HARTMAN PHLEBOTOMY 2025 CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH WELL
ANSWERED QUESTIONS GRADED A
A lancet designed for heel stick on a full-term
infant usually punctures at a depth of
1.0 mm
If a facility's policy is to collect tan-topped
tubes along with tubes with the same additive,
they should be collected in the same order as
Lavender-topped tubes
In which of the following situations should a
phlebotomy technician consult a Safety Data
Sheet?
She splashes a disinfecting solution on
her skin
. A patient has orders for a fasting blood glucose
test. What should the phlebotomy technician
do before inspecting the patient's arms for an
acceptable venipuncture site?
Ask the patient when she last had anything
,to eat or drink other than water
What part of the evacuated tube system allows
multiple collection tubes to be filled with one
puncture?
The interior needle/tube holder
When drawing a specimen for an ammonia
test, what should a phlebotomy technician
have ready for specimen transportation?
An ice slurry
A phlebotomy technician asks a patient to
state and spell his name. He says, "Chris
Morgan, C-H-R-I-S M-O-R-G-A-N." The name
listed on the requisition is "Criss Morgan."
What should the phlebotomy technician do?
Call the ordering provider to resolve the
issue and get a new requisition with the
correct spelling if the spelling was an
error
, When a blood culture is ordered along with
other tests, which tube is filled first?
Yellow SPS
Which of these patient reactions should be
documented, but is not a cause for discontinuing
a draw or likely to affect analytes?
Petechiae
A phlebotomy technician is performing a
venipuncture collection on a young adult and
needs to draw a citrate tube, a serum separator
tube, and an EDTA tube. The citrate tube
and SST fill quickly. The EDTA tube fills partway
and then blood flow stops. What is the
most likely explanation?
The tube's vacuum is compromised.
Scars cover the arms and hands of a patient
whose requisition requires CBC and electrolytes.
After finding no acceptable venipuncture
site on either arm or hand, the phlebotomy
technician sees that the scarring does not
ANSWERED QUESTIONS GRADED A
A lancet designed for heel stick on a full-term
infant usually punctures at a depth of
1.0 mm
If a facility's policy is to collect tan-topped
tubes along with tubes with the same additive,
they should be collected in the same order as
Lavender-topped tubes
In which of the following situations should a
phlebotomy technician consult a Safety Data
Sheet?
She splashes a disinfecting solution on
her skin
. A patient has orders for a fasting blood glucose
test. What should the phlebotomy technician
do before inspecting the patient's arms for an
acceptable venipuncture site?
Ask the patient when she last had anything
,to eat or drink other than water
What part of the evacuated tube system allows
multiple collection tubes to be filled with one
puncture?
The interior needle/tube holder
When drawing a specimen for an ammonia
test, what should a phlebotomy technician
have ready for specimen transportation?
An ice slurry
A phlebotomy technician asks a patient to
state and spell his name. He says, "Chris
Morgan, C-H-R-I-S M-O-R-G-A-N." The name
listed on the requisition is "Criss Morgan."
What should the phlebotomy technician do?
Call the ordering provider to resolve the
issue and get a new requisition with the
correct spelling if the spelling was an
error
, When a blood culture is ordered along with
other tests, which tube is filled first?
Yellow SPS
Which of these patient reactions should be
documented, but is not a cause for discontinuing
a draw or likely to affect analytes?
Petechiae
A phlebotomy technician is performing a
venipuncture collection on a young adult and
needs to draw a citrate tube, a serum separator
tube, and an EDTA tube. The citrate tube
and SST fill quickly. The EDTA tube fills partway
and then blood flow stops. What is the
most likely explanation?
The tube's vacuum is compromised.
Scars cover the arms and hands of a patient
whose requisition requires CBC and electrolytes.
After finding no acceptable venipuncture
site on either arm or hand, the phlebotomy
technician sees that the scarring does not
