ASCP PHLEBOTOMY CERTIFICATION
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EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
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DISINFECTANTS ARE: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔CHEMICALS THAT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ARE USED TO REMOVE OR KILL PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS
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BABIES WHOSE MOTHERS HAVE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
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PROBLEMS MUST BE ISOLATED FROM OTHER INFANTS? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔GENITAL HERPES
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A VECTOR IN TRANSMITTING
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔MITES
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A COMMONLY IDENTIFIED
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PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM THAT CAUSES HEALTH CARE
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ASSOCIATED SKIN INFECTIONS? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔CANDIDA ALBICANS |\
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS OVERSEES THE
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INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL OF VARIOUS DISEASES ESPECIALLY
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THOSE THAT ARE COMMUNICABLE? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔CDC
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A COMMONLY IDENTIFIED
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PATHOGENIC AGENT THAT AFFECTS THE SKIN? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔HERPES VIRUS
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,REVERSE ISOLATION IS COMMONLY USED FOR PATIENTS WHO
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HAVE: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISORDERS
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A COMMONLY IDENTIFIED
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CAUSATIVE AGENT OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS IN THE |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
NURSERY UNIT? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ESCHERICHIA COLI
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS IS AN
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ANTISEPTIC FOR SKIN? - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔HEXYLRESORCINOL
A PHLEBOTOMIST HAD TO AVOID CONTACT WITH PATIENTS FOR
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24 HOURS AFTER BEING STARTED ON AN APPROPRIATE
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ANTIBIOTIC AND APPEARING SYMPTOM FREE. WHAT TYPE OF |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
INFECTION COULD HE OR SHE HAVE ACQUIRED FOR THE ABOVE
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WORK LIMITATIONS TO APPLY? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔STREP
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THROAT (GROUP A) |\ |\
THE HICPAC TRANSMISSION BASED PRECAUTIONS INCLUDE: -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔AIRBORNE, DROPLET, AND CONTACT
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ABOUT HOW MANY PATIENTS ACQUIRE A NOSOCOMIAL
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INFECTION ANNUALLY? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.75 TO 3
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MILLION
A HEALTH CARE ACQUIRED INFECTION OCCURS WHEN: -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔THE CHAIN OF INFECTION IS COMPLETE
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, IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A
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TYPICAL FOMITE? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PHLEBOTOMY TRAY
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A FACTOR THAT INCREASES A
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HOST'S SUSCEPTIBILITY IN THE CHAIN OF INFECTION? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔DRUG USE
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ANTISEPTICS FOR SKIN INCLUDE: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔IODINE |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
IF AN ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT OCCURS INVOLVING ELECTRICAL
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SHOCK TO AN EMPLOYEE OR A PATIENT, THE FIRST THING THAT
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THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER SHOULD DO IS: - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔SHUT OFF THE ELECTRICAL POWER |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
WHAT THE MAJOR PRINCIPLES OF SELF PROTECTION FROM
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RADIATION EXPOSURE? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔TIME, DISTANCE, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
AND SHIELDING
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THE FIRST STEP IN GIVING MOUTH TO MOUTH RESUSCITATION IS
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TO: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DETERMINE WHETHER THE VICTIM
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IS CONSCIOUS BY GENTLY TAPPING THE SHOULDERS OF THE
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VICTIM AND SPEAKING LOUDLY, "ARE YOU OKAY?"
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IF A FIRE EXTINGUISHER HAS TO BE USED IN A HEALTH CARE
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ENVIRONMENT, THE FIRST STEP TO PERFORM IS: - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔PULL THE PIN OFF OF THE EXTINGUISHER |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
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EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
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DISINFECTANTS ARE: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔CHEMICALS THAT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ARE USED TO REMOVE OR KILL PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
BABIES WHOSE MOTHERS HAVE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
PROBLEMS MUST BE ISOLATED FROM OTHER INFANTS? -
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔GENITAL HERPES
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A VECTOR IN TRANSMITTING
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔MITES
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A COMMONLY IDENTIFIED
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM THAT CAUSES HEALTH CARE
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ASSOCIATED SKIN INFECTIONS? - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔CANDIDA ALBICANS |\
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS OVERSEES THE
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL OF VARIOUS DISEASES ESPECIALLY
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
THOSE THAT ARE COMMUNICABLE? - CORRECT ANSWERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔CDC
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A COMMONLY IDENTIFIED
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
PATHOGENIC AGENT THAT AFFECTS THE SKIN? - CORRECT
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔HERPES VIRUS
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,REVERSE ISOLATION IS COMMONLY USED FOR PATIENTS WHO
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
HAVE: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISORDERS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A COMMONLY IDENTIFIED
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CAUSATIVE AGENT OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS IN THE |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
NURSERY UNIT? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ESCHERICHIA COLI
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS IS AN
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANTISEPTIC FOR SKIN? - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔HEXYLRESORCINOL
A PHLEBOTOMIST HAD TO AVOID CONTACT WITH PATIENTS FOR
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
24 HOURS AFTER BEING STARTED ON AN APPROPRIATE
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANTIBIOTIC AND APPEARING SYMPTOM FREE. WHAT TYPE OF |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
INFECTION COULD HE OR SHE HAVE ACQUIRED FOR THE ABOVE
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
WORK LIMITATIONS TO APPLY? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔STREP
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
THROAT (GROUP A) |\ |\
THE HICPAC TRANSMISSION BASED PRECAUTIONS INCLUDE: -
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔AIRBORNE, DROPLET, AND CONTACT
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ABOUT HOW MANY PATIENTS ACQUIRE A NOSOCOMIAL
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
INFECTION ANNUALLY? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.75 TO 3
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MILLION
A HEALTH CARE ACQUIRED INFECTION OCCURS WHEN: -
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔THE CHAIN OF INFECTION IS COMPLETE
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
, IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A
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TYPICAL FOMITE? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PHLEBOTOMY TRAY
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A FACTOR THAT INCREASES A
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
HOST'S SUSCEPTIBILITY IN THE CHAIN OF INFECTION? - CORRECT
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔DRUG USE
|\ |\ |\
ANTISEPTICS FOR SKIN INCLUDE: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔IODINE |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
IF AN ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT OCCURS INVOLVING ELECTRICAL
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
SHOCK TO AN EMPLOYEE OR A PATIENT, THE FIRST THING THAT
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER SHOULD DO IS: - CORRECT
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔SHUT OFF THE ELECTRICAL POWER |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
WHAT THE MAJOR PRINCIPLES OF SELF PROTECTION FROM
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
RADIATION EXPOSURE? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔TIME, DISTANCE, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
AND SHIELDING
|\ |\
THE FIRST STEP IN GIVING MOUTH TO MOUTH RESUSCITATION IS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
TO: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔DETERMINE WHETHER THE VICTIM
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
IS CONSCIOUS BY GENTLY TAPPING THE SHOULDERS OF THE
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
VICTIM AND SPEAKING LOUDLY, "ARE YOU OKAY?"
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
IF A FIRE EXTINGUISHER HAS TO BE USED IN A HEALTH CARE
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ENVIRONMENT, THE FIRST STEP TO PERFORM IS: - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔PULL THE PIN OFF OF THE EXTINGUISHER |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
