QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Identify the 4 colors and categories in the hazard diamond. - ANS Blue - Health Hazard
Red - Fire Hazard
Yellow - Reactivity
White - PPE
Recommends standard precautions for infection control - ANS CDC
Regulates the bloodborne pathogen standard and hazard communication stanard -
ANS OSHA
Determines the complexity of laboratory tests - ANS CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid
Services)
Defines privacy & insurance portability - ANS HIPPA
Administers CLIA certificates and defines "good laboratory practice for CLIA waived labs -
ANS FDA
Total protein is higher in capillary or venous blood? - ANS Venous
Hemoglobin is higher in capillary or venous blood? - ANS Capillary
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, Potassium is higher in capillary or venous blood? - ANS Venous
Calcium is higher in capillary or venous blood? - ANS Venous
Glucose is higher in capillary or venous blood? - ANS Capillary
What are the layers of a HCT tube from top to bottom? - ANS Plasma, buffy coat, RBC, clay
sealant
Name 4 veins used for venipuncture. - ANS Median cubital (best)
Cephalic
Median
Basilic (worst)
The major component in the erythrocyte that carries oxygen is? - ANS Hemoglobin (Hgb)
What is required on a laboratory requisition? - ANS Patient name, gender, and date of birth
Physician name and address
Collection date and time
Specimen type
What analytes are affected when hemolyzed blood releases chemicals into the plasma and
serum? - ANS K, Mg, Fe, P, NH3, total protein, lactate dehydrogenase (LD)
Sites on an arm _____ an IV insertion area could be used when performing venipuncture. -
ANS Below
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