PHLEBOTOMY NATIONAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

PHLEBOTOMY NATIONAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS

Question:
1. What does OSHA stand for?
Answer:
Occupational Safety & Health Administration

Question:
2. What vaccination does OSHA require all health care personnel get?
Answer:
hepatitis B

Question:
3. What is pulmonary edema?
Answer:
fluid in the lungs

Question:
4. How much blood can a person donate in a session?
Answer:
500 mL

Question:
5. Patients have what rights?
Answer:
to decline medical treatment and to know what tests are being performed

Question:
6. What can you NOT give a patient?
Answer:
results or a diagnosis

Question:
7. Negligence is?
Answer:
failure to give appropriate care

Question:
8. PPE stands for?
Answer:
personal protective equipment

,Question:
9. What is the most important step in preventing the transmission of pathogens?
Answer:
hand washing

Question:
10. Needles should never be _______________.
Answer:
recapped

Question:
11. Sharps containers must be what?
Answer:
puncture-resistent, leak proof on the sides and bottom, and labeled or color-coded

Question:
12. What are the types of Hazards?
Answer:
biologic, sharps, chemical, fire or explosive, physical, allergic reaction

Question:
13. In infection control WHO is the agent?
Answer:
the person

Question:
14. In infection control WHAT is portal of exit?
Answer:
the needle

Question:
15. In infection control WHAT can we control?
Answer:
mode of transmission or portal of exit

Question:
16. In infection control WHAT is a portal of entry?
Answer:
mucous membrane

Question:
17. In infection control WHO is a susceptible host?
Answer:
the person

, Question:
18. The specific way in which microorganisms travel from the reservoir to the susceptible host is called
the:
Answer:
Mode of Transmission

Question:
19. What are the main types or modes of transmission?
Answer:
contact, droplet, airborne, common vehicle, vector borne

Question:
20. By standard precautions, what do we assume all patients to be?
Answer:
infected with blood-borne pathogens

Question:
21. This condition is best defined as "the destruction of pathogenic microorganisms after they leave the
body". It also involves environmental hygiene measures such as equipment cleaning and disinfection
procedures. Methods of medical asepsis are Standard Precautions and Transmission-based Precautions
Answer:
Medical Asepsis

Question:
22. What are barrier protections?
Answer:
masks, gloves, face shields, respirator, gown

Question:
23. What type of soap should be used?
Answer:
non-abrasive, antibacterial

Question:
24. What do you do if blood splashes in the eye or mucous membane?
Answer:
flush with warm water (hotter the better) for 15 minutes, report to your supervisor ASAP!

Question:
25. Who cannot be identified in an incident report?
Answer:
a minor

Question:
26. If patient has an I.V. where do you draw blood?