ASCP STUDY GUIDE 3 questions with complete solutions

Which of the following is part of the standard protocol when doing a bleeding time? Correct Answer: A butterfly-type bandage is used When collecting blood using a syringe, samples should be placed into evacuated tubes in the following order: Correct Answer: Blue, lavender, red The outer layer of the heart is the: Correct Answer: Epicardium A platelet count of 650,000 per cubic millimeter is termed: Correct Answer: Thrombocytosis A phlebotomist with 6 collection orders for patients in the hospital receives a handwritten laboratory order for a STAT glucose after only completing the fourth phlebotomy. The phlebotomist should: Correct Answer: Collect the STAT glucose, deliver it to the laboratory, then return to perform the other 2 collections Point-of-care testing (POCT) occurs: Correct Answer: At the patient's bedside, In the emergency department, In patients' homes Quality control for point-of-care testing (POCT) must be performed: Correct Answer: Each day of use Special considerations for phlebotomy on an elderly person would most likely include: Correct Answer: Decreasing the angle of penetration of the venipuncture needle A body fluid that should be protected from light before analysis for bilirubin is: Correct Answer: Amniotic fluid Skin puncture on an infant should be done on the plantar surface of the heel, medial to an imaginary line extending from the middle of the great toe to the heel or lateral to an imaginary line extending from between the fourth and fifth toes to the heel to avoid injury to the: Correct Answer: Bone The most important part of the blood collection procedure is: Correct Answer: Skin antisepsis Veins carry: Correct Answer: Deoxygenated blood to the heart When collecting blood from an artery for arterial blood gases (ABG), it is not necessary to pull back on the plunger of the syringe because: Correct Answer: Arterial blood is under pressure from the contraction of the ventricles A plasma protein that is not present in serum is: C