Helps Study for Phelbotomy Certifications
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| show | Aorta
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| The liquid portion of the blood within the body is: | show 🗑
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| The laboratory receives a STAT request for blood glucose level on a patient in the emergency room department. It is appropriate to: | show 🗑
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| The best location to preform a dermal puncture for point-of-care glucose test on an adult is the tip of the palmar surface of the: | show 🗑
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| show | Exactly the same as the patient samples are run
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| show | Left Arm
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| Urine begins forming in the ___ where the blood is _____. | show 🗑
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| show | Prevent injury to the bone
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| Blood Culture collection sites are prepared by swabbing the venipuncture site with iodine, which is left on for at least: | show 🗑
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| A tourniquet is applied to the arm above a venipuncture site to: | show 🗑
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| show | Muscle
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| show | Light Yellow Color
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| A blood specimen for a 2-hour postprandial glucose test is collected: | show 🗑
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| show | Warm the patient's skin prior to performing the puncture.
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| A patient has a cast on the left arm and an IV on the right forearm. A venipuncture in the patient's right arm must be done: | show 🗑
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| show | The first drop of blood is wiped away
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| show | Documentation of their identity and the data and time the sample is handled
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| A neonatal bilirubin specimen should be collected in a: | show 🗑
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| A trough specimen for TDM is typically collected: | show 🗑
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| show | In a cup of ice water
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| show | Every 3 months
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| show | Good evening, Ms.____, I'm from the laboratory, and I'm going to be taking your blood today.
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| Described how to safely operate a centrifuge | show 🗑
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| The preferred depth of incision for a skin puncture of an premature infant is: | show 🗑
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| The arteries used for arterial punctures, listed in order of preference, are: | show 🗑
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| The transportation of blood and body fluid specimens by pneumatic tubes system: | show 🗑
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| What item is used for venipuncture but NOT used for arterial puncture? | show 🗑
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| show | 5mL
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| The industry-wide stopper color for tubes chemically clean enough to be used for collecting blood specimens for determination of trace elements is: | show 🗑
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| show | Hemolysis and an unacceptable specimen
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| A phelbotomist must collect from a patient in isolation with contact precautions. The appropriate PPE is: | show 🗑
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| show | 0755
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| show | Fasting for at least 12hrs; water ONLY and no nicotine
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| show | Clean-Catch, Midstream Urine
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| The container for a 24-hour urine collection should be: | show 🗑
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| show | Avoid contamination of the urine specimen with feces
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| Which tube would be rejected as unsatisfactory if it was not completely full? | show 🗑
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| A phlebotomist is waiting while an elderly patient slowly gets back into bed. The phlebotomist shows appropriate nonverbal communication skills by: | show 🗑
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| show | Dispose of the needle in a nearby sharps container
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| show | Collapse the vein and hemolyze the blood
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| A skin puncture for a CBC is ordered on a newborn. The phlebotomist finds the infant crying violently. The phlebotomist should: | show 🗑
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| show | Swelling around the venipuncture site
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| show | label vacutainer tubes before calling an outpatient into the draw area.
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| show | Postprandial
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| What terms indicate that the patient has had nothing to eat? | show 🗑
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| The term for identifying the means of transmission of a contagious disease from its host is: | show 🗑
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| show | Observer proper hand washing/hand hygiene
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| show | Therapeutic Phlebotomy
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| show | Aerosols
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| A phlebotomist performs a venipuncture without disinfecting the site and leaves the tourniquet on longer than indicated. This would be considered: | show 🗑
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| To avoid a hematoma the patient must: | show 🗑
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| show | (1) Probing/Fishing for a vein
(2) Going all the way through vein
(3) Bending the elbow with a cotton ball on venipuncture site to apply pressure
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| The steps to be followed in response to discovering a fire may be remembered by the acronym: | show 🗑
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| show | Right and Left Pulmonary Arteries
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| show | Serum
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| show | Must be collected and tested immediately
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| show | The medial or lateral section of the foot
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| What g value and minimum time are used in a centrifuge to effect good separation of clotted blood from serum? | show 🗑
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| Obese patient may be difficult to draw because their veins can be more difficult to palpate. Excessive probing by the phlebotomist may: | show 🗑
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| What percentage of water in a human is found within the cells? | show 🗑
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| show | Gloves must be changed between patients
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| What make veins different that arteries? | show 🗑
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| True or False: Arteries carry blood to the heart? | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| True or False: If a timed glucose is collected too early; the results could be falsely elevated. | show 🗑
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| If a phelbotomist notices a patient eating during a Glucose Tolerance Test the correct procedure would be to: | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| When using Gel Separator, Red, Light Blue and Green vacuum tubes, the proper order of draw would be: | show 🗑
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| show | Hematology, Chemistry, Blood Bank.
