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1. AAMI standard for conventional dialysis
200 CFU/mL
requires the total microbial count to be less
than
2. abnormal levels of this electrolyte can cause Potassium
cardiac arrhythmias and even death
3. Acceptable interdialytic weight gains are 3-5% of TW
4. The AAMI standard for endotoxin levels in convention- Less than 2
EU/mL
al daily's are is
5. albumin is an important test that tells about nutritional
the pa- tient status
6. All of the follow are phosphate binders EXCEPT Vitamin B12
7. numbness and tingling Not a sign or
symptom of an
infected access
8. Asepsis Absence of disease pro-
ducing organisms
9. AAMI chemical analysis of water used for Annually
hemodialy- sis is tested
10. A 58- year old patient who is blind comes to treatment Describe the
activities in
accompanied by his wife. What approach should on the
the dialysis tech use when interacting with
the patient?
11. A dialysis technician observed a drop of blood
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mmediate environ- ment Clean the machine surface
surface of a patient's machine. What action should the immediately
tech take?
12. About one ounce (30 ml) fluid is on the floor
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dialysis technician ob-
serves all of the below
on the treatment floor,
which one poses an
environment risk?
13. A females dialysis technician has been Refer the patient to the so- cial
caring for a male patient for several months. worker
The patient tells the dialysis tech that he is
lonely and depressed. He asks the tech to go
out to dinner with him. In addition to politely
declining the patients invitation, what action
should the dialysis technician take?
14. A fistula connects an artery to a vein
15. A marker used to determine the middle Vitamin B12
molecule clearance of a dialyzer is
16. A mixed bed DI tank contains cations and anions
17. Nephron is made up of A glomerulus and a
tubule system
18. A patient complains of pain at venous needle site. The An infiltration
dialysis technician observes there is swelling
distal to the venous needle site and that the
venous pressure is rising. The tech should
suspect
19. A patient who is to receive their first dialysis treatment dialysis
disequilibrium
is prone to 20. a patient
tells the
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technician that the dietitian re- viewed high-
syndrome bananas
potassium foods with her. during the con-
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