NHCO PHLEBOTOMY FINAL PAPER
REVIEW GUIDE WITH VERIFIED ITEMS AND
SOLUTION WALKTHROUGH
●● Safety Protocols
Answer: 24%
●● Order & Patient Verification
Answer: 15%
●● Communication
Answer: 7%
●● Total Questions
Answer: 115 questions total
●● Scored Questions
Answer: 100 scored
●● Unscored Questions
Answer: 15 unscored
, ●● Exam Duration
Answer: ~2 hours
●● Order of Draw
Answer: Blood cultures → Light blue → Red/Gold → Green →
Lavender/Pink → Gray
●● Memory Trick for Order of Draw
Answer: Blood, Blue, Red, Green, Lavender, Gray
●● Blood Cultures Tube Additive
Answer: Culture media
●● Light Blue Tube Additive
Answer: Sodium citrate
●● Red/Gold Tube Additive
Answer: Serum/clot activator
●● Green Tube Additive
Answer: Heparin
REVIEW GUIDE WITH VERIFIED ITEMS AND
SOLUTION WALKTHROUGH
●● Safety Protocols
Answer: 24%
●● Order & Patient Verification
Answer: 15%
●● Communication
Answer: 7%
●● Total Questions
Answer: 115 questions total
●● Scored Questions
Answer: 100 scored
●● Unscored Questions
Answer: 15 unscored
, ●● Exam Duration
Answer: ~2 hours
●● Order of Draw
Answer: Blood cultures → Light blue → Red/Gold → Green →
Lavender/Pink → Gray
●● Memory Trick for Order of Draw
Answer: Blood, Blue, Red, Green, Lavender, Gray
●● Blood Cultures Tube Additive
Answer: Culture media
●● Light Blue Tube Additive
Answer: Sodium citrate
●● Red/Gold Tube Additive
Answer: Serum/clot activator
●● Green Tube Additive
Answer: Heparin