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| show | Documentation of each person who handles the specimen
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| show | True
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| A phlebotomist was scheduled to collect 2-hour GTT at exactly 9AM. At 9:15AM the phlebotomist realizes that the specimen has not yet been collected. What is the appropriate course of action? | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| Centrifuges should be checked on a regular maintenance schedule using a tachometer that registers | show 🗑
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| _____ is not an acceptable form of identification with the exception of a patient with severe burns or patient in isolation? | show 🗑
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| When filling glass capillary tubes, follow the OSHA recommendation: | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| show | Radial
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| True/False: Amylase need not be transported in a mixture of ice and water? | show 🗑
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| What is not standard equipment when performing an arterial puncture for blood glass? | show 🗑
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| If no other site is available it is permissible to collect from an arm with and IV line provided that: | show 🗑
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| When collecting blood for trace metal analysis, which of the following must be observed | show 🗑
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| show | Potassium, Iron, and Magnesium
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| show | True
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| show | 1000
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| show | Fast for more than 14-hours before the test
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| show | False
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| A preservative used in 24-hour urine collection that will interfere at least with the dipstick analysis and other urine chemical tests is | show 🗑
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| Instructions for a 24-hour urine collection would indicate the starting time of collection and ending time. This means that: | show 🗑
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| show | Refrigeration of the blood sample
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| If the phelbotomist were unsuccessful upon a first attempt to collect a blood specimen, the next step would be: | show 🗑
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| show | Tourniquet must be wiped with 70% alcohol between patients
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| show | Complement inhibition
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| show | 4-aminobenzoic acid levels
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| show | Heparin
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| True/False: The antiglycolytic agents, Sodium iodoacetate is preferred because it does not interfere with urease and allows the same blood sample to be tested for Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN)as well as glucose | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| show | Sodium Citrate
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| show | Use iodine first ONLY if the patient is not allergic to it
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| show | Perpendicular
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| show | Butterfly
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| show | Blue, Red, Lavender
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| The outer layer of the heart is the: | show 🗑
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| A platelet count of 650,000 per cubic millimeter is termed | show 🗑
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| show | Collect STAT glucose, deliver it to the laboratory, then return to perform the other 2 collections.
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| Point-of-care testing (POCT) occurs: | show 🗑
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| Quality control for POCT must be performed: | show 🗑
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| show | Decrease the angle of penetration of the venipuncture needle
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| show | Amniotic Fluid
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| show | Bone
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| show | Deoxygenated blood
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| When collecting blood from an arterial blood gases (ABGs), it is not necessary to pull back on the plunger of the syringe because: | show 🗑
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| A plasma protein that is not present in serum is: | show 🗑
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| show | 30 to 60 minutes after administration of the drug.
