Phlebotomy Exam Study Guide Questions &
Correct Answers
Patient Identification - Answer What is the most important step in venipuncture?
Personal Protective Equipment - gown, mask, and gloves - Answer What is PPE?
Air dry - Answer What is the best way to let a clean site dry?
Blood borne pathogens and needle safety - Answer OSHA requires all phlebotomists to be trained
regarding what?
Universal and/or standard precautions - Answer All specimens are considered hazardous and infectious
so we must use what?
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Answer What organization should be contacted
regarding employee safety and unsafe working conditions?
Material Safety Data Sheet , the right to know the law - Answer What does MSDS mean and what is it
part of?
Lavender, EDTA - Answer What color tube, and additive is used for CBC, Hct, Hgb, Sed rate?
Red, SST - Answer Which tube has no additives?
Light Blue, Sodium Citrate - Answer What color tube and which additive is used for Protime and APTT?
9 to 1 - Answer What is the ratio of blood to additive in a light blue tube?
Na Fluoride - Answer Which additive is the best choice for an ethanol specimen?
Correct Answers
Patient Identification - Answer What is the most important step in venipuncture?
Personal Protective Equipment - gown, mask, and gloves - Answer What is PPE?
Air dry - Answer What is the best way to let a clean site dry?
Blood borne pathogens and needle safety - Answer OSHA requires all phlebotomists to be trained
regarding what?
Universal and/or standard precautions - Answer All specimens are considered hazardous and infectious
so we must use what?
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Answer What organization should be contacted
regarding employee safety and unsafe working conditions?
Material Safety Data Sheet , the right to know the law - Answer What does MSDS mean and what is it
part of?
Lavender, EDTA - Answer What color tube, and additive is used for CBC, Hct, Hgb, Sed rate?
Red, SST - Answer Which tube has no additives?
Light Blue, Sodium Citrate - Answer What color tube and which additive is used for Protime and APTT?
9 to 1 - Answer What is the ratio of blood to additive in a light blue tube?
Na Fluoride - Answer Which additive is the best choice for an ethanol specimen?
