MEDCA PHLEBOTOMY EXAM QUESTIONS | TESTED
AND PROVEN ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE
2024/2025 100% (GRADE A+)
Work duties of a phlebotomist technician can be categorized into 4 categories
Ans>>
Equipment
Procedure
Patient Care
Patient Information
Equipment
Ans>>
- phlebotomists must ensure that all equipment and areas used are sterile
- equipment includes needles, bandages, gauzes, tubes, other
collection devices, as well as labels for tubes
- tracking supplies to ensure that proper amounts are always present - disposal of needles and
other used supplies
1
,Procedure
Ans>>
- correct puncture or incision of patient's skin
- collecting the correct amount of blood or other fluids - correct labeling of collection
tubes/devices
- completing and submitting documents needed to lab
Patient Care
Ans>>
- reassuring patients, as some may have fear of needles
- being able to answer questions that patients may have
- verifying patient information to ensure accuracy of tests or procedure - monitoring patient
during procedure to prevent movement or fainting
Patient Information
Ans>>
- patients' rights must be respected
2
,- keeping patients' medical records confidential
- accurate documentation of collection, ordered tests, and test results - providing accurate
documentation to the laboratory to ensure
performance of tests ordered by physician
Quality Improvement Methods
Ans>> Include the use of data-based methods in order to reach improvement
Include flow charts and pareto charts
Flowchart
Ans>> - used to break out components into diagrams in order to understand a process
Pareto Chart
Ans>> - bar charts are made that show the frequency of problems
What does quality improvement for specimen collection involve?
3
, Ans>> Technique of Phlebotomist
Frequency of hematoma
Recollection Rates
What is included in quality control records
Ans>> Expiration Date
Stability Information
Storage Information
Proper Use
Precision of testing supplies/reagents
Accuracy of testing supplies/reagents
Where can phlebotomists work?
Ans>> Hospital
Clinic
Doctor's office
Laboratories
4
AND PROVEN ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE
2024/2025 100% (GRADE A+)
Work duties of a phlebotomist technician can be categorized into 4 categories
Ans>>
Equipment
Procedure
Patient Care
Patient Information
Equipment
Ans>>
- phlebotomists must ensure that all equipment and areas used are sterile
- equipment includes needles, bandages, gauzes, tubes, other
collection devices, as well as labels for tubes
- tracking supplies to ensure that proper amounts are always present - disposal of needles and
other used supplies
1
,Procedure
Ans>>
- correct puncture or incision of patient's skin
- collecting the correct amount of blood or other fluids - correct labeling of collection
tubes/devices
- completing and submitting documents needed to lab
Patient Care
Ans>>
- reassuring patients, as some may have fear of needles
- being able to answer questions that patients may have
- verifying patient information to ensure accuracy of tests or procedure - monitoring patient
during procedure to prevent movement or fainting
Patient Information
Ans>>
- patients' rights must be respected
2
,- keeping patients' medical records confidential
- accurate documentation of collection, ordered tests, and test results - providing accurate
documentation to the laboratory to ensure
performance of tests ordered by physician
Quality Improvement Methods
Ans>> Include the use of data-based methods in order to reach improvement
Include flow charts and pareto charts
Flowchart
Ans>> - used to break out components into diagrams in order to understand a process
Pareto Chart
Ans>> - bar charts are made that show the frequency of problems
What does quality improvement for specimen collection involve?
3
, Ans>> Technique of Phlebotomist
Frequency of hematoma
Recollection Rates
What is included in quality control records
Ans>> Expiration Date
Stability Information
Storage Information
Proper Use
Precision of testing supplies/reagents
Accuracy of testing supplies/reagents
Where can phlebotomists work?
Ans>> Hospital
Clinic
Doctor's office
Laboratories
4
