NPS PHLEBOTOMY CERTIFICATION
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED STUDY
RESOURCE
●● What should you not do in a lab area?
Answer: Eat or drink
●● Blood poisoning is otherwise known as
Answer: septicemia
●● What action should be taken if a glove gets torn during a procedure?
Answer: Replace the glove immediately
●● What is a common non-Venus reaction to blood collection?
Answer: Hematoma
●● If you perform a blood culture after an additive to specimen draw
what can occur
Answer: Cross contamination
●● Rolling veins tend to be present, mostly in
,Answer: Both geriatric patients & extremely muscular patients
●● Which of the following is not a way to avoid needle sticks
Answer: Recap a needle after use
●● Potassium is an additive in what color top tube
Answer: Gray
●● Which of the following equipment is used to increase the amount of
blood flow through the body
Answer: Perfusion pump
●● What is the primary difference between malpractice and negligence?
Answer: Malpractice is deviation from standard of care causing harm,
while negligence is carelessness resulting in injury
●● Which part of the needle should always face up during Vena
puncture?
Answer: The bevel
●● Any disease causing pathogen carried through the blood
Answer: Blood-borne pathogen
, ●● Where is shit you never place a tourniquet in dialysis patients
Answer: Over a graft or shunt
●● A non-additive serum to must be drawn _______ any additive to
collection because the blood needs to _______ for the specific test
required
Answer: Before, coagulate
●● What does the term coagulate mean?
Answer: Blood turns from a liquid into a gel like state
●● The normal dose of glucola for an adult is blank grams
Answer: 100
●● What should you always do before going on a break from the lab?
Answer: Wash your hands
●● What is the primary objective of personal protection equipment?
Answer: To create an appropriate barrier from the perceived risk
●● What is the primary purpose of a policy manual in a medical
institution?
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED STUDY
RESOURCE
●● What should you not do in a lab area?
Answer: Eat or drink
●● Blood poisoning is otherwise known as
Answer: septicemia
●● What action should be taken if a glove gets torn during a procedure?
Answer: Replace the glove immediately
●● What is a common non-Venus reaction to blood collection?
Answer: Hematoma
●● If you perform a blood culture after an additive to specimen draw
what can occur
Answer: Cross contamination
●● Rolling veins tend to be present, mostly in
,Answer: Both geriatric patients & extremely muscular patients
●● Which of the following is not a way to avoid needle sticks
Answer: Recap a needle after use
●● Potassium is an additive in what color top tube
Answer: Gray
●● Which of the following equipment is used to increase the amount of
blood flow through the body
Answer: Perfusion pump
●● What is the primary difference between malpractice and negligence?
Answer: Malpractice is deviation from standard of care causing harm,
while negligence is carelessness resulting in injury
●● Which part of the needle should always face up during Vena
puncture?
Answer: The bevel
●● Any disease causing pathogen carried through the blood
Answer: Blood-borne pathogen
, ●● Where is shit you never place a tourniquet in dialysis patients
Answer: Over a graft or shunt
●● A non-additive serum to must be drawn _______ any additive to
collection because the blood needs to _______ for the specific test
required
Answer: Before, coagulate
●● What does the term coagulate mean?
Answer: Blood turns from a liquid into a gel like state
●● The normal dose of glucola for an adult is blank grams
Answer: 100
●● What should you always do before going on a break from the lab?
Answer: Wash your hands
●● What is the primary objective of personal protection equipment?
Answer: To create an appropriate barrier from the perceived risk
●● What is the primary purpose of a policy manual in a medical
institution?
