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Ohio School of Phlebotomy Final 480 Questions with verified Correct
Answers latest year update
How many times do you invert each tube? - Answer: 8-10-
Blood Cultures (l yellow)
Green
Lavender and purple
White
Gray
3-4 - Light Blue
5- Red Orange Red Tiger Top
What is hemopoiesis? - Answer: production of red blood cells
What happens when a hematoma starts to form when performing a Veni.? - Answer: End the Draw
immediatley
What is OSHA? - Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Protects the workers
Name the 2 Types of Yellow Tubes - Answer: SPS- Blood Culters
ACD- DNA Testing
What is a red blood cell? - Answer: erythrocyte
What 2 systems make the Circulatory System? - Answer: Cardiovascular and the Lymphatic Systems
What is in the Light Blue Tube? - Answer: Sodium Citrate
The exchange of cells occurs where? - Answer: Capillary level
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How is Blood Type Determined? - Answer: The Antigens.
What happens if you only get half a sample when performing a Veni? - Answer: Restart the entire
procedure.
BMP - Answer: basic metabolic panel
Anti-coagulants - Answer: Prevents blood from clotting
Define Blood Pressure - Answer: the amount of force exerted by the blood on the peripheral arterial
walls
Where do Veins Carry Blood? - Answer: To the heart
Lactate? (In what type of tubes) - Answer: Plasma Tubes
What happens when a tourniquet is left on too long? - Answer: Hemoconcentration begins to form
What can cause lost vacuum in a Tube? - Answer: Expired/Damages tube.
What size gauge is used for a Blood Donor Donation? - Answer: 16 gauge.
What chemical is in the Green Tube? - Answer: Heparin
What goes in the Sharps Container? - Answer: Needles, glass, contaminated/infectious waste, lancets.
Sharp items
When should the tourniquet be removed? - Answer: Before the needle is withdrawn
And when filling the last tube needed
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What is plasma? - Answer: Fluid portion of blood
90% water
Name the 2 lymphocytes - Answer: T Cell
B Cell
CDC? - Answer: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; provides safety guidelines for medical
offices and facilities
Nosocomial Infection? - Answer: hospital acquired infection
Where should the tourniquet be placed? - Answer: Approximately 3-4 inches about the puncture site.
Or 2 inches above the puncture site
Transfixed Vein? - Answer: Pull back slightly on the needle to fix.
What is immunohematology? - Answer: study of blood group antigens and antibodies
(Blood Typing)
What can caused a failed draw? - Answer: Missed vein
Incorrect Order of Draw
Bad tube
Where is the best place to draw blood? - Answer: AC (anticubital fossa)
What is a Microb? - Answer: Infectious pathogens
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What should you do before inserting the needle? - Answer: Check it for bends bards and make sure it is
sterile
Main Function of the Kidney? - Answer: filtration of the wastes and harmful substances out of the blood
so the blood supply to the kidney is extensive
Venous collapse - Answer: when a vein collapses whether from age or too many punctures or lost/too
much vacuum . Can be fixed by removing the tube and letting the vein refill.
What tube is for Plasma Based Testing? - Answer: White Tube
What Isolation would a Transplant Patient be in? - Answer: Reverse Isolation
Best way to avoid a Hematoma? - Answer: Apply Pressure
What to do to steady your Veni? - Answer: Make sure your anchor your hand.
What side do you put your equipment on? - Answer: Your Non Dominant Side
Visceral Muscle? - Answer: muscle connected to internal organs; involuntary or smooth muscle
How to identify an outpatient? - Answer: Ask the name of the patient and then ask for photo ID
What is hemostasis? - Answer: blood clotting process
K2 EDTA - Answer: Lavendar Tube
What happens if the seal on a tube is broke? - Answer: No vacuum
What does the Bevel help do? - Answer: It helps make a smoothe entry in to the skin
Ohio School of Phlebotomy Final 480 Questions with verified Correct
Answers latest year update
How many times do you invert each tube? - Answer: 8-10-
Blood Cultures (l yellow)
Green
Lavender and purple
White
Gray
3-4 - Light Blue
5- Red Orange Red Tiger Top
What is hemopoiesis? - Answer: production of red blood cells
What happens when a hematoma starts to form when performing a Veni.? - Answer: End the Draw
immediatley
What is OSHA? - Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Protects the workers
Name the 2 Types of Yellow Tubes - Answer: SPS- Blood Culters
ACD- DNA Testing
What is a red blood cell? - Answer: erythrocyte
What 2 systems make the Circulatory System? - Answer: Cardiovascular and the Lymphatic Systems
What is in the Light Blue Tube? - Answer: Sodium Citrate
The exchange of cells occurs where? - Answer: Capillary level
,Page 2 of 69
How is Blood Type Determined? - Answer: The Antigens.
What happens if you only get half a sample when performing a Veni? - Answer: Restart the entire
procedure.
BMP - Answer: basic metabolic panel
Anti-coagulants - Answer: Prevents blood from clotting
Define Blood Pressure - Answer: the amount of force exerted by the blood on the peripheral arterial
walls
Where do Veins Carry Blood? - Answer: To the heart
Lactate? (In what type of tubes) - Answer: Plasma Tubes
What happens when a tourniquet is left on too long? - Answer: Hemoconcentration begins to form
What can cause lost vacuum in a Tube? - Answer: Expired/Damages tube.
What size gauge is used for a Blood Donor Donation? - Answer: 16 gauge.
What chemical is in the Green Tube? - Answer: Heparin
What goes in the Sharps Container? - Answer: Needles, glass, contaminated/infectious waste, lancets.
Sharp items
When should the tourniquet be removed? - Answer: Before the needle is withdrawn
And when filling the last tube needed
,Page 3 of 69
What is plasma? - Answer: Fluid portion of blood
90% water
Name the 2 lymphocytes - Answer: T Cell
B Cell
CDC? - Answer: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; provides safety guidelines for medical
offices and facilities
Nosocomial Infection? - Answer: hospital acquired infection
Where should the tourniquet be placed? - Answer: Approximately 3-4 inches about the puncture site.
Or 2 inches above the puncture site
Transfixed Vein? - Answer: Pull back slightly on the needle to fix.
What is immunohematology? - Answer: study of blood group antigens and antibodies
(Blood Typing)
What can caused a failed draw? - Answer: Missed vein
Incorrect Order of Draw
Bad tube
Where is the best place to draw blood? - Answer: AC (anticubital fossa)
What is a Microb? - Answer: Infectious pathogens
, Page 4 of 69
What should you do before inserting the needle? - Answer: Check it for bends bards and make sure it is
sterile
Main Function of the Kidney? - Answer: filtration of the wastes and harmful substances out of the blood
so the blood supply to the kidney is extensive
Venous collapse - Answer: when a vein collapses whether from age or too many punctures or lost/too
much vacuum . Can be fixed by removing the tube and letting the vein refill.
What tube is for Plasma Based Testing? - Answer: White Tube
What Isolation would a Transplant Patient be in? - Answer: Reverse Isolation
Best way to avoid a Hematoma? - Answer: Apply Pressure
What to do to steady your Veni? - Answer: Make sure your anchor your hand.
What side do you put your equipment on? - Answer: Your Non Dominant Side
Visceral Muscle? - Answer: muscle connected to internal organs; involuntary or smooth muscle
How to identify an outpatient? - Answer: Ask the name of the patient and then ask for photo ID
What is hemostasis? - Answer: blood clotting process
K2 EDTA - Answer: Lavendar Tube
What happens if the seal on a tube is broke? - Answer: No vacuum
What does the Bevel help do? - Answer: It helps make a smoothe entry in to the skin
