CERTIFIED PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN EXAM, CERTIFIED EKG TECHNICIAN NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
230 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
What are the methods of transmission for the different types of precautions? - (answer) CONTACT
AIRBORNE
DROPLET
Know the order of draw for capillary sticks? - (answer) BLOOD GASES
EDTA
other ADDITIVE TUBES
Know the types of tests that require chain of custody documentation. What is needed on a chain of
custody form for a urine specimen. - (answer) CHAIN OF CUSTODY IS NEEDED IN ANY TYPE OF LEGAL
DOCUMENTATION OR PURPOSES. TEMPERATURE NEEDS TO BE DOCUMENTED.
Which agency governs safety in the workplace? - (answer) OSHA
When performing a capillary puncture on fingers you should? - (answer) MILK THE FINGER GENTLY
Know the order of draw for evacuated tubes? - (answer) YELLOW
LIGHT BLUE
RED
SST
GREEN
LAVENDER
GRAY
What in the urinalysis would indicate an infection? - (answer) LEUKOCYTES-WHITE BLOOD CELLS
How are lactic acid specimens sent, and What if they are being sent to an outside lab? - (answer) SENT
ON ICE REGULARLY , BUT IF SENT TO AN OUTSIDE LAB SENT FROZEN
,CERTIFIED PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN EXAM, CERTIFIED EKG TECHNICIAN NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
230 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Can a patient eat or drink anything but water before a fasting blood test? And how long does patients
need to fast? - (answer) NO, for 8-12 HRS
Why are there 2 different colored caps on collection bottles? - (answer) BLOOD CULTURES ANAEROBIC
AND AEROBIC TO DETECT MICROORGANISMS IN THE BLOOD
According to CLSI standards what is the first vein you must attempt to find on either arm? - (answer)
MEDIAN CUBITAL VEIN
Why do Point of Care test regulations require quality control? Also remember to document Quality
control results. - (answer) TO ENSURE ACCURATE RESULTS
Failure to demonstrate proper care with injury is - (answer) NEGLIGENCE
Why should the phlebotomist explain the procedure prior to venipuncture? - (answer) TO GET
CONSENT
Drawing a patient's blood without consent would be? - (answer) BATTERY
Can a stool specimen be collected with urine? - (answer) NO
Easiest vein to find on an obese patient? - (answer) CEPHALIC VEIN
THUMB SIDE
Why should you avoid using a site with interrupted skin integrity? - (answer) INCREASES CHANCES OF
INFECTION
Why do you need to place the label of a non blood specimen on the container, not the lid?. - (answer)
BECAUSE IF YOU TOOK THE LID OFF OF IT WOULD BE AN UNLABELED SPECIMEN.
, CERTIFIED PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN EXAM, CERTIFIED EKG TECHNICIAN NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
230 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
CBC, Chemistry panel, lead, and toxicology screen via capillary puncture, which tube would be first? -
(answer) LAVENDER
EDTA TUBE
Proper way to ID newborn? - (answer) ID BRACELET
STAT chemistry panel, What color Tube? - (answer) Green tube if needed STAT
PT/PTT goes in what color tube? - (answer) LIGHT BLUE
FOR ALL COAGULATION TEST
Which tubes are centrifuged for serum specimen? - (answer) SST TUBES
RED
SPECKLED
GOLD
Capillary finger puncture can be done on which fingers? Should the puncture go along the fingerprint or
perpendicular to it? - (answer) RING and MIDDLE FINGER
PERPENDICULAR TO THE FINGERPRINT
How would you instruct a female to collect a urine specimen for a culture? - (answer) Do a clean catch
specimen, Wipe front to back, and collect specimen midstream.
