DAVITA PCT EXAM 2026 2027 VERIFIED
ANSWERS ACTUAL UPDATED
PRACTICE QUESTIONS TEST BANK
HIGH YIELD STUDY GUIDE EXAM PREP
MATERIAL LATEST VERSION GRADED
A+ SUCCESS REVIEW
1. what is REM and what is used to submit?: Risk Event Management and unsafe
condition, near miss, and an adverse event
2. Sterile means: free of all living microorganisms and spores
3. clean means: not sterile, but disinfected such as a clean dialysis chair
4. contaminated means: that a sterile or clean item has come in contact with non-
sterile object
5. dirty means: neither sterile or clean, but visibly contaminated
6. Alcohol-bases hand rubs must contain: 60-95% ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alco-
hol, or a combination of both
7. How long should you wash your hands for?: 20 seconds
8. PPE includes what?: gloves, gowns, masks, protective eye gear
9. environmental surfaces are cleaned with appropriate disinfectant such as a
bleach solution: 1:100 one part bleach and 99 part water
10. for visible blood or gross blood spills, a bleach solution must be
utilized: 1:10 1 part bleach and 9 parts water
11. when preparing patient assignments, teammates who care for confirmed
or suspected hep B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive patient(s) will only be
assigned to simultaneously care for surface: antibody positive (immune)
patients 12. Although dialysis is a complex procedure, it is based on simple
princi- ples: use of a semipermeable membrane, diffusion, ultrafiltration,
convection, and osmosis 13. what are the 3 treatment goals to achieve in
dialysis?: 1. Remove waste from the blood
2. remove excess water from the blood
3. balance blood electrolytes
,
, DAVITA PCT EXAM LATEST 2026 2027
ACTUAL EXAM 350 QUESTIONS AND
CORRET DETAILED ANSWERS
14. semipermeable membrane: thin sheet of natural or synthetic material that
allows some small particles to pass through, while blocking other, larger ones.
15. what is a dialyzer and the 2 compartments: artificial kidney and blood site and
dialysate site
16. what happens if the blood site and dialysate site mix?: = blood leak
17. what is dialysate (3 things)?: RO water, acid bath, and bicarbonate
2026 2027|ALREADY GRADED A+
18. what is an extracorporeal circuit?: bloodline, saline, and dialyzer=set up
19. What is diffusion?: movement of dissolved particles across a semipermeable
membrane from the side with the higher concentration to the side with the lower
concentratio n.
20. What is ultrafiltration?: removes water from the blood by pushing it across the
semipermeable membrane
21. What is convection?: or solute drag is when solutes move with the water across
the semipermeable membrane.
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DAVITA PCT EXAM LATEST 2026 2027
ACTUAL EXAM 350 QUESTIONS AND
CORRET DETAILED ANSWERS
2026 2027|ALREADY GRADED A+
22. What is osmosis?: is the movement of water across a semipermeable mem-
brane from the side with the lower solute concentration to the side with the higher
solute concentration
23. After a chemical disinfection with bleach, how do you verify that the
machine is free of residual bleach before you start setting up?: check the fluid
from the drain hose with residual chlorine test strip
24. What is an acceptable test result when verifying the absence of residual
bleach?: less than or equal to 0.5ppm
25. What is strikethrough?: Saline rises in transducer allows for inaccurate read-
ings. The back of transducer is checked for wet. If wet can contaminate machine. Pull
for bio med.
26. what is the only fluid we use to prime the blood lines and dialyze?: sodium
chloride 0.9% (normal saline)
27. what is proportioned dialysate?: even amounts of RO water, acid bath and
bicarbonate
28. The manual conductivity must match the dialysis delivery system dis-
played conductivity : +/- 0.4 mS of the theoretical conductivity (TCD)
for Fresenius delivery systems
29. The maximum recirculation time after a machine has been set up prior to
treatment initiation cannot exceed hours.: 2 hours
30. What is the rationale for limiting recirculation time?: bacterial proliferation
in the extracorporeal circuit may occur
31. Some blood lines are equipped with external transducer protectors. What
is the correct procedure to be followed once strikethrough of an external
transducer protector has occurred?: upon completion of treatment, the delivery
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DAVITA PCT EXAM LATEST 2026 2027
ACTUAL EXAM 350 QUESTIONS AND
CORRET DETAILED ANSWERS
system is to be removed from service and labeled with date, time, description of
problem and name the teammate reporting the problem. the internal transducer
2026 2027|ALREADY GRADED A+
protector will be changed by boomed tech. and delivery system will be disinfected
prior to return use
32. The acceptable range for proportioned dialysate pH is :-
6.9-7.6
33. When are dialysate conductivity and pH testing required to be performed?-
: prior to initiating a treatment and whenever dialysate concentrate(s) (acid or
bicarb) are changed or replaced during the course of the treatment
34. If bleach and peracetic acid are mixed, a chemical reaction occurs, produc-
