Phlebotomy Exam| 226 Questions| With Complete Solutions

If a green Heparin specimen tube is drawn for electrolytes, EDTA contains salts that could show a falsely low reading. Correct Answer: False Newborns have a blood volume of ______ mL Correct Answer: 335ml HIPAA stands for: Correct Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act If there is excess alcohol after you clean the site, you should Correct Answer: use a sterile gauze pad to wipe the excess alcohol away When phenylalanine builds up in the body due to its inability to convert to tyrosine, this is known as Correct Answer: Phenylketonuria This department examines results of micro-organism growth in specimens so the physician can find out what contagions are present and the proper way to treat the patient. Correct Answer: Microbiology Rolling veins tend to be present mostly in: Correct Answer: Both geriatric patients & extremely muscular patients. Sodium Fluoride additive is in the gray tube which is used for glucose testing. Correct Answer: TRUE The veins of extremely muscular individuals tend to be: Correct Answer: over the muscle or bone and lack anchoring A hematoma occurs when a phlebotomist: did not remove the vacuum tube before withdrawing the needle withdraws the needle before removing the tourniquet does not insert the needle completely in the vein Any of the above Correct Answer: Any of the above When palpating the site you've chosen, you should feel for: Bounce Direction and Size All of the above Depth Correct Answer: All of the above Performed to evaluate the peaks and troughs of drug levels in the blood, these tests ensure that medications are not too high or low in the blood. Correct Answer: Therapeutic Drug Monitoring If a patient is in isolation, that means ________ Correct Answer: