NHCO PHLEBOTOMY EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔the fatality of accidents inspection - ✔✔occurs after OSHA receives notice from the
employer of a workplace fatality or an accident resulting in the hospitalization of three or
more employees.
✔✔the programmed inspection - ✔✔an inspection conducted of randomly chosen
workplaces determined to be engaged in particularly hazardous types of work according
to their standard industry classification codes
✔✔the imminent danger inspection - ✔✔occurs when OSHA receives a report that a
condition of imminent danger exists at a workplace
*least common type of inspection
✔✔bodily fluids - ✔✔What is the cause of majority of the contamination in phlebotomy?
✔✔Sexual contact
sharing hypodermic needles
accidental puncture
through eyes, nose, broken skin - ✔✔How can HBV/HIV be transmitted?
✔✔direct contact transmission - ✔✔person to person transmission
ex. skin to skin contact
✔✔indirect contact transmission - ✔✔infected by contact with a contaminated surface,
temporary reservoir
ex. contact with object
✔✔droplet transmission - ✔✔traveling in saliva, or mucous
ex. sneezing, coughing
✔✔airborne transmission - ✔✔small infectious agent that suspends in air and travel
across vast space
ex. tuberculosis
✔✔vehicle transmission - ✔✔whatever a person touches has it's fluids
ex. doorknob, phone, pen in the mouth, food
✔✔vector-borne transmission - ✔✔Pathogen is carried by an insect or animal
ex. malaria, Lyme, dengue
✔✔parenteral transmission - ✔✔infection transmitted other than by mouth, nose, or
eyes
, ex. needlestick, open wound, hangnail
✔✔within 10 days or a declination form - ✔✔How many days after employment should a
healthcare personnel be given a vaccination against Hepatitis B
✔✔Hand washing - ✔✔How can you break the chain of transmission?
✔✔1. Gloves
2. Goggles
3. Gown
4. Mask - ✔✔Order of removal of PPE
✔✔Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (2000) - ✔✔What is the NSPA?
✔✔Type and brand of device involved
The department or area where it occurred
Explanation of how it happened - ✔✔What should the sharps injury log must contain?
✔✔Nitrile gloves - ✔✔If there is an allergy to latex gloves, what could you use?
✔✔Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) - ✔✔What is the most common nosocomial infection for lab
employees?
✔✔up to 7 days - ✔✔How many days does Hepatitis B last in dried blood?
✔✔Hepatits B symptoms - ✔✔Jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, joint
pain; Could take 1-9 months to show symptoms
✔✔NEVER DOUBLE GLOVE - ✔✔NEVER DOUBLE GLOVE
✔✔NEVER RECAP - ✔✔NEVER RECAP
✔✔Special air handling and ventilation - ✔✔What is required to prevent airborne
transmission?
✔✔1. Wash hands immediately
2. Report to supervisor
3. Refer to an MSDS or SDS (material safety data sheet)
4. Fill out exposure report form - ✔✔Steps if exposed to blood via needlestick
✔✔10%; leave for 10 minutes - ✔✔What % of bleach is used for cleaning blood on
chairs, tables, or flooring?
✔✔1:10 and 1: 100 - ✔✔What are the ratios for sodium hypochlorite?
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔the fatality of accidents inspection - ✔✔occurs after OSHA receives notice from the
employer of a workplace fatality or an accident resulting in the hospitalization of three or
more employees.
✔✔the programmed inspection - ✔✔an inspection conducted of randomly chosen
workplaces determined to be engaged in particularly hazardous types of work according
to their standard industry classification codes
✔✔the imminent danger inspection - ✔✔occurs when OSHA receives a report that a
condition of imminent danger exists at a workplace
*least common type of inspection
✔✔bodily fluids - ✔✔What is the cause of majority of the contamination in phlebotomy?
✔✔Sexual contact
sharing hypodermic needles
accidental puncture
through eyes, nose, broken skin - ✔✔How can HBV/HIV be transmitted?
✔✔direct contact transmission - ✔✔person to person transmission
ex. skin to skin contact
✔✔indirect contact transmission - ✔✔infected by contact with a contaminated surface,
temporary reservoir
ex. contact with object
✔✔droplet transmission - ✔✔traveling in saliva, or mucous
ex. sneezing, coughing
✔✔airborne transmission - ✔✔small infectious agent that suspends in air and travel
across vast space
ex. tuberculosis
✔✔vehicle transmission - ✔✔whatever a person touches has it's fluids
ex. doorknob, phone, pen in the mouth, food
✔✔vector-borne transmission - ✔✔Pathogen is carried by an insect or animal
ex. malaria, Lyme, dengue
✔✔parenteral transmission - ✔✔infection transmitted other than by mouth, nose, or
eyes
, ex. needlestick, open wound, hangnail
✔✔within 10 days or a declination form - ✔✔How many days after employment should a
healthcare personnel be given a vaccination against Hepatitis B
✔✔Hand washing - ✔✔How can you break the chain of transmission?
✔✔1. Gloves
2. Goggles
3. Gown
4. Mask - ✔✔Order of removal of PPE
✔✔Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (2000) - ✔✔What is the NSPA?
✔✔Type and brand of device involved
The department or area where it occurred
Explanation of how it happened - ✔✔What should the sharps injury log must contain?
✔✔Nitrile gloves - ✔✔If there is an allergy to latex gloves, what could you use?
✔✔Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) - ✔✔What is the most common nosocomial infection for lab
employees?
✔✔up to 7 days - ✔✔How many days does Hepatitis B last in dried blood?
✔✔Hepatits B symptoms - ✔✔Jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, joint
pain; Could take 1-9 months to show symptoms
✔✔NEVER DOUBLE GLOVE - ✔✔NEVER DOUBLE GLOVE
✔✔NEVER RECAP - ✔✔NEVER RECAP
✔✔Special air handling and ventilation - ✔✔What is required to prevent airborne
transmission?
✔✔1. Wash hands immediately
2. Report to supervisor
3. Refer to an MSDS or SDS (material safety data sheet)
4. Fill out exposure report form - ✔✔Steps if exposed to blood via needlestick
✔✔10%; leave for 10 minutes - ✔✔What % of bleach is used for cleaning blood on
chairs, tables, or flooring?
✔✔1:10 and 1: 100 - ✔✔What are the ratios for sodium hypochlorite?
