MEDCA PHLEBOTOMY EXAM 300 HIGH-YIELD
VEIN SELECTION, SPECIMEN HANDLING, AND
INFECTION CONTROL SUMMARY 2026
◉ Pre-analytical phase.
Answer: Phlebotomist and the process of collecting blood
◉ Pharmacy.
Answer: department for testing drug levels
◉ Pareto Chart.
Answer: bar charts used to show the frequency of problems
◉ quality improvement for specimen collection.
Answer: 1. Technique
2. freq. of hematomas
3. Recollection rates
◉ clinical pathology test.
Answer: 1. Tissue
2. Blood
,3. Body fluid
◉ theraputic phlebotomy.
Answer: The removal of large amounts of blood for treatment
◉ Diseases Theraputic phlebotomy helps treat.
Answer: 1. Hemochromatosis
2. polycythemia
◉ Pharmaceutical firm.
Answer: medical department that develops and markets drugs for
use of medication
◉ Good hand hygiene.
Answer: reduces the number of outbreaks of an infection
◉ Autoclaves.
Answer: sterilize instruments under pressure
◉ nosocomial infection.
Answer: hospital acquired infection
, ◉ Universal precautions all used needles are discarded.
Answer: Intact
◉ Infection control.
Answer: prevents the spread of infection in a medical setting
◉ Protective isolation PPE.
Answer: 1. Mask
2. Gloves
3. Gown
◉ when phlebotomist stick their self with a needle.
Answer: Wash needle stick and cut with soap and water
◉ Chain of infection.
Answer: 1. the source
2. A susceptible host
3. Poor isolation technique
◉ If a patient is in Protective isolation what is a threat to them?.
Answer: the phlebotomist
VEIN SELECTION, SPECIMEN HANDLING, AND
INFECTION CONTROL SUMMARY 2026
◉ Pre-analytical phase.
Answer: Phlebotomist and the process of collecting blood
◉ Pharmacy.
Answer: department for testing drug levels
◉ Pareto Chart.
Answer: bar charts used to show the frequency of problems
◉ quality improvement for specimen collection.
Answer: 1. Technique
2. freq. of hematomas
3. Recollection rates
◉ clinical pathology test.
Answer: 1. Tissue
2. Blood
,3. Body fluid
◉ theraputic phlebotomy.
Answer: The removal of large amounts of blood for treatment
◉ Diseases Theraputic phlebotomy helps treat.
Answer: 1. Hemochromatosis
2. polycythemia
◉ Pharmaceutical firm.
Answer: medical department that develops and markets drugs for
use of medication
◉ Good hand hygiene.
Answer: reduces the number of outbreaks of an infection
◉ Autoclaves.
Answer: sterilize instruments under pressure
◉ nosocomial infection.
Answer: hospital acquired infection
, ◉ Universal precautions all used needles are discarded.
Answer: Intact
◉ Infection control.
Answer: prevents the spread of infection in a medical setting
◉ Protective isolation PPE.
Answer: 1. Mask
2. Gloves
3. Gown
◉ when phlebotomist stick their self with a needle.
Answer: Wash needle stick and cut with soap and water
◉ Chain of infection.
Answer: 1. the source
2. A susceptible host
3. Poor isolation technique
◉ If a patient is in Protective isolation what is a threat to them?.
Answer: the phlebotomist
