Phlebotomy National Exam Questions with Correct
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T/F BC test has two bottles which are drawn 5-10 minutes apart✔✔true! make sure to clean the
top of the bottle before drawing blood!
T/F when drawing from someone with a mastectomy, it is okay to draw from the side of the
surgery✔✔false; avoid the same side! need doctors note if both breasts have been removed
what vein are most pediatric patients drawn from?✔✔medial cubital
pku✔✔done on heels of newborns within 3 days after birth
T/F ABG must be done within 15 minutes after the blood draw✔✔true
CMP✔✔comprehensive metabolic panel
BMP✔✔basic metabolic panel
panels...✔✔BMP
CMP
electrolytes
lipids (gold tube)
hepatic function panel (liver)
renal function panel (kidney)
, FOBT✔✔fecal occult blood test
Is FOBT a POCT?✔✔yes
is a blue ring positive or negative for blood in the stool?✔✔positive
what are O and P tests?✔✔stool tests
variables in specimen quality✔✔QNS
inadequate inversion with anticoagulated
icteric
lipemic
hemolyzed
what does icteric mean?✔✔high amount of bilirubin in the blood
What does lipemic mean?✔✔high amount of lipids in the blood
How to identify if you hemolyzed the blood?✔✔once spun, the liquid will be red instead of
yellow
T/F you can draw from a fistula✔✔false
nosocomial infection✔✔infection contracted in a health care setting
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T/F BC test has two bottles which are drawn 5-10 minutes apart✔✔true! make sure to clean the
top of the bottle before drawing blood!
T/F when drawing from someone with a mastectomy, it is okay to draw from the side of the
surgery✔✔false; avoid the same side! need doctors note if both breasts have been removed
what vein are most pediatric patients drawn from?✔✔medial cubital
pku✔✔done on heels of newborns within 3 days after birth
T/F ABG must be done within 15 minutes after the blood draw✔✔true
CMP✔✔comprehensive metabolic panel
BMP✔✔basic metabolic panel
panels...✔✔BMP
CMP
electrolytes
lipids (gold tube)
hepatic function panel (liver)
renal function panel (kidney)
, FOBT✔✔fecal occult blood test
Is FOBT a POCT?✔✔yes
is a blue ring positive or negative for blood in the stool?✔✔positive
what are O and P tests?✔✔stool tests
variables in specimen quality✔✔QNS
inadequate inversion with anticoagulated
icteric
lipemic
hemolyzed
what does icteric mean?✔✔high amount of bilirubin in the blood
What does lipemic mean?✔✔high amount of lipids in the blood
How to identify if you hemolyzed the blood?✔✔once spun, the liquid will be red instead of
yellow
T/F you can draw from a fistula✔✔false
nosocomial infection✔✔infection contracted in a health care setting