Hematomas are more likely in what age group? - (answer) ELDERLY
What is the most common complication of phlebotomy for a patient on warfarin Coumadin? - (answer)
HEMATOMAS
What would you use to clean blood or body fluids off a hard surface? - (answer) ANTI MICROBIAL
SOAPS OR WIPES
230 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
What are the methods of transmission for the different types of precautions? - (answer) CONTACT
AIRBORNE
DROPLET
Know the order of draw for capillary sticks? - (answer) BLOOD GASES
EDTA
other ADDITIVE TUBES
Know the types of tests that require chain of custody documentation. What is needed on a chain of
custody form for a urine specimen. - (answer) CHAIN OF CUSTODY IS NEEDED IN ANY TYPE OF LEGAL
DOCUMENTATION OR PURPOSES. TEMPERATURE NEEDS TO BE DOCUMENTED.
Which agency governs safety in the workplace? - (answer) OSHA
When performing a capillary puncture on fingers you should? - (answer) MILK THE FINGER GENTLY
Know the order of draw for evacuated tubes? - (answer) YELLOW
LIGHT BLUE
RED
SST
GREEN
LAVENDER
GRAY
What in the urinalysis would indicate an infection? - (answer) LEUKOCYTES-WHITE BLOOD CELLS
How are lactic acid specimens sent, and What if they are being sent to an outside lab? - (answer) SENT
ON ICE REGULARLY , BUT IF SENT TO AN OUTSIDE LAB SENT FROZEN
,CERTIFIED PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN EXAM, CERTIFIED EKG TECHNICIAN NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
230 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Can a patient eat or drink anything but water before a fasting blood test? And how long does patients
need to fast? - (answer) NO, for 8-12 HRS
Why are there 2 different colored caps on collection bottles? - (answer) BLOOD CULTURES ANAEROBIC
AND AEROBIC TO DETECT MICROORGANISMS IN THE BLOOD
According to CLSI standards what is the first vein you must attempt to find on either arm? - (answer)
MEDIAN CUBITAL VEIN
Why do Point of Care test regulations require quality control? Also remember to document Quality
control results. - (answer) TO ENSURE ACCURATE RESULTS
Failure to demonstrate proper care with injury is - (answer) NEGLIGENCE
Why should the phlebotomist explain the procedure prior to venipuncture? - (answer) TO GET
CONSENT
Drawing a patient's blood without consent would be? - (answer) BATTERY
Can a stool specimen be collected with urine? - (answer) NO
Easiest vein to find on an obese patient? - (answer) CEPHALIC VEIN
THUMB SIDE
Why should you avoid using a site with interrupted skin integrity? - (answer) INCREASES CHANCES OF
INFECTION
Why do you need to place the label of a non blood specimen on the container, not the lid?. - (answer)
BECAUSE IF YOU TOOK THE LID OFF OF IT WOULD BE AN UNLABELED SPECIMEN.
, CERTIFIED PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN EXAM, CERTIFIED EKG TECHNICIAN NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
230 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
CBC, Chemistry panel, lead, and toxicology screen via capillary puncture, which tube would be first? -
(answer) LAVENDER
EDTA TUBE
Proper way to ID newborn? - (answer) ID BRACELET
STAT chemistry panel, What color Tube? - (answer) Green tube if needed STAT
PT/PTT goes in what color tube? - (answer) LIGHT BLUE
FOR ALL COAGULATION TEST
Which tubes are centrifuged for serum specimen? - (answer) SST TUBES
RED
SPECKLED
GOLD
Capillary finger puncture can be done on which fingers? Should the puncture go along the fingerprint or
perpendicular to it? - (answer) RING and MIDDLE FINGER
PERPENDICULAR TO THE FINGERPRINT
How would you instruct a female to collect a urine specimen for a culture? - (answer) Do a clean catch
specimen, Wipe front to back, and collect specimen midstream.
Hematomas are more likely in what age group? - (answer) ELDERLY
What is the most common complication of phlebotomy for a patient on warfarin Coumadin? - (answer)
HEMATOMAS
What would you use to clean blood or body fluids off a hard surface? - (answer) ANTI MICROBIAL
SOAPS OR WIPES
