KCC Phlebotomy Final Questions with Correct
Answers
What tube is most often drawn for coagulation? Correct Answer-Light
Blue Tube (Sodium Citrate as anticoagulant)
What is the correct level of fill for the light blue tube?
Correct ratio of anticoagulant to blood? Correct Answer-90%
1:9
What is the most commonly ordered test for coagulation? Correct
Answer-PT/PTT
Testing for the presence of clotting factors would be performed in what
department? Correct Answer-Coagulation
Bleeding time test is performed to test what? Correct Answer-Ability of
a patient to clot in a certain time (for surgery, drug administer, etc.)
The blood pressure cuff is inflated to what? Correct Answer-40 mm Hg
(mercury)
How often should you blot at the incision during a bleeding time test?
Correct Answer-Every 30 seconds after the cut
,What instrument is used to make the incision for a BT? Correct Answer-
lancet
What should you tell the patient regarding scarring during a BTT?
Correct Answer-There's a possibility of a small scar
What questions should you ask the patient during a BTT? Correct
Answer-If he/she has taken any medication (specifically aspirin) in past
7-10 days
**We will have their patient record and know of any drugs/medical
history already.
What 4 components are in the electrolyte panel? Correct Answer-Na, K,
Cl, CO2
What test is most altered if the patient makes a fist or pumps his/her fist?
Correct Answer-CK and slightly pottasium as well
A CK test is for which organ? Correct Answer-Tests the Heart~
Creatine kinase (CK) tests for muscle damage, particularly myocardial
infarction (heart attack)
What does lipemia mean and what would the specimen look like?
Correct Answer-Lipemia - think "lipids" or fats
, is high presence of fat in the blood, due to a fatty diet; looks
turbid/cloudy
What tests would be most effected by a lipemic specimen? Correct
Answer-Glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, lipid profiles
What organ is being analyzed for a BUN, creatinine test? Correct
Answer-Kidneys-
blood urea nitrogen (BUN) test measures the amount of nitrogen in your
blood that comes from the waste product urea that is made in the liver
and passed out of your body in the urine. A BUN test is done to see how
well your kidneys are working
Creatinine is transported through the bloodstream to the kidneys. The
kidneys filter out most of the creatinine and dispose of it in the urine
What organ is being analyzed for a biliruben test? Correct Answer-liver
What is the special handling for a biliruben test? Correct Answer-No
exposure to light - so either foil over the tube or use the amber coated
tube
What organ is being analyzed for a glucose test? Correct Answer-
Pancreas
Answers
What tube is most often drawn for coagulation? Correct Answer-Light
Blue Tube (Sodium Citrate as anticoagulant)
What is the correct level of fill for the light blue tube?
Correct ratio of anticoagulant to blood? Correct Answer-90%
1:9
What is the most commonly ordered test for coagulation? Correct
Answer-PT/PTT
Testing for the presence of clotting factors would be performed in what
department? Correct Answer-Coagulation
Bleeding time test is performed to test what? Correct Answer-Ability of
a patient to clot in a certain time (for surgery, drug administer, etc.)
The blood pressure cuff is inflated to what? Correct Answer-40 mm Hg
(mercury)
How often should you blot at the incision during a bleeding time test?
Correct Answer-Every 30 seconds after the cut
,What instrument is used to make the incision for a BT? Correct Answer-
lancet
What should you tell the patient regarding scarring during a BTT?
Correct Answer-There's a possibility of a small scar
What questions should you ask the patient during a BTT? Correct
Answer-If he/she has taken any medication (specifically aspirin) in past
7-10 days
**We will have their patient record and know of any drugs/medical
history already.
What 4 components are in the electrolyte panel? Correct Answer-Na, K,
Cl, CO2
What test is most altered if the patient makes a fist or pumps his/her fist?
Correct Answer-CK and slightly pottasium as well
A CK test is for which organ? Correct Answer-Tests the Heart~
Creatine kinase (CK) tests for muscle damage, particularly myocardial
infarction (heart attack)
What does lipemia mean and what would the specimen look like?
Correct Answer-Lipemia - think "lipids" or fats
, is high presence of fat in the blood, due to a fatty diet; looks
turbid/cloudy
What tests would be most effected by a lipemic specimen? Correct
Answer-Glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, lipid profiles
What organ is being analyzed for a BUN, creatinine test? Correct
Answer-Kidneys-
blood urea nitrogen (BUN) test measures the amount of nitrogen in your
blood that comes from the waste product urea that is made in the liver
and passed out of your body in the urine. A BUN test is done to see how
well your kidneys are working
Creatinine is transported through the bloodstream to the kidneys. The
kidneys filter out most of the creatinine and dispose of it in the urine
What organ is being analyzed for a biliruben test? Correct Answer-liver
What is the special handling for a biliruben test? Correct Answer-No
exposure to light - so either foil over the tube or use the amber coated
tube
What organ is being analyzed for a glucose test? Correct Answer-
Pancreas
