AMCA Phlebotomy review Exam|
73 Questions with Solutions
The CDC current routine infection control policy is called - -Isolation
Precaution
- To prevent cross-contamination, you should_________________ between
patients. - -Wash your hands
- What kind of equipment are gloves considered? - -Personal Proctective
Equipment (PPE)
- If a patient falls what should you document? - -Date, Time and location fall
(Incident Report)
- What is the gray top usually used to draw - -Glucose tolerance
- What is the drawback of a 24 hr urine collection? - -Patients cooperation
- Collecting a sample from inside a patient's cheek is called a_____________
swab - -buccal
- If a patient has a Right side Mastectomy, where would you draw blood
from? - -Left side
- Drawing an EDTA tube before a serum tube could produce a false
____________potassium and false ____________ calcium. - -High; low
- How do you hold a "butterfly" infusion set? - -By the wings
- Which requires a chain of custody form: AIDS test, forensic samples, PT/INR
sample, C-diff test - -Foresic Sample
- Mucus from the lungs is called what? - -Sputum
- T or F: The lab would reject a light blue tube with a 7:1 ratio? - -True 9:1
- If you have a specimen that will be delayedby more than anhour because
of the labe workload, what should you do with the specimen you have
obtained? - -Still send it to the lab
- How should you properly clean a site for a standard veinapuncture? - -70%
Alcohol in a circular motion
, - What should be checked on the patient's armband to verify the patient? - -
Name and date of birth
- What type of consent does surgery require? - -Informed
- What is the order of draw BY TUBE TOP COLOR for the following: CMP(SST).
CBC lavender, PT(lt blue), blood cultures. - -Blood Cultures, PT, CMP, CBC
- When should a blood tube be labeled by the phlebotomist? - -After the
specimen has been collected
- What technique for cleaning is used to collect blood cultures for patient
with septicemia? - -Aseptic sterile technique
- An exampleof implied consent for a blood draw is? - -Holding their arm out
- What does NPO stand for? - -nothing by mouth
- Normally the first test drawn for a patient with a FUO is? - -Blood Culture
- What do we call an unexpected patient death that is not related to illness?
- -Sentnal event
- What is the additive in the green top? - -Sodium Heparin
- What documents would you refer to in case of a chemical spill? - -Material
Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
- In the chain of infection the host can become the: - -Resevoir
- When you are doing a bleeding time test, what should the blood pressure
cuff beinflated to? - -40 mmhg
- What color tube top would be used to check coagulation? - -Lt. Blue
- What department in the hospital is responsible for sterile supplies? - -
Central Supply
- What is the document in the lab that describes the detailed steps to follow
to collect specimens? - -Procedural Manual
- What is the most common test for the lavender top tube? - -CBC
- Blood is carried away from the heart by: - -arteries
73 Questions with Solutions
The CDC current routine infection control policy is called - -Isolation
Precaution
- To prevent cross-contamination, you should_________________ between
patients. - -Wash your hands
- What kind of equipment are gloves considered? - -Personal Proctective
Equipment (PPE)
- If a patient falls what should you document? - -Date, Time and location fall
(Incident Report)
- What is the gray top usually used to draw - -Glucose tolerance
- What is the drawback of a 24 hr urine collection? - -Patients cooperation
- Collecting a sample from inside a patient's cheek is called a_____________
swab - -buccal
- If a patient has a Right side Mastectomy, where would you draw blood
from? - -Left side
- Drawing an EDTA tube before a serum tube could produce a false
____________potassium and false ____________ calcium. - -High; low
- How do you hold a "butterfly" infusion set? - -By the wings
- Which requires a chain of custody form: AIDS test, forensic samples, PT/INR
sample, C-diff test - -Foresic Sample
- Mucus from the lungs is called what? - -Sputum
- T or F: The lab would reject a light blue tube with a 7:1 ratio? - -True 9:1
- If you have a specimen that will be delayedby more than anhour because
of the labe workload, what should you do with the specimen you have
obtained? - -Still send it to the lab
- How should you properly clean a site for a standard veinapuncture? - -70%
Alcohol in a circular motion
, - What should be checked on the patient's armband to verify the patient? - -
Name and date of birth
- What type of consent does surgery require? - -Informed
- What is the order of draw BY TUBE TOP COLOR for the following: CMP(SST).
CBC lavender, PT(lt blue), blood cultures. - -Blood Cultures, PT, CMP, CBC
- When should a blood tube be labeled by the phlebotomist? - -After the
specimen has been collected
- What technique for cleaning is used to collect blood cultures for patient
with septicemia? - -Aseptic sterile technique
- An exampleof implied consent for a blood draw is? - -Holding their arm out
- What does NPO stand for? - -nothing by mouth
- Normally the first test drawn for a patient with a FUO is? - -Blood Culture
- What do we call an unexpected patient death that is not related to illness?
- -Sentnal event
- What is the additive in the green top? - -Sodium Heparin
- What documents would you refer to in case of a chemical spill? - -Material
Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
- In the chain of infection the host can become the: - -Resevoir
- When you are doing a bleeding time test, what should the blood pressure
cuff beinflated to? - -40 mmhg
- What color tube top would be used to check coagulation? - -Lt. Blue
- What department in the hospital is responsible for sterile supplies? - -
Central Supply
- What is the document in the lab that describes the detailed steps to follow
to collect specimens? - -Procedural Manual
- What is the most common test for the lavender top tube? - -CBC
- Blood is carried away from the heart by: - -arteries
