PHLEBOTOMY CERTIFICATION FOR NPS CERTS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

If you receive consent and believe you have the skill to perform a procedure, even if you haven't received the proper training for it, is it okay to do it? - No Using your patient's personal information for any other reason than providing optimal medical care is a violation of what? - HIPPAA It is your job to help uphold HIPAA. - TRUE Long nails could inhibit you from properly performing a procedure and the bacteria that can grow under them could cause infection at the procedure site. - TRUE What is not an example of personal protection equipment? - BASEBALL CAP If you get blood on your lab coat, it is okay to wait until the end of the day to remove it. - FALSE After I read my employer's Exposure Control Plan on the date of hire, I don't have to read it when it is revised. - FALSE Pathogens require a ______. - HOST Masks can lose their effectiveness with extended use. - TRUE Goggles do not have to be disinfected regularly because they never touch the patient. - FALSE What is the first step in the gowning procedure? - WASH YOUR HANDSThe way you remove your PPE is not important. - FALSE A vector is: - The methods by which a pathogen escapes the host and spreads disease. Hitting an artery during venipuncture: - can cause extensive damage and bleeding If a collection tube loses its vacuum, this is the fault of the phlebotomist due to poor procedure. - FALSE The needle should be at a _____ degree angle when performing a venipuncture? - 15-30 You should recap your needle after performing a venipuncture. - FALSE Tube additives can affect specimens. - TRUE WBC stands for: - WHITE BLOOD COUNT If a patient is unconscious, who assumes consent? - THEIR PHYSCIAN If performing a procedure on a patient who has undergone a unilateral mastectomy, where should you draw from? - The arm on the opposing side of the operation. If you are pregnant, it is NOT okay to go into the room of a patient undergoing brachytherapy. - TRUE If a patient is allergic to shellfish, iodine could send them into _____________. - Anaphylactic Shock When performing a procedure on a double mastectomy patient, the patient's doctor must give written consent to the draw site. - TRUEPetechiae is an indicator of _____________. - both platelet issues and capillary problems As we get older, our senses become more attuned to __________. - heat cold pain *All of the above Each micro tube (or bullet) holds _____ cc of blood. - 0.2 The accumulation of fluid in the tissues of the body is known as _________. - EDEMA