PHLEBOTOMY FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 100% VERIFIED.
When drawing blood on an outpatient, what is the next positive
identification to ask for after obtaining DOB? ANS >>> Correct
spelling of name
A patient has a requisition for a urine test. The patient asks to
have their blood drawn. They intend to call the Physician's
office when they leave to fax the orders. What should the plebe
technician do? ANS >>> Call the physician before the draw to
request and obtain orders for additional
A requisition form requires a phlebotomy technician to draw
blood for an hgA1C and lipid panel. How should the
phlebotomy tech draw blood from the patient to meet this
requirement? ANS >>> Draw the SST/gold top tube Draw the
lavender top tube.
,The phlebotomy technician initiates a blood draw after
receiving verbal consent from the patient. What type of consent
has been given? ANS >>> Informed Consent
The physician orders an Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
lab test. Which tube should the phlebotomy technician use? ANS
>>> Lavender
Patient A is in the waiting room and has been waiting for a
phlebotomy technician for 15 mins. Patient B is in the waiting
room and has been waiting for a phlebotomy technician for 5
mins. Both patients require a CBC with differential. The STAT
box on patient B's requisition is checked. What should the
phlebotomy technician do first? ANS >>> Draw blood from Patient
B using a lavender top tube
A phlebotomy technician is ready to perform a venipuncture on
a patient for labs the physician has ordered. What should the
phlebotomy technician do first. ANS >>> Identify the patient
A phlebotomy technician enters a patient's room to draw blood
and notices the patient's date of birth on the ID band is
different from the date of birth on the requisition. How should
, the plebe technician handle this situation? ANS >>> Delay drawing
the blood until the tissue with the ID hand is resolved
A plebe technician receives an impatient lab order. Upton
entering room, the technician observes an unconscious with the
family present.
What should the plebe tech do to verify the patient to the
order, prior to the blood draw? ANS >>> Use the patient ID band
Patient A is drawn by the phlebotomy technician for a Type and
Cross Blood that mistakenly labelled on patient B. The tubes are
processed Patient A's blood is entered into Patient's B chart.
Later that day, Patient B has surgery, is given the wrong blood
type, and dies during surgery.
What should the phlebotomy technician have done differently?
ANS >>> Properly identify the patient
The lab receives three specimens labelled Maria Sanchez,
4/1/56. The name on the requisition reads as Maria Sanches,
4/1165. The error is discovered during the ordering process.
What should the plebe tech do? ANS >>> Call the physician's office
to verify the name and DOB
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 100% VERIFIED.
When drawing blood on an outpatient, what is the next positive
identification to ask for after obtaining DOB? ANS >>> Correct
spelling of name
A patient has a requisition for a urine test. The patient asks to
have their blood drawn. They intend to call the Physician's
office when they leave to fax the orders. What should the plebe
technician do? ANS >>> Call the physician before the draw to
request and obtain orders for additional
A requisition form requires a phlebotomy technician to draw
blood for an hgA1C and lipid panel. How should the
phlebotomy tech draw blood from the patient to meet this
requirement? ANS >>> Draw the SST/gold top tube Draw the
lavender top tube.
,The phlebotomy technician initiates a blood draw after
receiving verbal consent from the patient. What type of consent
has been given? ANS >>> Informed Consent
The physician orders an Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
lab test. Which tube should the phlebotomy technician use? ANS
>>> Lavender
Patient A is in the waiting room and has been waiting for a
phlebotomy technician for 15 mins. Patient B is in the waiting
room and has been waiting for a phlebotomy technician for 5
mins. Both patients require a CBC with differential. The STAT
box on patient B's requisition is checked. What should the
phlebotomy technician do first? ANS >>> Draw blood from Patient
B using a lavender top tube
A phlebotomy technician is ready to perform a venipuncture on
a patient for labs the physician has ordered. What should the
phlebotomy technician do first. ANS >>> Identify the patient
A phlebotomy technician enters a patient's room to draw blood
and notices the patient's date of birth on the ID band is
different from the date of birth on the requisition. How should
, the plebe technician handle this situation? ANS >>> Delay drawing
the blood until the tissue with the ID hand is resolved
A plebe technician receives an impatient lab order. Upton
entering room, the technician observes an unconscious with the
family present.
What should the plebe tech do to verify the patient to the
order, prior to the blood draw? ANS >>> Use the patient ID band
Patient A is drawn by the phlebotomy technician for a Type and
Cross Blood that mistakenly labelled on patient B. The tubes are
processed Patient A's blood is entered into Patient's B chart.
Later that day, Patient B has surgery, is given the wrong blood
type, and dies during surgery.
What should the phlebotomy technician have done differently?
ANS >>> Properly identify the patient
The lab receives three specimens labelled Maria Sanchez,
4/1/56. The name on the requisition reads as Maria Sanches,
4/1165. The error is discovered during the ordering process.
What should the plebe tech do? ANS >>> Call the physician's office
to verify the name and DOB