ing: toxic chlorine gas
,
ANSWERS ACTUAL UPDATED
PRACTICE QUESTIONS TEST BANK
HIGH YIELD STUDY GUIDE EXAM PREP
MATERIAL LATEST VERSION GRADED
A+ SUCCESS REVIEW
1. what is REM and what is used to submit?: Risk Event Management and unsafe
condition, near miss, and an adverse event
2. Sterile means: free of all living microorganisms and spores
3. clean means: not sterile, but disinfected such as a clean dialysis chair
4. contaminated means: that a sterile or clean item has come in contact with non-
sterile object
5. dirty means: neither sterile or clean, but visibly contaminated
6. Alcohol-bases hand rubs must contain: 60-95% ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alco-
hol, or a combination of both
7. How long should you wash your hands for?: 20 seconds
8. PPE includes what?: gloves, gowns, masks, protective eye gear
9. environmental surfaces are cleaned with appropriate disinfectant such as a
bleach solution: 1:100 one part bleach and 99 part water
10. for visible blood or gross blood spills, a bleach solution must be
utilized: 1:10 1 part bleach and 9 parts water
11. when preparing patient assignments, teammates who care for confirmed
or suspected hep B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive patient(s) will only be
assigned to simultaneously care for surface: antibody positive (immune)
patients 12. Although dialysis is a complex procedure, it is based on simple
princi- ples: use of a semipermeable membrane, diffusion, ultrafiltration,
convection, and osmosis 13. what are the 3 treatment goals to achieve in
dialysis?: 1. Remove waste from the blood
2. remove excess water from the blood
3. balance blood electrolytes
,
, DAVITA PCT EXAM LATEST 2026 2027
ACTUAL EXAM 350 QUESTIONS AND
CORRET DETAILED ANSWERS
14. semipermeable membrane: thin sheet of natural or synthetic material that
allows some small particles to pass through, while blocking other, larger ones.
15. what is a dialyzer and the 2 compartments: artificial kidney and blood site and
dialysate site
16. what happens if the blood site and dialysate site mix?: = blood leak
17. what is dialysate (3 things)?: RO water, acid bath, and bicarbonate
2026 2027|ALREADY GRADED A+
18. what is an extracorporeal circuit?: bloodline, saline, and dialyzer=set up
19. What is diffusion?: movement of dissolved particles across a semipermeable
membrane from the side with the higher concentration to the side with the lower
concentratio n.
20. What is ultrafiltration?: removes water from the blood by pushing it across the
semipermeable membrane
21. What is convection?: or solute drag is when solutes move with the water across
the semipermeable membrane.
,
, ,
DAVITA PCT EXAM LATEST 2026 2027
ACTUAL EXAM 350 QUESTIONS AND
CORRET DETAILED ANSWERS
2026 2027|ALREADY GRADED A+
22. What is osmosis?: is the movement of water across a semipermeable mem-
brane from the side with the lower solute concentration to the side with the higher
solute concentration
23. After a chemical disinfection with bleach, how do you verify that the
machine is free of residual bleach before you start setting up?: check the fluid
from the drain hose with residual chlorine test strip
24. What is an acceptable test result when verifying the absence of residual
bleach?: less than or equal to 0.5ppm
25. What is strikethrough?: Saline rises in transducer allows for inaccurate read-
ings. The back of transducer is checked for wet. If wet can contaminate machine. Pull
for bio med.
26. what is the only fluid we use to prime the blood lines and dialyze?: sodium
chloride 0.9% (normal saline)
27. what is proportioned dialysate?: even amounts of RO water, acid bath and
bicarbonate
28. The manual conductivity must match the dialysis delivery system dis-
played conductivity : +/- 0.4 mS of the theoretical conductivity (TCD)
for Fresenius delivery systems
29. The maximum recirculation time after a machine has been set up prior to
treatment initiation cannot exceed hours.: 2 hours
30. What is the rationale for limiting recirculation time?: bacterial proliferation
in the extracorporeal circuit may occur
31. Some blood lines are equipped with external transducer protectors. What
is the correct procedure to be followed once strikethrough of an external
transducer protector has occurred?: upon completion of treatment, the delivery
,
, ,
DAVITA PCT EXAM LATEST 2026 2027
ACTUAL EXAM 350 QUESTIONS AND
CORRET DETAILED ANSWERS
system is to be removed from service and labeled with date, time, description of
problem and name the teammate reporting the problem. the internal transducer
2026 2027|ALREADY GRADED A+
protector will be changed by boomed tech. and delivery system will be disinfected
prior to return use
32. The acceptable range for proportioned dialysate pH is :-
6.9-7.6
33. When are dialysate conductivity and pH testing required to be performed?-
: prior to initiating a treatment and whenever dialysate concentrate(s) (acid or
bicarb) are changed or replaced during the course of the treatment
34. If bleach and peracetic acid are mixed, a chemical reaction occurs, produc-
ing: toxic chlorine gas
,
