NPS PHLEBOTOMY CERTIFICATION
ACTUAL TEST PAPER FULL QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE ANSWERS GRADED
APLUS
●● _______ for a PKU screening consists of several circles in which the
blood should be directly applied after performing a heel stick.
Answer: Filter paper
●● _______ means "high blood sugar"
Answer: hyperglycemia
●● A chemical found in many foods and using products, such as aspirin
and various pain relievers
Answer: Salicylates
●● A non-additive serum to must be drawn _______ any additive to
collection because the blood needs to _______ for the specific test
required
Answer: Before, coagulate
●● A vector is
,Answer: The methods by which a pathogen escapes the host and spreads
disease
●● Any disease causing pathogen carried through the blood
Answer: Blood-borne pathogen
●● Blood poisoning is otherwise known as
Answer: septicemia
●● EDTA is the additive in which color top tube
Answer: Lavender
●● For Plata lead testing, do you use what color top tube?
Answer: lavender
●● How can you minimize the risk of skin Flora contaminating a blood
sample?
Answer: Buy thoroughly disinfecting the venipuncture site
●● How does improper need a fit contribute to hemolysis
Answer: Using a needle that is too small
, ●● How should blood be transferred from a syringe to prevent
hemolysis?
Answer: Gently, allowing it to run down the side of the collection tube
●● I need all that offer. Smaller gauges is known as a.
Answer: Wing tip or butterfly needle
●● If a child is old enough to verbally communicate, the phlebotomist
should
Answer: Be open, friendly, and answer any questions the child has
●● If a patient is admitted to a facility for medical treatment, they are
referred to as
Answer: inpatient
●● If a patient is allergic to Selfish, iodine could send them into ______
Answer: Anaphylactic shock
●● If a patient receives medical treatment without being admitted to a
hospital they are considered
Answer: Outpatient
●● If the needle is to shallow and not in the vein you should _____
ACTUAL TEST PAPER FULL QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE ANSWERS GRADED
APLUS
●● _______ for a PKU screening consists of several circles in which the
blood should be directly applied after performing a heel stick.
Answer: Filter paper
●● _______ means "high blood sugar"
Answer: hyperglycemia
●● A chemical found in many foods and using products, such as aspirin
and various pain relievers
Answer: Salicylates
●● A non-additive serum to must be drawn _______ any additive to
collection because the blood needs to _______ for the specific test
required
Answer: Before, coagulate
●● A vector is
,Answer: The methods by which a pathogen escapes the host and spreads
disease
●● Any disease causing pathogen carried through the blood
Answer: Blood-borne pathogen
●● Blood poisoning is otherwise known as
Answer: septicemia
●● EDTA is the additive in which color top tube
Answer: Lavender
●● For Plata lead testing, do you use what color top tube?
Answer: lavender
●● How can you minimize the risk of skin Flora contaminating a blood
sample?
Answer: Buy thoroughly disinfecting the venipuncture site
●● How does improper need a fit contribute to hemolysis
Answer: Using a needle that is too small
, ●● How should blood be transferred from a syringe to prevent
hemolysis?
Answer: Gently, allowing it to run down the side of the collection tube
●● I need all that offer. Smaller gauges is known as a.
Answer: Wing tip or butterfly needle
●● If a child is old enough to verbally communicate, the phlebotomist
should
Answer: Be open, friendly, and answer any questions the child has
●● If a patient is admitted to a facility for medical treatment, they are
referred to as
Answer: inpatient
●● If a patient is allergic to Selfish, iodine could send them into ______
Answer: Anaphylactic shock
●● If a patient receives medical treatment without being admitted to a
hospital they are considered
Answer: Outpatient
●● If the needle is to shallow and not in the vein you should _____
