper of the EDTA tube, and puts it in the sample rack
a. 1:2 and sets it on the conveyor. She then brings the poured
b. 1:5 sample off to the other department. How would you assess
c. 1:10 Mary’s safety practice?
d. 1:100 a. Mary was careful and followed all appropriate procedures.
b. Mary should have used a shield when opening the tube.
4. How frequently should fire alarms and sprinkler systems be c. Mary should have poured the sample into a sterile tube.
tested? d. Mary should have wiped the tube with alcohol after
a. Weekly replacing the stopper.
b. Monthly
c. Quarterly 9. What class fire extinguisher would be appropriate to use
d. Annually on a fire in a chemical cabinet? a. Class A
b. Class B
5. Where should alcohol and other flammable chemicals be c. Class C
stored? d. Class D
a. In an approved safety can or storage cabinet away from
10. According to OSHA standards, laboratory coats must be
heat sources
all of the following except: a. Water resistant
b. Under a hood and arranged alphabetically for ease of
b. Made of cloth fabric that can be readily laundered
identification in an emergency
c. Long-sleeved
c. In a refrigerator at 28 C to 88 C to reduce volatilization
d. Worn fully buttoned
d. On a low shelf in an area protected from light
11. Which one of the following would NOT be part of a safety
6. The most frequent cause of needle punctures is:
management plan?
a. Patient movement during venipuncture
a. Job safety analysis
b. Improper disposal of phlebotomy equipment
b. Risk assessment of potential safety hazards
c. Inattention during removal of needle after venipuncture
c. Mechanism for reporting accidents
d. Failure to attach needle firmly to syringe or tube holder
d. Budget for engineering controls and personal protective
7. Under which of the following circumstances would a SDS equipment
be helpful?
a. A phlebotomist has experienced a needle puncture with a
clean needle.
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CHAPTER 3 BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION
1. Which step in the CLSI procedure for venipuncture is part
of standard precautions? a. Wearing gloves
b. Positively identifying the patient
b. No, although EDTA is used for hematologic testing,
citrate, not heparin, is used for coagulation testing.
c. Median or median cubital, because it has the lowest risk
of damaging nerves in the arm
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c. Cleansing the site for the venipuncture
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