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A patient report that during a previous blood draw he felt lightheaded and almost passed out.
What should the phlebotomy technician do? - answer✔✔Perform the draw with the patient
reclined or in a supine position.
A phlebotomy technician at a primary care clinic is performing venipuncture on a patient with
suspected influenza. The patient is wearing a mask. What PPE should the technician wear? -
answer✔✔Gloves and a mask.
A requisition calls for the following tests: CBC, CMP, and PTT. Which of the following reflects
the proper order of draw? - answer✔✔Citrate (blue top), SST (red top), and EDTA (lavender).
Blood exits the heart through the body's largest artery, the _________ - answer✔✔Aorta.
What part of the evacuated tube system allows multiple collection tubes to be filled with one
puncture? - answer✔✔The interior needle/tube holder.
When drawing a specimen for an ammonia test, what should a phlebotomy technician have ready
for specimen transportation? - answer✔✔An Ice slurry.
A phlebotomy technician asks a patient to state and spell his name. He says, "Chris Morgan, C-
H-R-I-S M-O-R-G-A-N." The name listed on the requisition is "Criss Morgan." What should the
phlebotomy technician do? - answer✔✔Call the ordering provider to resolve the issue and get a
new requisition with the correct spelling if the spelling was an error.
When a blood culture is ordered along with other tests, which tube is filled first? -
answer✔✔Yellow SPS.
Which of these patient reactions should be documented, but is not a cause for discontinuing a
draw or likely to affect analytes? - answer✔✔Petechiae.
A phlebotomy technician is performing a venipuncture collection on a young adult and needs to
draw a citrate tube, a serum separator tube, and an EDTA tube. The citrate tube and SST fill
quickly. The EDTA tube fills partway and then blood flow stops. What is the most likely
explanation? - answer✔✔The tube's vacuum is compromised.
Scars cover the arms and hands of a patient whose requisition requires CBC and electrolytes.
After finding no acceptable venipuncture site on either arm or hand, the phlebotomy technician
sees that the scarring does not extend to the fingertips. Which of the following is true? -
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, answer✔✔The phlebotomy technician can do a capillary draw and document that where the
blood was collected and why.
When is a sharps receptacle considered to overfilled according to OSHA standards? -
answer✔✔When it is more that 3/4 full.
Of the three veins commonly assessed for venipuncture, which is considered the least favorable?
- answer✔✔The basilic vein.
An emergency room physician directs a phlebotomist to draw blood from an unconscious patient
of unknown identity. This is... - answer✔✔Legal under the concept of implied consent.
When performing a draw on an inpatient with a recent mastectomy, the phlebotomy technician
finds that an IV is running in the arm on the non-mastectomy side. Which site should the
phlebotomy technician use? - answer✔✔A site distal to the IV on the non-mastectomy side.
An infant's blood volume may be approximated by multiplying the child's ... by .... -
answer✔✔Weight in kilograms, 80.
Two sets of blood culture bottles are to be filled for a patient. Which of the following is true? -
answer✔✔The sets must be filled from two different venipuncture site.
After assembling the ETS and double-checking that he has the correct tubes gathered for a
venipuncture draw, a phlebotomy technician realizes that he forgot to remove the tourniquet after
site selection. He knows that it has been in place for more than one minute. If he continues with
the draw, what is one possible consequence? - answer✔✔The specimens collected will not
produce accurate test results.
Which of the following information on a requisition form is essential for a phlebotomy
technician to match exactly with information provided by the patient? - answer✔✔Complete date
of birth.
Disposable tourniquets are intended to be used... - answer✔✔On one patient only.
How should a phlebotomy technician respond if, after a site is selected and cleaned and
equipment prepared, the patient pushes down his sleeve and clutches his arm to his chest? -
answer✔✔She should ask the patient if he has concerns she can address or if he would like to
talk to his doctor.
Which of the following is a HIPAA violation? - answer✔✔Failing to log out of a patient record
on a visible screen before calling the next patient in.
A patient with a DNR order in place becomes unresponsive during the course of a blood draw.
The phlebotomy technician should... - answer✔✔Discontinue the blood draw and immediately
call for help.
