CCHT Practice Exam 2025: Hemodialysis Technician Questions & Answers

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HEMODIALYSIS CCHT PRACTICE EXAM

what are the responsibilities and requirements of a medical

director of a dialysis facility .....ANSWER.....being

knowledgeable of an responsible for integrity of the water

treatment system in the facility

prior to the beginning dialysis, the physician order must include

(pick 3 numbers)

1.specific dialyzer

2.blood flow rate

3. duration of the dialysis

4. patient education related to dialysis and financial obligations

.....ANSWER.....1 and 4

all 50 states require the same certification exam for employees

fulfilling the role of dialysis technician

(true or false) .....ANSWER.....False

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which of the following credentialing certification program offer

the dialysis technician the most cognitive content related to water

treatment principles?

A. certified clinical nephrology technologist

B. certified hemodialysis technician/technologist

C. certified biomedical nephrology technologist

D. certified clinical hemodialysis technician

.....ANSWER.....certified biomedical nephrology technologist

which of the following statements about consent for treatment is

accurate?




A. a written consent for dialysis consent for placement of an

access catheter

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B. a renal patient who has been admitted to the hospital with

sepsis has given implied consent upon signing the initial admission

paperwork




C.two consents are needed for dialysis: one for the dialysis itself

and one for access procedures or modifications




D. in an emergency, such as an aspirin overdose, it is not

necessary to have consent prior to beginning hemodialysis

.....ANSWER.....C.two consents are needed for dialysis: one for

the dialysis itself and one for access procedures or modifications

who was the first person to use the term dialysis ?

A. Bernard turner

B. Leonard rowntree

C. Thomas Grahamn

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D. john Abel .....ANSWER.....C. Thomas Grahamn

what was the primary anticoagulant used in the first arifical

kidney .....ANSWER.....hirudin

Dr. Willem Kolff created the first dialyzer suitable for human use

(rotating drum dialyzer) in 1943. What material as used to

construct the hollow tubes on this device?

.....ANSWER.....Cellophane

the first arteriovenous (AV) shunt for chronic renal patients was

placed .....ANSWER.....externally, using Teflon tubes

president (blank) signed the bill that allowed medicare coverage

to pay for treatment for all patients with chronic kidney disease

.....ANSWER.....President Nixon

in 1989, FDA approval of (blank) diminished the need for blood

transfusions in chronic renal disease patients

.....ANSWER.....Epoetin Alfa (Epogen)