AMCA PHLEBOTOMY TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● The principle reason for requiring feedback when communicating
with patients is to determine weather they ______________.
Answer: have understood what is being said
●● Implied consent for a venipuncture on an adult requires
_____________.
Answer: the patient extends their arm to you
●● How should the phlebotomist dispose of a needle after drawing
blood from a patient?
Answer: close safety and dispose in a puncture resistant container
(sharps container)
●● The hospital department that is responsible for sterile supplies
Answer: Central Supply
●● The reason a test if ordered timed is to ______________.
Answer: Draw it at the best time for accurate results
,●● The patient's specimen is lipemic, this is usually an indicator that the
patient ___________.
Answer: Has not fasted
●● Abbreviation for "nothing by mouth"
Answer: NPO
●● The government agency responsible for regulating the safety and
health of workers
Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
●● To prevent cross contamination of microorganisms from one patient
to another, OSHA standards require ____________.
Answer: Barrier protection equipment (PPE personal protective
equipment)
●● The balanced or "steady state" of the body is called:
Answer: Homeostasis
●● The blood vessel that only carries blood away from the heart is
_________.
Answer: artery
, ●● What laboratory document describes in detail the steps to follow for
specimen collection?
Answer: Procedure manual
●● Which type of specimen may require collection of a discarded tube
before the test specimen is collected?
Answer: blood culture specimen
●● What is the additive in a green top tube?
Answer: sodium heparin
●● What item is donned first when wearing full PPE?
Answer: gown tied at neck and waist
●● The liquid portion of a clotted blood specimen is called __________
Answer: plasma
●● Which of the following additives would be found in a yellow topped
tube?
Answer: SPS
●● Which test should be collected in a royal blue topped tube?
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● The principle reason for requiring feedback when communicating
with patients is to determine weather they ______________.
Answer: have understood what is being said
●● Implied consent for a venipuncture on an adult requires
_____________.
Answer: the patient extends their arm to you
●● How should the phlebotomist dispose of a needle after drawing
blood from a patient?
Answer: close safety and dispose in a puncture resistant container
(sharps container)
●● The hospital department that is responsible for sterile supplies
Answer: Central Supply
●● The reason a test if ordered timed is to ______________.
Answer: Draw it at the best time for accurate results
,●● The patient's specimen is lipemic, this is usually an indicator that the
patient ___________.
Answer: Has not fasted
●● Abbreviation for "nothing by mouth"
Answer: NPO
●● The government agency responsible for regulating the safety and
health of workers
Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
●● To prevent cross contamination of microorganisms from one patient
to another, OSHA standards require ____________.
Answer: Barrier protection equipment (PPE personal protective
equipment)
●● The balanced or "steady state" of the body is called:
Answer: Homeostasis
●● The blood vessel that only carries blood away from the heart is
_________.
Answer: artery
, ●● What laboratory document describes in detail the steps to follow for
specimen collection?
Answer: Procedure manual
●● Which type of specimen may require collection of a discarded tube
before the test specimen is collected?
Answer: blood culture specimen
●● What is the additive in a green top tube?
Answer: sodium heparin
●● What item is donned first when wearing full PPE?
Answer: gown tied at neck and waist
●● The liquid portion of a clotted blood specimen is called __________
Answer: plasma
●● Which of the following additives would be found in a yellow topped
tube?
Answer: SPS
●● Which test should be collected in a royal blue topped tube?
