Phlebotomy NHCO Test
Correct spelling of name - answer· When drawing blood on an outpatient, what is the
next positive ID you can get for obtaining DOB?
Call the physician before the draw to request and obtain orders for additional labs -
answer· Patient has a requestion for urine, the patient then asks for blood draw and
intend to call doctor when they leave to fax over the orders. What should the
phlebotomist do?
o 1) Draw the SST/ Gold tube top
o 2) Draw the lavender tube top - answer· Requestion form requires phlebotomist to
draw blood for hgA1C & liquid panel. How should the phlebotomist draw blood to meet
requirements?
o Expressed Consent - answer· A phlebotomist initiates the blood draw after receiving
verbal consent from patient. What type of consent?
o Lavender Tube top - answer· A physician orders ESR Lab Test. What tube do you
use?
Draw blood from Patient B using a Lavender top tube - answer· Patient A has been
waiting in the waiting room for 15 minutes, Patient B. has been waiting in the waiting
room for 5 minutes. Both require CBC with differential. STAT box on Patient B
requestion is checked. What do you do first?
Identify the patient - answer· The phlebotomist is ready for venipuncture on a patient for
the labs physician ordered. What do you do first?
Delay drawing of the blood until the issue with the ID band has been resolved - answer·
Entered the patient's room to draw blood and you notice patients DOB on ID band is
different. How do you handle this?
Use the patient ID band - answer· Receive inpatient lab order and you walk into the
patient's room and notice them unconsciousness with the family present. What do you
do to identify the patient in order to blood draw?
o Properly identify the patient - answer· Phlebotomist draws blood from patient A for
type & cross blood match and accidently mistakes label for Patient B. The tubes are
processed, and patient A blood is entered as Patient B in chart. Later, Patient B is going
in for surgery and given the wrong blood type and dies during the surgery. What should
have been done differently?
, Call the physician's office to verify name and DOB - answer· The lab receives 3
specimens labeled Maria Sanchez 4/1/56. Yet the name of the requisition Marie
4/11/65. The error is discovered during order process. What should you do?
James Davis - answer· You draw blood from a patient named James Davis. The patient
says he prefers to be called Jim. How should you label the collection tube?
Laypersons terms - answer· Which format should informed consent be written?
Implied Consent - answer· What type of consent is required for patient who is injured
and unable to respond?
ICD-10 code - answerWhich of following does requisition form include?
o Informed Consent - answer· Which form of consent should be obtained when
providing venipunctures to conscious people?
o Nitrile - answerThe following should be used when a patient has a latex allergy
o Wash hands with soap and water. - answer· Entering a new room after you drew
blood from a different patient who had a cold. What should be done before contact with
the new patient?
o N95 Respirator Mask and gloves - answer· Drawing blood from a patient who has
tested positive with tuberculosis, what form of PPE should be worn?
Notify the supervisor and follow exposure protocol - answer· You complete a blood draw
from a patient and go to leave their room and notice a stop sign on the door reading
isolation. What should you do?
N95 Respirator Mask, Gown & Gloves - answer· Perform a STAT draw, Precautions
needed for on contact/ airborne. How to dress for procedure?
Droplet - answer· The patient is sneezing & coughing, you wear PPE to prevent what?
Remove gloves, sanitize hands, apply fresh gloves & continue with the procedure -
answer· You put on PPE and need to step away from the room. What do you do when
you return before the blood draw?
Before & after every draw - answer· How often should you wash your hands to avoid
spreading infections?
Face Shield - answer· You enter a room wearing gown & gloves. What piece of PPE is
missing for Droplets Precaution?
Correct spelling of name - answer· When drawing blood on an outpatient, what is the
next positive ID you can get for obtaining DOB?
Call the physician before the draw to request and obtain orders for additional labs -
answer· Patient has a requestion for urine, the patient then asks for blood draw and
intend to call doctor when they leave to fax over the orders. What should the
phlebotomist do?
o 1) Draw the SST/ Gold tube top
o 2) Draw the lavender tube top - answer· Requestion form requires phlebotomist to
draw blood for hgA1C & liquid panel. How should the phlebotomist draw blood to meet
requirements?
o Expressed Consent - answer· A phlebotomist initiates the blood draw after receiving
verbal consent from patient. What type of consent?
o Lavender Tube top - answer· A physician orders ESR Lab Test. What tube do you
use?
Draw blood from Patient B using a Lavender top tube - answer· Patient A has been
waiting in the waiting room for 15 minutes, Patient B. has been waiting in the waiting
room for 5 minutes. Both require CBC with differential. STAT box on Patient B
requestion is checked. What do you do first?
Identify the patient - answer· The phlebotomist is ready for venipuncture on a patient for
the labs physician ordered. What do you do first?
Delay drawing of the blood until the issue with the ID band has been resolved - answer·
Entered the patient's room to draw blood and you notice patients DOB on ID band is
different. How do you handle this?
Use the patient ID band - answer· Receive inpatient lab order and you walk into the
patient's room and notice them unconsciousness with the family present. What do you
do to identify the patient in order to blood draw?
o Properly identify the patient - answer· Phlebotomist draws blood from patient A for
type & cross blood match and accidently mistakes label for Patient B. The tubes are
processed, and patient A blood is entered as Patient B in chart. Later, Patient B is going
in for surgery and given the wrong blood type and dies during the surgery. What should
have been done differently?
, Call the physician's office to verify name and DOB - answer· The lab receives 3
specimens labeled Maria Sanchez 4/1/56. Yet the name of the requisition Marie
4/11/65. The error is discovered during order process. What should you do?
James Davis - answer· You draw blood from a patient named James Davis. The patient
says he prefers to be called Jim. How should you label the collection tube?
Laypersons terms - answer· Which format should informed consent be written?
Implied Consent - answer· What type of consent is required for patient who is injured
and unable to respond?
ICD-10 code - answerWhich of following does requisition form include?
o Informed Consent - answer· Which form of consent should be obtained when
providing venipunctures to conscious people?
o Nitrile - answerThe following should be used when a patient has a latex allergy
o Wash hands with soap and water. - answer· Entering a new room after you drew
blood from a different patient who had a cold. What should be done before contact with
the new patient?
o N95 Respirator Mask and gloves - answer· Drawing blood from a patient who has
tested positive with tuberculosis, what form of PPE should be worn?
Notify the supervisor and follow exposure protocol - answer· You complete a blood draw
from a patient and go to leave their room and notice a stop sign on the door reading
isolation. What should you do?
N95 Respirator Mask, Gown & Gloves - answer· Perform a STAT draw, Precautions
needed for on contact/ airborne. How to dress for procedure?
Droplet - answer· The patient is sneezing & coughing, you wear PPE to prevent what?
Remove gloves, sanitize hands, apply fresh gloves & continue with the procedure -
answer· You put on PPE and need to step away from the room. What do you do when
you return before the blood draw?
Before & after every draw - answer· How often should you wash your hands to avoid
spreading infections?
Face Shield - answer· You enter a room wearing gown & gloves. What piece of PPE is
missing for Droplets Precaution?
