PHLEBOTOMY EXAM
2024 Which of the following test would likely be ordered for a patient with a fever of unknown cause? - Precise Answer ✔✔Blood culture Several filled lavender tubes fall and break causing a large biological spill. How do you clean it? - Precise Answer ✔✔Spreading a fluid control solidifier A hematoma is most likely to be caused by - Precise Answer ✔✔Removing the needle before, releasing the tourniquet Hi cholesterol test should be collected while the patient is in which state? - Precise Answer ✔✔Fasting Which of the following veins is commonly easiest to palpate in an obese patient? - Precise Answer ✔✔The cephalic vien 1 / 4
What is the proper method of identifying an outpatient prior to collecting blood? - Precise Answer ✔✔Ask the patient to state their name A patient refuses a blood draw, but the phlebotomist draws it anyway. The phlebotomist would be guilty of? - Precise Answer ✔✔Battery Which of the following needs to be noted when drawing blood for a serum cortisol level? - Precise Answer ✔✔The time of day If physician ordered a bilirubin level on an infant with needle neonatal jaundice, which of the following is required to ensure the specimens integrity? - Precise Answer ✔✔Protect the specimen from light A phlebotomist explains the procedure to the patient who then nods and extends their arm, this is an example of? - Precise Answer ✔✔Implied consent 2 / 4
A phlebotomist draws a green tube and shakes it vigorously, which of the following is likely to cause complications? - Precise Answer ✔✔Hemolysis A 16 to 18 gauge needle would be used during which of the following procedures? - Precise Answer ✔✔Blood donation collection Universal precautions are mandated by which agency? - Precise Answer ✔✔OSHA A phlebotomist introduces herself and identifies the patient, what's next? - Precise Answer ✔✔Check the order Which of the following tubes contains EDTA? - Precise Answer ✔✔The lavender tube A expecting mother comes to the Lab with a glucose tolerance test, for how long should she fast? - Precise Answer ✔✔8 to 12 hours 3 / 4
Which of the following patient specimens would be labeled with a ID # only? - Precise Answer ✔✔A patient participating in a clinical trial A physician requires a testable specimen. The phlebotomist should provide what instructions to the patient? - Precise Answer ✔✔Empty knee bladder before defecating Which of the following could be performed at the point of care using reagent strip s? - Precise Answer ✔✔Urinalysis A patient with which of the following infections can be placed under contact precautions? - Precise Answer ✔✔Clostridium difficile The chemistry panel/profile would be collected into which tube? - Precise Answer ✔✔Tiger top tune Evacuated blood collection tubes should be labeled at which step in the process? - Precise Answer ✔✔After the specimen is collected, but before leaving the room.
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