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| If a patient indicates that he/she is not fasting, the phlebotomist should: | show 🗑
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| When collecting a specimen for slides for a CBC, EDTA, Heparin, and Sodium Citrate Microcolletion tube. Which specimen should be collected last? | show 🗑
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| show | Within easy reach on the bedside table
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| Blood samples collected on filter paper for newborn screening test should be hung to dry to avoid: | show 🗑
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| show | The integrity of the specimen is accounted for
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| Blood specimens collected for carotene analysis should be: | show 🗑
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| Blood specimens collected for Prothrombin Time testing must be analyzed within: | show 🗑
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| show | In ice water
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| show | Lungs (Pulmonary Veins and Arteries)
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| show | Defending the body against bacteria and viruses
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| show | To send the tubes to the laboratory immediately upon collection
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| A fingerstick sample for hemoglobin must be collected from a patient whose middle finger is broken and bandaged. The next best choice for fingerstick is the : | show 🗑
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| When testing for PT with a point of care instrument, the on-board control (OBC) will: | show 🗑
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| A patient who has had a mastectomy cannot have blood collected from the arm on the same side as the mastectomy due to: | show 🗑
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| show | Temperature
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| show | Both the needle and holder must be discarded together
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| show | Colonized bacteria that accumulate around the line can be pulled into the line when used for a blood collection
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| show | Dorsal side of the hand
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| show | Aortic Artery
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| show | Water
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| A patient seeks care at the ER with a temp of 101. A thorough history and physical exam revealed no cause for patient increase temp. Blood culture specimens should be collected: | show 🗑
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| show | The second voided urine specimen of the day
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| show | Hold pressure on the collection site for 15-20 minutes.
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| show | 60-80
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| Removal of more than 10% of an infant's blood volume at one time may cause: | show 🗑
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| During a trail in which forensic samples were used as evidence, it was noted that method validation for linearity limits were not performed for the drug-base testing. The evidence is: | show 🗑
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| A blood sample for carotene analysis should be labeled and: | show 🗑
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| When a patient seeks care at the ER because of complaints of chest pain, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) specimens measuring cardiac markers must be collected: | show 🗑
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| A specimen for a cold agglutinin analysis was collected and placed in a 37 degrees Celsius incubator. The specimen is unacceptable because: | show 🗑
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| Specimens for daily chemistry testing were placed into the centrifuge. Upon starting to spin, the centrifuge began to shake. This could be due to: | show 🗑
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| The best way to prevent mislabeling of tubes is to: | show 🗑
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| Requirement for personal protective equipment (PPE), chemical hazards, reactivity and health hazards are found in: | show 🗑
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| show | Age and sample requirements
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| When preparing to collect a sample for an arterial stick the radial artery can be recognized by: | show 🗑
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| show | Glucose, Phosphorous and Enzymes
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| The appropriate anticoagulant used to coat a syringe for collecting an arterial blood gas is: | show 🗑
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| show | To discard the first 5 mL
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| show | Is stable at room temperature for 7 days
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| show | Under-collection of first tube, which causes excess anticoagulant
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| show | Gown and Gloves
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| A patient is scheduled for a 2 hr GTT drinks the glucose beverage and complains of feeling nauseated. The patient vomits 75 minutes into the test. The phlebotomist should: | show 🗑
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| show | 2 hour Postprandial Blood test
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| A patient needs a urine test for a routine drug screen but is unable to provide a urine sample. The patient is instructed to drink up to 24 fluid oz of water in 2 hrs. Another sample is obtained but it is insufficient in quantity. The lab should: | show 🗑
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| show | Boric acid and Thymol
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| show | The total volume of urine collected
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| A sample collected by syringes for coagulation testing should not be placed into a vacutainer by piercing the cap because of: | show 🗑
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| show | Answer all questions that adolescents might ask
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| Contaminated sharps must be placed in a puncture resistant container that displays: | show 🗑
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| A patient comes to the outpatient phlebotomy area to have blood collected. The patient is on AZT, and the test ordered is a CD4. Then phlebotomist assumes the patient is HIV infected and should: | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| show | Using Betadine to clean the site
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| NCCLS recommends when performing a heelstick on a newborn, the site be warmed for | show 🗑
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| The best vein for venipuncture is the: | show 🗑
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| show | Prior to the patient receiving the drug
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