Phlebotomy NPS Exam
1. Lithium heparin is in a _______ topped tube. light Green
2. If a patient is on an aspirin regimen; what would Clotting Time
be most affected?
3. Yellow topped tubes contain _____ Solution. ACD
4. If you're having trouble filling the tube or getting All the Above
blood flow at all
5. T or F: A glucose tolerance test can be used to True
diagnose adrenal insufficiency.
6. Performed to evaluate the peaks and troughs of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
drug levels in the blood, these tests ensure that
medications are not too high or low in the blood.
7. Capillary blood is composed of: interstitial fluid and intracellular flu-
ids, arterial and venous blood
8. A drop of infected blood being passed from one Indirect transmission
location to another via equipment such as your
blood drawing tray is an example of what?
9. If your patient starts to seize, what is your prima- All the Above
ry objective?
10. A Monovette or Microvette are both _________ micro -containers used during skin
puncture collection
11. T or F: The first drop of blood should be collected False
from a heel stick.
12. False
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T or F: A collection tube can lose it's vacuum if it
stays on the shelf too long.
13. _______ for a PKU screening consists of several cir- Filter paper
cles in which the blood should be directly applied
after performing a heel stick.
14. _______ means "low blood sugar" hypoglycemia
15. The accumulation of fluid in the tissues of the Edema
body is known as _________.
16. Petechiae is an indicator of _____________. Both platelet issues and capillary
problems
17. Regarding ethics, what should your core concern The patient and the standard of
always be? care that they receive
18. Pathogens require a ______. Host
19. This is a pump that increases the amount of Ventricular Assist Device
blood flow through the body.
20. T or F: The way you remove your PPE is not im- False
portant.
21. Common tests conducted in a Coagulation De- All the Above
partment would be ________
22. If performing a venipuncture on a patient who 10-20mL
is on IV therapy for a coagulation test, a discard
tube of ________ is required.
23. Which of the following tests coagulation? CBC
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1. Lithium heparin is in a _______ topped tube. light Green
2. If a patient is on an aspirin regimen; what would Clotting Time
be most affected?
3. Yellow topped tubes contain _____ Solution. ACD
4. If you're having trouble filling the tube or getting All the Above
blood flow at all
5. T or F: A glucose tolerance test can be used to True
diagnose adrenal insufficiency.
6. Performed to evaluate the peaks and troughs of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
drug levels in the blood, these tests ensure that
medications are not too high or low in the blood.
7. Capillary blood is composed of: interstitial fluid and intracellular flu-
ids, arterial and venous blood
8. A drop of infected blood being passed from one Indirect transmission
location to another via equipment such as your
blood drawing tray is an example of what?
9. If your patient starts to seize, what is your prima- All the Above
ry objective?
10. A Monovette or Microvette are both _________ micro -containers used during skin
puncture collection
11. T or F: The first drop of blood should be collected False
from a heel stick.
12. False
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T or F: A collection tube can lose it's vacuum if it
stays on the shelf too long.
13. _______ for a PKU screening consists of several cir- Filter paper
cles in which the blood should be directly applied
after performing a heel stick.
14. _______ means "low blood sugar" hypoglycemia
15. The accumulation of fluid in the tissues of the Edema
body is known as _________.
16. Petechiae is an indicator of _____________. Both platelet issues and capillary
problems
17. Regarding ethics, what should your core concern The patient and the standard of
always be? care that they receive
18. Pathogens require a ______. Host
19. This is a pump that increases the amount of Ventricular Assist Device
blood flow through the body.
20. T or F: The way you remove your PPE is not im- False
portant.
21. Common tests conducted in a Coagulation De- All the Above
partment would be ________
22. If performing a venipuncture on a patient who 10-20mL
is on IV therapy for a coagulation test, a discard
tube of ________ is required.
23. Which of the following tests coagulation? CBC
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