PRACTICE CERTIFICATION EXAM HARTMAN (1-150)

A patient reports that during a previous blood draw he felt lightheaded and almost passed out. What should - Answer-Perform the draw with the patient reclined or in a supine position A phlebotomy technician at a primary care clinic is performing venipuncture on a patient with suspected influenza. The patient is wearing a mask. What PPE should the technician wear? - Answer-Gloves and a mask A requisition calls for the following tests: CBC, CMP, and PTT. Which of the following reflects the proper order of draw? - Answer-Citrate, SST, EDTA Blood exits the heart through the body's largest artery, the ________________. - Answer-Aorta What part of the evacuated tube system allows multiple collection tubes to be filled with one puncture? - Answer-The interior needle/tube holder When drawing a specimen for an ammonia test, what should a phlebotomy technician have ready for specimen transportation? - Answer-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? - Answer-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? - Answer-Yellow SPS Which of these patient reactions should be documented, but is not a cause for discontinuing a draw or likely to affect analytes? - Answer-Petechiae A p