PHLEBOTOMY NATIONAL ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWER
GUIDE
●● What is PPE?
Answer: Personal Protective equipment-gown, mask, and gloves.
●● What is the best way to let a clean site dry?
Answer: air dry.
●● OSHA requires all phlebotomist to be trained regarding what?
Answer: Blood borne pathogens and needle safety.
●● All specimens are considered hazardous and infectious so we must
use what?
Answer: Universal and /or standard precautions.
●● What organization should be contacted regarding employee safety
and unsafe working conditions?
Answer: OSHA-occupational safety and health administration.
●● What does MSDS mean and what is it part of?
,Answer: Material Safety Data Sheet, (the right to know law).
●● What color tube, and additive is used for CBC, Hct,Hgb, Sed rate?
Answer: Lavender, EDTA
●● Which tube has no additives
Answer: RED, SST
●● What color tube and which additive is used for protime and APTT?
Answer: Lt. Blue, sodium citrate
●● What is the ratio of blood to additive in a light blue tube?
Answer: 9 to 1
●● What color tube and which additive is used for an ethanol specimen?
Answer: Grey, Na fluoride
●● In case of a needle stick accident you should...
Answer: *Cleanse the site,
*get patient information if able, and
*notify your supervisor
,●● What is the purpose of the tourniquet?
Answer: To find a vein.
●● How long can the tourniquet be in place?
Answer: 1 minute.
●● What is the first thing you must do after every finger stick?
Answer: Wipe away the first drop.
●● Why is it necessary to keep the centrifuge lid closed until it comes to
a complete stop?
Answer: It reduces the chance of aerosol and microbial contamination.
●● What angle should your slider be when making blood smears?
Answer: 30 degrees.
●● What should you do if a standard size tube collapses the vein?
Answer: Use a pediatric tube.
●● Which cleansers are most common for blood culture site
preparations?
Answer: povidone iodine and chlorhexidrine.
, ●● What characteristics do sharps disposal containers have?
Answer: *Spill proof
*tamper proof
*and puncture resistant
●● When used for decontamination, the dilution for bleach in water
should be what?
Answer: 10% bleach, 90% water.
●● Which point of care test is done to determine a platelet plug
formation?
Answer: Bleeding time (also known as platelet function assay).
●● Which are the smallest vessels in the body?
Answer: Capillaries
●● Which are the smallest veins in the body?
Answer: Venules
●● Common site cleaner for a venipuncture is?
Answer: 70% isopropyl alcohol
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWER
GUIDE
●● What is PPE?
Answer: Personal Protective equipment-gown, mask, and gloves.
●● What is the best way to let a clean site dry?
Answer: air dry.
●● OSHA requires all phlebotomist to be trained regarding what?
Answer: Blood borne pathogens and needle safety.
●● All specimens are considered hazardous and infectious so we must
use what?
Answer: Universal and /or standard precautions.
●● What organization should be contacted regarding employee safety
and unsafe working conditions?
Answer: OSHA-occupational safety and health administration.
●● What does MSDS mean and what is it part of?
,Answer: Material Safety Data Sheet, (the right to know law).
●● What color tube, and additive is used for CBC, Hct,Hgb, Sed rate?
Answer: Lavender, EDTA
●● Which tube has no additives
Answer: RED, SST
●● What color tube and which additive is used for protime and APTT?
Answer: Lt. Blue, sodium citrate
●● What is the ratio of blood to additive in a light blue tube?
Answer: 9 to 1
●● What color tube and which additive is used for an ethanol specimen?
Answer: Grey, Na fluoride
●● In case of a needle stick accident you should...
Answer: *Cleanse the site,
*get patient information if able, and
*notify your supervisor
,●● What is the purpose of the tourniquet?
Answer: To find a vein.
●● How long can the tourniquet be in place?
Answer: 1 minute.
●● What is the first thing you must do after every finger stick?
Answer: Wipe away the first drop.
●● Why is it necessary to keep the centrifuge lid closed until it comes to
a complete stop?
Answer: It reduces the chance of aerosol and microbial contamination.
●● What angle should your slider be when making blood smears?
Answer: 30 degrees.
●● What should you do if a standard size tube collapses the vein?
Answer: Use a pediatric tube.
●● Which cleansers are most common for blood culture site
preparations?
Answer: povidone iodine and chlorhexidrine.
, ●● What characteristics do sharps disposal containers have?
Answer: *Spill proof
*tamper proof
*and puncture resistant
●● When used for decontamination, the dilution for bleach in water
should be what?
Answer: 10% bleach, 90% water.
●● Which point of care test is done to determine a platelet plug
formation?
Answer: Bleeding time (also known as platelet function assay).
●● Which are the smallest vessels in the body?
Answer: Capillaries
●● Which are the smallest veins in the body?
Answer: Venules
●● Common site cleaner for a venipuncture is?
Answer: 70% isopropyl alcohol
