NHCO PHLEBOTOMY EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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1. in what year was HIPAA passed ? - ANSWER ✔ 1996
2. What does HIPAA stand for ? - ANSWER ✔ Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act
3. What does PHI stand for ? - ANSWER ✔ Protected Health Information
4. what does TJC stand for ? - ANSWER ✔ The Joint Commission
5. when was TJC founded and what role does it play in the medical field -
ANSWER ✔ founded in 1951
role: establishing practices/operations that benefit patients and overseeing
POCT
6. what does POCT stand for? - ANSWER ✔ Point of Care Testing
7. what is CLSI - ANSWER ✔ Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
,8. what is the role of CLSI ? - ANSWER ✔ developing standards using
representatives from fields they oversee
(MAINLY OVERSEEING LABS)
9. when choosing a finger stick site which fingers should be selected ? -
ANSWER ✔ 3rd or 4th on dominant hand
10.where should a heel be sticked? - ANSWER ✔ medially extending from the
middle of the great toe to the heel and laterally from the fourth and fifth toe
to the heel
11.what is the max puncture on full-term infants ? - ANSWER ✔ 2.0mm
12.what is the CLSI capillary order of draw ? - ANSWER ✔ EHAS
13.what does EHAS stand for ? - ANSWER ✔ EDTA
Heparin
Any other additive
Serum
14.What is basal state? - ANSWER ✔ fasting and refraining from exercise for
8-12 hours
15.postprandial - ANSWER ✔ after a mean
,16.When are tough levels collected? - ANSWER ✔ 15 minutes before
scheduled medicine
17.Aliquoting - ANSWER ✔ diving whole samples into parts
18.The vascular phase of hemostasis is characterized by which of the following
reactions?
a. Platelets aggregate at the injured site forming a temporary platelet
plug
b. The temporary platelet plug is converted to a stable fibrin clot.
c. The blood vessels constrict in response to injury
d. There is breakdown and removal of the clot - ANSWER ✔ c. The
blood vessels constrict in response to injury
19.When blood cultures are ordered on an adult patient, which of the following
materials should the phlebotomist bring?
a. The phlebotomist should bring an aerobic bottle and an anaerobic
bottle
b. The phlebotomist should bring three anaerobic bottles
c. The phlebotomist should bring three aerobic bottles and one SPS tube
d. The phlebotomist should bring one aerobic bottle - ANSWER ✔ a.
The phlebotomist should bring an aerobic bottle and an anaerobic
bottle
20.A phlebotomist is asked to collect a specimen from a patient in the Oncology
department. A patient in this department is most likely being treated for
which of the following?
, a. Diabetes
b. Cancer
c. Vascular disorders
d. Pregnancy - ANSWER ✔ b. Cancer
21.If a patient has a syncopal episode during a blood draw, what should the
phlebotomist do first?
a. The phlebotomist should use an ammonia inhalant to wake them up
b. The phlebotomist should remove the needle, and then remove the
tourniquet
c. The phlebotomist should remove the tourniquet, and then remove the
needle
d. The phlebotomist should call for help - ANSWER ✔ c. The
phlebotomist should remove the tourniquet, and then remove the
needle
22.Which of the following is incorrect about the Lavender Top Tube?
a. It contains an anticoagulant which binds to calcium
b. It is used to collect a specimen for a complete blood count
c. It must be inverted several times immediately after drawing to ensure
uniform mixing of blood and anticoagulant
d. It is used to collect specimens for coagulation studies - ANSWER ✔
d. It is used to collect specimens for coagulation studies
23.The boundaries for the approved area in performing heel punctures are
which of the following?
a. The medial line extending from the great toe and lateral line extending
from the fourth and fifth digit
2026/2027 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. in what year was HIPAA passed ? - ANSWER ✔ 1996
2. What does HIPAA stand for ? - ANSWER ✔ Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act
3. What does PHI stand for ? - ANSWER ✔ Protected Health Information
4. what does TJC stand for ? - ANSWER ✔ The Joint Commission
5. when was TJC founded and what role does it play in the medical field -
ANSWER ✔ founded in 1951
role: establishing practices/operations that benefit patients and overseeing
POCT
6. what does POCT stand for? - ANSWER ✔ Point of Care Testing
7. what is CLSI - ANSWER ✔ Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
,8. what is the role of CLSI ? - ANSWER ✔ developing standards using
representatives from fields they oversee
(MAINLY OVERSEEING LABS)
9. when choosing a finger stick site which fingers should be selected ? -
ANSWER ✔ 3rd or 4th on dominant hand
10.where should a heel be sticked? - ANSWER ✔ medially extending from the
middle of the great toe to the heel and laterally from the fourth and fifth toe
to the heel
11.what is the max puncture on full-term infants ? - ANSWER ✔ 2.0mm
12.what is the CLSI capillary order of draw ? - ANSWER ✔ EHAS
13.what does EHAS stand for ? - ANSWER ✔ EDTA
Heparin
Any other additive
Serum
14.What is basal state? - ANSWER ✔ fasting and refraining from exercise for
8-12 hours
15.postprandial - ANSWER ✔ after a mean
,16.When are tough levels collected? - ANSWER ✔ 15 minutes before
scheduled medicine
17.Aliquoting - ANSWER ✔ diving whole samples into parts
18.The vascular phase of hemostasis is characterized by which of the following
reactions?
a. Platelets aggregate at the injured site forming a temporary platelet
plug
b. The temporary platelet plug is converted to a stable fibrin clot.
c. The blood vessels constrict in response to injury
d. There is breakdown and removal of the clot - ANSWER ✔ c. The
blood vessels constrict in response to injury
19.When blood cultures are ordered on an adult patient, which of the following
materials should the phlebotomist bring?
a. The phlebotomist should bring an aerobic bottle and an anaerobic
bottle
b. The phlebotomist should bring three anaerobic bottles
c. The phlebotomist should bring three aerobic bottles and one SPS tube
d. The phlebotomist should bring one aerobic bottle - ANSWER ✔ a.
The phlebotomist should bring an aerobic bottle and an anaerobic
bottle
20.A phlebotomist is asked to collect a specimen from a patient in the Oncology
department. A patient in this department is most likely being treated for
which of the following?
, a. Diabetes
b. Cancer
c. Vascular disorders
d. Pregnancy - ANSWER ✔ b. Cancer
21.If a patient has a syncopal episode during a blood draw, what should the
phlebotomist do first?
a. The phlebotomist should use an ammonia inhalant to wake them up
b. The phlebotomist should remove the needle, and then remove the
tourniquet
c. The phlebotomist should remove the tourniquet, and then remove the
needle
d. The phlebotomist should call for help - ANSWER ✔ c. The
phlebotomist should remove the tourniquet, and then remove the
needle
22.Which of the following is incorrect about the Lavender Top Tube?
a. It contains an anticoagulant which binds to calcium
b. It is used to collect a specimen for a complete blood count
c. It must be inverted several times immediately after drawing to ensure
uniform mixing of blood and anticoagulant
d. It is used to collect specimens for coagulation studies - ANSWER ✔
d. It is used to collect specimens for coagulation studies
23.The boundaries for the approved area in performing heel punctures are
which of the following?
a. The medial line extending from the great toe and lateral line extending
from the fourth and fifth digit
