AMCA PHLEBOTOMY ALL STANDARD ANSWERS
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔How do you do proper hand washing and scrub techniques? - ✔✔Wet hands, apply
soap, scrub for at least 20 seconds, rinse & dry
✔✔After a patient has fainted during venipuncture and the phlebotomist has removed
the tourniquet and needle, what should be done next? - ✔✔Lower the head to the knees
✔✔What is appropriate dress code for a phlebotomist? - ✔✔Scrubs and closed toe
shoes
✔✔What is proper cough etiquette? - ✔✔Cough into a bent elbow
✔✔For a fasting glucose test, how many hours should a patient be fasting at a
minimum? - ✔✔7 hours
✔✔What item is donned first when wearing full PPE? - ✔✔Gown tied at neck and waist
✔✔A female patient has never had her blood drawn before. What should a phlebotomist
allow her to do? - ✔✔Sit in a chair with arm support
✔✔What antiseptic is used for performing a heel stick on a 2 month old patient? -
✔✔Isopropyl Alcohol
✔✔What is the worst critical error a phlebotomist can make? - ✔✔Incorrectly identifying
a patient
✔✔During which phase of blood collection should a phlebotomist obtain a consent from
their patient? - ✔✔Preanalytical
✔✔ A blood test that requires testing for aluminum would be placed in what tube? -
✔✔Royal Blue Tube Top
, ✔✔What is the recommended disinfectant for blood and other bodily fluids? -
✔✔Sodium Hypochlorite
✔✔Invasive surgery procedures require what? - ✔✔Informed Consent
✔✔What tube would be used to collect blood for a pregnancy test? - ✔✔Red Tube Top
✔✔What is the best vein to draw from in the antecubital area? - ✔✔Median Cubital Vein
✔✔Which tube would be used for a Thyroid Panel; Tiger Top, Lavender, Light Green,
Yellow? - ✔✔Tiger Top
✔✔What additive is in a Dark Green Tube? - ✔✔Heparin
✔✔What tube would produce a serum sample; Green Top, Light Blue, Lavender, Red
Top? - ✔✔Red Top
✔✔If a doctor orders a CBC Test (Lavender Top), Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
(SST), PT Test (Light Blue Top), and a set of Blood Cultures (BC), what would the order
of draw be? - ✔✔BC, Light Blue, SST, Lavender Top
✔✔If a EDTA tube is used before a serum tube it could cause cross contamination and
could result in what? - ✔✔High potassium or a false low calcium value
✔✔A CBC is collected into a Lavender tube and collected as what? - ✔✔Whole Blood
Specimen
✔✔A CBC would be performed in what department of the lab? - ✔✔Hematology
✔✔What are included in electrolyte testing? - ✔✔Sodium and Potassium
✔✔Coagulation testing requires blood to be collected in what tube? - ✔✔Light Blue Top
✔✔After the needle is withdrawn from the vein, the first thing that needs to be done is
what? - ✔✔Activate the needles safety device
✔✔What would be the proper compression rate for a single adult CPR? - ✔✔30
Compressions and 2 Breaths
✔✔What would be the proper cleaning solution to use when performing a blood alcohol
test? - ✔✔Soap and Water
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔How do you do proper hand washing and scrub techniques? - ✔✔Wet hands, apply
soap, scrub for at least 20 seconds, rinse & dry
✔✔After a patient has fainted during venipuncture and the phlebotomist has removed
the tourniquet and needle, what should be done next? - ✔✔Lower the head to the knees
✔✔What is appropriate dress code for a phlebotomist? - ✔✔Scrubs and closed toe
shoes
✔✔What is proper cough etiquette? - ✔✔Cough into a bent elbow
✔✔For a fasting glucose test, how many hours should a patient be fasting at a
minimum? - ✔✔7 hours
✔✔What item is donned first when wearing full PPE? - ✔✔Gown tied at neck and waist
✔✔A female patient has never had her blood drawn before. What should a phlebotomist
allow her to do? - ✔✔Sit in a chair with arm support
✔✔What antiseptic is used for performing a heel stick on a 2 month old patient? -
✔✔Isopropyl Alcohol
✔✔What is the worst critical error a phlebotomist can make? - ✔✔Incorrectly identifying
a patient
✔✔During which phase of blood collection should a phlebotomist obtain a consent from
their patient? - ✔✔Preanalytical
✔✔ A blood test that requires testing for aluminum would be placed in what tube? -
✔✔Royal Blue Tube Top
, ✔✔What is the recommended disinfectant for blood and other bodily fluids? -
✔✔Sodium Hypochlorite
✔✔Invasive surgery procedures require what? - ✔✔Informed Consent
✔✔What tube would be used to collect blood for a pregnancy test? - ✔✔Red Tube Top
✔✔What is the best vein to draw from in the antecubital area? - ✔✔Median Cubital Vein
✔✔Which tube would be used for a Thyroid Panel; Tiger Top, Lavender, Light Green,
Yellow? - ✔✔Tiger Top
✔✔What additive is in a Dark Green Tube? - ✔✔Heparin
✔✔What tube would produce a serum sample; Green Top, Light Blue, Lavender, Red
Top? - ✔✔Red Top
✔✔If a doctor orders a CBC Test (Lavender Top), Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
(SST), PT Test (Light Blue Top), and a set of Blood Cultures (BC), what would the order
of draw be? - ✔✔BC, Light Blue, SST, Lavender Top
✔✔If a EDTA tube is used before a serum tube it could cause cross contamination and
could result in what? - ✔✔High potassium or a false low calcium value
✔✔A CBC is collected into a Lavender tube and collected as what? - ✔✔Whole Blood
Specimen
✔✔A CBC would be performed in what department of the lab? - ✔✔Hematology
✔✔What are included in electrolyte testing? - ✔✔Sodium and Potassium
✔✔Coagulation testing requires blood to be collected in what tube? - ✔✔Light Blue Top
✔✔After the needle is withdrawn from the vein, the first thing that needs to be done is
what? - ✔✔Activate the needles safety device
✔✔What would be the proper compression rate for a single adult CPR? - ✔✔30
Compressions and 2 Breaths
✔✔What would be the proper cleaning solution to use when performing a blood alcohol
test? - ✔✔Soap and Water
