PHle Exam Comprehensive
Questions and Solutions
Graded A+
1. After completion of blood collection in an isolation room which of the following steps should
occur last?
A. remove gloves
B. remove mask
C. wash hands
D. Remove the gown - Answer: c. wash hands
2. An outbreak of particular health-care-acquired infections in a health care facility is detected
through:
A. the clinical chemistry department
B. infection control surveillance
C. personnel records
D. individuals transmitting fomites - Answer: B. infection control surveillance
3. Health care acquired infections are also referred to as:
A. nonpathogenic
,B. Blood Borne pathoens
C. nosocomial infections
D. aseptic - Answer: C. nosocomial infections
4. What, as a part of the U.S. Public Health Service, oversees the investigation of various
diseases?
A. Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute
B. FDA
C. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
D. The Joint Commission - Answer: C. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
5. Protective isolation is commonly used for patients who have:
A. cholera
B. Hepatitis B
C. immunodeficiency disorders
D. whooping cough - Answer: A. cholera
6. A large number of negligence health care lawsuit cases arise out of the violation of:
A. CMS requirements
B. statutes made at the state level
C. statutes made a the federal level
D. privacy of patient confidentiality (HIPAA) - Answer: D. privacy of patient confidentiality
(HIPAA)
, 7. The legal term for improper or unskillful care of a patient by a member of the health care
team or any professional misconduct, unreasonable lack of skill, or infidelity in professional
duties is:
A. malpractice
B. misdemeanor
C. litigation
D. liability - Answer: D. liability
8. When should incident reports involving accidental HIV exposures be reported?
A. at the end of the work shift
B. immediately
C. after 24 hours
D. after seeing the employee health physician - Answer: D. after seeing the employee health
physician
9. Professional negligence in blood collection is the same as:
A. malice
B. malpractice
C. informed consent
D. implied consent - Answer: D. implied consent
10. If a phlebotomist gives his or her friend the results of a patient's HIV test results, what can
be claimed by the patient against the phlebotomist?
Questions and Solutions
Graded A+
1. After completion of blood collection in an isolation room which of the following steps should
occur last?
A. remove gloves
B. remove mask
C. wash hands
D. Remove the gown - Answer: c. wash hands
2. An outbreak of particular health-care-acquired infections in a health care facility is detected
through:
A. the clinical chemistry department
B. infection control surveillance
C. personnel records
D. individuals transmitting fomites - Answer: B. infection control surveillance
3. Health care acquired infections are also referred to as:
A. nonpathogenic
,B. Blood Borne pathoens
C. nosocomial infections
D. aseptic - Answer: C. nosocomial infections
4. What, as a part of the U.S. Public Health Service, oversees the investigation of various
diseases?
A. Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute
B. FDA
C. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
D. The Joint Commission - Answer: C. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
5. Protective isolation is commonly used for patients who have:
A. cholera
B. Hepatitis B
C. immunodeficiency disorders
D. whooping cough - Answer: A. cholera
6. A large number of negligence health care lawsuit cases arise out of the violation of:
A. CMS requirements
B. statutes made at the state level
C. statutes made a the federal level
D. privacy of patient confidentiality (HIPAA) - Answer: D. privacy of patient confidentiality
(HIPAA)
, 7. The legal term for improper or unskillful care of a patient by a member of the health care
team or any professional misconduct, unreasonable lack of skill, or infidelity in professional
duties is:
A. malpractice
B. misdemeanor
C. litigation
D. liability - Answer: D. liability
8. When should incident reports involving accidental HIV exposures be reported?
A. at the end of the work shift
B. immediately
C. after 24 hours
D. after seeing the employee health physician - Answer: D. after seeing the employee health
physician
9. Professional negligence in blood collection is the same as:
A. malice
B. malpractice
C. informed consent
D. implied consent - Answer: D. implied consent
10. If a phlebotomist gives his or her friend the results of a patient's HIV test results, what can
be claimed by the patient against the phlebotomist?