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A patient report that during a previous blood draw he felt lightheaded and almost passed out.
What should the phlebotomy technician do? - answer✔✔Perform the draw with the patient
reclined or in a supine position.
A phlebotomy technician at a primary care clinic is performing venipuncture on a patient with
suspected influenza. The patient is wearing a mask. What PPE should the technician wear? -
answer✔✔Gloves and a mask.
A requisition calls for the following tests: CBC, CMP, and PTT. Which of the following reflects
the proper order of draw? - answer✔✔Citrate (blue top), SST (red top), and EDTA (lavender).
Blood exits the heart through the body's largest artery, the _________ - answer✔✔Aorta.
What part of the evacuated tube system allows multiple collection tubes to be filled with one
puncture? - answer✔✔The interior needle/tube holder.
When drawing a specimen for an ammonia test, what should a phlebotomy technician have ready
for specimen transportation? - answer✔✔An Ice slurry.
A phlebotomy technician asks a patient to state and spell his name. He says, "Chris Morgan, C-
H-R-I-S M-O-R-G-A-N." The name listed on the requisition is "Criss Morgan." What should the
phlebotomy technician do? - answer✔✔Call the ordering provider to resolve the issue and get a
new requisition with the correct spelling if the spelling was an error.
When a blood culture is ordered along with other tests, which tube is filled first? -
answer✔✔Yellow SPS.
Which of these patient reactions should be documented, but is not a cause for discontinuing a
draw or likely to affect analytes? - answer✔✔Petechiae.
A phlebotomy technician is performing a venipuncture collection on a young adult and needs to
draw a citrate tube, a serum separator tube, and an EDTA tube. The citrate tube and SST fill
quickly. The EDTA tube fills partway and then blood flow stops. What is the most likely
explanation? - answer✔✔The tube's vacuum is compromised.
Scars cover the arms and hands of a patient whose requisition requires CBC and electrolytes.
After finding no acceptable venipuncture site on either arm or hand, the phlebotomy technician
sees that the scarring does not extend to the fingertips. Which of the following is true? -
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, answer✔✔The phlebotomy technician can do a capillary draw and document that where the
blood was collected and why.
When is a sharps receptacle considered to overfilled according to OSHA standards? -
answer✔✔When it is more that 3/4 full.
Of the three veins commonly assessed for venipuncture, which is considered the least favorable?
- answer✔✔The basilic vein.
An emergency room physician directs a phlebotomist to draw blood from an unconscious patient
of unknown identity. This is... - answer✔✔Legal under the concept of implied consent.
When performing a draw on an inpatient with a recent mastectomy, the phlebotomy technician
finds that an IV is running in the arm on the non-mastectomy side. Which site should the
phlebotomy technician use? - answer✔✔A site distal to the IV on the non-mastectomy side.
An infant's blood volume may be approximated by multiplying the child's ... by .... -
answer✔✔Weight in kilograms, 80.
Two sets of blood culture bottles are to be filled for a patient. Which of the following is true? -
answer✔✔The sets must be filled from two different venipuncture site.
After assembling the ETS and double-checking that he has the correct tubes gathered for a
venipuncture draw, a phlebotomy technician realizes that he forgot to remove the tourniquet after
site selection. He knows that it has been in place for more than one minute. If he continues with
the draw, what is one possible consequence? - answer✔✔The specimens collected will not
produce accurate test results.
Which of the following information on a requisition form is essential for a phlebotomy
technician to match exactly with information provided by the patient? - answer✔✔Complete date
of birth.
Disposable tourniquets are intended to be used... - answer✔✔On one patient only.
How should a phlebotomy technician respond if, after a site is selected and cleaned and
equipment prepared, the patient pushes down his sleeve and clutches his arm to his chest? -
answer✔✔She should ask the patient if he has concerns she can address or if he would like to
talk to his doctor.
Which of the following is a HIPAA violation? - answer✔✔Failing to log out of a patient record
on a visible screen before calling the next patient in.
A patient with a DNR order in place becomes unresponsive during the course of a blood draw.
The phlebotomy technician should... - answer✔✔Discontinue the blood draw and immediately
call for help.
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