AUMT STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
What cleansing solution is used for a venipuncture?
50% Isopropyl Alcohol
75% Isopropyl Alcohol
10% Isopropyl Alcohol
70% Isopropyl Alcohol - ANSWER-70% Isopropyl Alcohol
What is the liquid portion of whole blood called?
Plasma
Water
Lymph
Serum - ANSWER-Plasma
What does OSHA stand for?
Occupational Service & Health Administration
Occupational System & Health Admission
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Occupational Simple & Health Act - ANSWER-Occupational Safety & Health
Administration
Which PPE should be worn in airborne isolation?
Shoe covers
Gown
Face mask
None of the above - ANSWER-Face mask
Light Blue tubes must be filled?
Halfway
All the way
Part of the way
As much as you want - ANSWER-All the way
A blood culture tube/bottles should be drawn?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th - ANSWER-1st
Where should a phlebotomist dispose of a cracked tube?
Discard tube in a glove then place in trash
Dispose of tube in the trash
, Return tube to lab as is
Discard tube in sharp's container - ANSWER-Discard tube in sharp's container
What is the appropriate choice to do a dermal puncture on an infant less than 1 year of
age?
Call the nurse
Either heel
Either hand
Both pinky fingers - ANSWER-Either heel
Which of the following tests might be collected in a light blue tube?
HDL Test
TSH Test
CBC Test
Coagulation Test - ANSWER-Coagulation Test
Which of the following organizations is committed to providing high-quality care for
patients?
CALI
CSLI
CLAA
CILA - ANSWER-CSLI
After a venipuncture when are tubes labeled?
Before the draw
With the patient present
During the draw
After the patient leaves - ANSWER-With the patient present
Which of the following should be reported in the sharps log?
An accidental needle sticks
The time the phlebotomist arrived at work
The patients vein location
The nurses name - ANSWER-An accidental needle sticks
What can cause a specimen to become hemolyzed?
Showing the tube to a co-worker
Shaking or roughly handling the tube
Slowly inverting the tube
Showing the tube to the patient - ANSWER-Shaking or roughly handling the tube
Which of the following tests can hemoconcentration influence?
Sodium
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Potassium - ANSWER-Potassium
SOLUTIONS
What cleansing solution is used for a venipuncture?
50% Isopropyl Alcohol
75% Isopropyl Alcohol
10% Isopropyl Alcohol
70% Isopropyl Alcohol - ANSWER-70% Isopropyl Alcohol
What is the liquid portion of whole blood called?
Plasma
Water
Lymph
Serum - ANSWER-Plasma
What does OSHA stand for?
Occupational Service & Health Administration
Occupational System & Health Admission
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Occupational Simple & Health Act - ANSWER-Occupational Safety & Health
Administration
Which PPE should be worn in airborne isolation?
Shoe covers
Gown
Face mask
None of the above - ANSWER-Face mask
Light Blue tubes must be filled?
Halfway
All the way
Part of the way
As much as you want - ANSWER-All the way
A blood culture tube/bottles should be drawn?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th - ANSWER-1st
Where should a phlebotomist dispose of a cracked tube?
Discard tube in a glove then place in trash
Dispose of tube in the trash
, Return tube to lab as is
Discard tube in sharp's container - ANSWER-Discard tube in sharp's container
What is the appropriate choice to do a dermal puncture on an infant less than 1 year of
age?
Call the nurse
Either heel
Either hand
Both pinky fingers - ANSWER-Either heel
Which of the following tests might be collected in a light blue tube?
HDL Test
TSH Test
CBC Test
Coagulation Test - ANSWER-Coagulation Test
Which of the following organizations is committed to providing high-quality care for
patients?
CALI
CSLI
CLAA
CILA - ANSWER-CSLI
After a venipuncture when are tubes labeled?
Before the draw
With the patient present
During the draw
After the patient leaves - ANSWER-With the patient present
Which of the following should be reported in the sharps log?
An accidental needle sticks
The time the phlebotomist arrived at work
The patients vein location
The nurses name - ANSWER-An accidental needle sticks
What can cause a specimen to become hemolyzed?
Showing the tube to a co-worker
Shaking or roughly handling the tube
Slowly inverting the tube
Showing the tube to the patient - ANSWER-Shaking or roughly handling the tube
Which of the following tests can hemoconcentration influence?
Sodium
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Potassium - ANSWER-Potassium
