NHCO PHLEBOTOMY TEST PAPER ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔platelet phase - ✔✔platelets adhere
✔✔coagulation phase - ✔✔clotting
✔✔Fibrinolysis - ✔✔Breakdown and removal of a clot
✔✔what gauge needle is used for blood donation - ✔✔18
✔✔Where should the tourniquet be placed? - ✔✔3-4" above draw site
✔✔when would a capillary puncture be advised ? - ✔✔when a venipuncture is not
advised
✔✔Why is the first drop of blood wiped away? - ✔✔it is contaminated with
thromboplastin and can alter test results
✔✔when choosing a finger stick site which fingers should be selected ? - ✔✔3rd or 4th
on dominant hand
✔✔where should a heel be sticked? - ✔✔medially extending from the middle of the
great toe to the heel and laterally from the fourth and fifth toe to the heel
✔✔what is the max puncture on full-term infants ? - ✔✔2.0mm
✔✔what is the CLSI capillary order of draw ? - ✔✔EHAS
✔✔what does EHAS stand for ? - ✔✔EDTA
Heparin
Any other additive
Serum
, ✔✔What is basal state? - ✔✔fasting and refraining from exercise for 8-12 hours
✔✔postprandial - ✔✔after a mean
✔✔When are tough levels collected? - ✔✔15 minutes before scheduled medicine
✔✔Aliquoting - ✔✔diving whole samples into parts
✔✔how should warmed specimens be collected ? - ✔✔in a prewarmed red tube that
was in an incubator for 30 minutes at body temperature
✔✔what specimens require chilling - ✔✔ammonia
lactic acid
abg
✔✔what specimens require warm collection - ✔✔cryoglobulin
cryofibrinogen
cold agglutinin
✔✔which specimens are drawn with with stasis - ✔✔lactic acid
✔✔gluecose test (ogtt) - ✔✔test used to diagnose gestational diabetes; ordered in
different time windows
✔✔when should an abg test be run ? - ✔✔15 minutes after collection
✔✔what are the 4 primary test performed on abg - ✔✔BPH
CO2
O2
Bicarb
✔✔patients that have severe edema require - ✔✔deep palpation
✔✔what should a phlebotomist be aware of when drawing from mastectomy patients ? -
✔✔limb alert bracelets
✔✔what is the most common complication os phlebotomy ? - ✔✔hematoma
✔✔petechiae - ✔✔small, non-raised red dots that occur when the tourniquet is tied to
tight
✔✔thrombosis - ✔✔blood clot
✔✔POCT - ✔✔Point of care testing
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔platelet phase - ✔✔platelets adhere
✔✔coagulation phase - ✔✔clotting
✔✔Fibrinolysis - ✔✔Breakdown and removal of a clot
✔✔what gauge needle is used for blood donation - ✔✔18
✔✔Where should the tourniquet be placed? - ✔✔3-4" above draw site
✔✔when would a capillary puncture be advised ? - ✔✔when a venipuncture is not
advised
✔✔Why is the first drop of blood wiped away? - ✔✔it is contaminated with
thromboplastin and can alter test results
✔✔when choosing a finger stick site which fingers should be selected ? - ✔✔3rd or 4th
on dominant hand
✔✔where should a heel be sticked? - ✔✔medially extending from the middle of the
great toe to the heel and laterally from the fourth and fifth toe to the heel
✔✔what is the max puncture on full-term infants ? - ✔✔2.0mm
✔✔what is the CLSI capillary order of draw ? - ✔✔EHAS
✔✔what does EHAS stand for ? - ✔✔EDTA
Heparin
Any other additive
Serum
, ✔✔What is basal state? - ✔✔fasting and refraining from exercise for 8-12 hours
✔✔postprandial - ✔✔after a mean
✔✔When are tough levels collected? - ✔✔15 minutes before scheduled medicine
✔✔Aliquoting - ✔✔diving whole samples into parts
✔✔how should warmed specimens be collected ? - ✔✔in a prewarmed red tube that
was in an incubator for 30 minutes at body temperature
✔✔what specimens require chilling - ✔✔ammonia
lactic acid
abg
✔✔what specimens require warm collection - ✔✔cryoglobulin
cryofibrinogen
cold agglutinin
✔✔which specimens are drawn with with stasis - ✔✔lactic acid
✔✔gluecose test (ogtt) - ✔✔test used to diagnose gestational diabetes; ordered in
different time windows
✔✔when should an abg test be run ? - ✔✔15 minutes after collection
✔✔what are the 4 primary test performed on abg - ✔✔BPH
CO2
O2
Bicarb
✔✔patients that have severe edema require - ✔✔deep palpation
✔✔what should a phlebotomist be aware of when drawing from mastectomy patients ? -
✔✔limb alert bracelets
✔✔what is the most common complication os phlebotomy ? - ✔✔hematoma
✔✔petechiae - ✔✔small, non-raised red dots that occur when the tourniquet is tied to
tight
✔✔thrombosis - ✔✔blood clot
✔✔POCT - ✔✔Point of care testing
