AMCA PHLEBOTOMY CORE REVIEW QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What disease can remain on surfaces when not properly disinfected? - ✔✔Hepatitis
B (HBV)
✔✔How far above should the tourniquet be applied the venipuncture site? - ✔✔3-4
inches above
✔✔What size gauge set would be best for a hand draw? - ✔✔23 gauge winged infusion
set (Butterfly)
✔✔If a patient has cold hands or arms what can you do to allow for better blood flow? -
✔✔Place a warm compress on the draw site
✔✔What is the appropriate angle for needle insertion? - ✔✔15-30 degrees
✔✔A sample for Fibrin Degradation Products (FDP) testing would be sent to what
department? - ✔✔Coagulations Department
✔✔The bevel of the needle should always be what? - ✔✔Facing up when inserting into
the skin
✔✔How do you avoid in patient identification errors? - ✔✔By checking the arm band on
an in patient with the lab
✔✔What is a good indicator that a patient is not fasting? - ✔✔The specimen is Lipemic
(fat globs floating in blood)
✔✔What is used to collect DNA samples by swabbing the inside of a patients cheek? -
✔✔Buccal Swab
, ✔✔What helps to avoid confusing specimens from patients with the same last name? -
✔✔Patients Identification Numbers on tubes
✔✔When should the tourniquet be released? - ✔✔Once blood flow has been
established
✔✔What department is responsible for sterile supplies? - ✔✔Central Supply
✔✔If IVs are inserted in the antecubital area of the arms, where must the blood be
drawn from? - ✔✔Below the IV site
✔✔A patient who tends to faint during blood draw should what? - ✔✔Be placed lying
down on an exam table or in a reclining chair
✔✔A heel puncture should not be performed on an infant older than what? - ✔✔12
months
✔✔A phlebotomist should do what before and after venipuncture? - ✔✔Wash Hands
✔✔Hematoma means what? - ✔✔Blood has leaked from the vein into the tissues of the
skin
✔✔What should be placed on the specimen tube? - ✔✔Patients complete name, date
of birth, identification number, date and time of draw, and the collectors initials
✔✔When doing a bleeding time test on a patient the blood pressure cuff is inflated to
what? - ✔✔40mm Hg
✔✔Where would biopsy tissue be sent to be analyzed? - ✔✔Anatomical pathology
✔✔A patient who is on blood thinners or aspirin regimen may need what? -
✔✔Additional pressure applied to stop bleeding
✔✔When a patient starts to sweat, look pale, and/or complain of blurred vision this
could be signs of what? - ✔✔Vasovagal Syncope (fainting)
✔✔What can be tested at the bedside using Point of Care instrument? - ✔✔PTT and
INR
✔✔A tourniquet should not be left on longer than what? - ✔✔1 minute
✔✔Winged Infusion Set (Butterfly) should be held by? - ✔✔Wings for needle insertion
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What disease can remain on surfaces when not properly disinfected? - ✔✔Hepatitis
B (HBV)
✔✔How far above should the tourniquet be applied the venipuncture site? - ✔✔3-4
inches above
✔✔What size gauge set would be best for a hand draw? - ✔✔23 gauge winged infusion
set (Butterfly)
✔✔If a patient has cold hands or arms what can you do to allow for better blood flow? -
✔✔Place a warm compress on the draw site
✔✔What is the appropriate angle for needle insertion? - ✔✔15-30 degrees
✔✔A sample for Fibrin Degradation Products (FDP) testing would be sent to what
department? - ✔✔Coagulations Department
✔✔The bevel of the needle should always be what? - ✔✔Facing up when inserting into
the skin
✔✔How do you avoid in patient identification errors? - ✔✔By checking the arm band on
an in patient with the lab
✔✔What is a good indicator that a patient is not fasting? - ✔✔The specimen is Lipemic
(fat globs floating in blood)
✔✔What is used to collect DNA samples by swabbing the inside of a patients cheek? -
✔✔Buccal Swab
, ✔✔What helps to avoid confusing specimens from patients with the same last name? -
✔✔Patients Identification Numbers on tubes
✔✔When should the tourniquet be released? - ✔✔Once blood flow has been
established
✔✔What department is responsible for sterile supplies? - ✔✔Central Supply
✔✔If IVs are inserted in the antecubital area of the arms, where must the blood be
drawn from? - ✔✔Below the IV site
✔✔A patient who tends to faint during blood draw should what? - ✔✔Be placed lying
down on an exam table or in a reclining chair
✔✔A heel puncture should not be performed on an infant older than what? - ✔✔12
months
✔✔A phlebotomist should do what before and after venipuncture? - ✔✔Wash Hands
✔✔Hematoma means what? - ✔✔Blood has leaked from the vein into the tissues of the
skin
✔✔What should be placed on the specimen tube? - ✔✔Patients complete name, date
of birth, identification number, date and time of draw, and the collectors initials
✔✔When doing a bleeding time test on a patient the blood pressure cuff is inflated to
what? - ✔✔40mm Hg
✔✔Where would biopsy tissue be sent to be analyzed? - ✔✔Anatomical pathology
✔✔A patient who is on blood thinners or aspirin regimen may need what? -
✔✔Additional pressure applied to stop bleeding
✔✔When a patient starts to sweat, look pale, and/or complain of blurred vision this
could be signs of what? - ✔✔Vasovagal Syncope (fainting)
✔✔What can be tested at the bedside using Point of Care instrument? - ✔✔PTT and
INR
✔✔A tourniquet should not be left on longer than what? - ✔✔1 minute
✔✔Winged Infusion Set (Butterfly) should be held by? - ✔✔Wings for needle insertion
