ASPT Exam
What is a professional ? - correct answer ✔a person having great deal of skill or
experience in a particular field
What role does a phlebotomists play in the heath care field? - correct answer ✔Obtain
blood specimens
Sometimes perform EKG's
Sometimes perform PCT
What are some of. the changes being made within the laboratory? - correct answer
✔Cross training hospital workers
Phlebotomists stationed on the floor
Health care professionals that are responsible for EKG's and VP
What is the definition of phlebotomy? - correct answer ✔To cut into a vein for the
purpose of withdrawing a blood specimen
Communication skills consist of - correct answer ✔Speaking in a pleasant tone,
making eye contact, and being patient
Who is considered the "father" of modern medicine? - correct answer ✔Hippocrates
What was a "barber-surgeon"? - correct answer ✔A person who cut hair, gave an
enema, let blood, and pul teeth.
What does OSHA stand for? - correct answer ✔Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
What does OSHA do? - correct answer ✔Sets standards for a safe and healthy
workplace.
What is the best way for healthcare professional to avoid infection? - correct answer
✔Washing between each patient and wearing gloves
If an infection is airborne, it means: - correct answer ✔It is spread through droplets
An infection s organism is an organism which: - correct answer ✔Is capable of
spreading disease
What is a susceptible host? - correct answer ✔Someone who carries the gem, but is
not ill
How does an infection enter, or exit, a susceptible host? - correct answer ✔Through
respiratory tract, blood, or Ingestion
, AN infection would cause the release of: - correct answer ✔White Blood Cells
It is never acceptable to: - correct answer ✔store food or beverage in a refrigerator
used of storing specimens
What equipment is needed to clean up a blood spill? - correct answer ✔Gloves, Bio-
hazard bag, and paper towels and 1:10 dilution of bleach.
Phlebotomy skills would not include - correct answer ✔handling patient
correspondence
The monitoring system for institutions that train phlebotomists is known as - correct
answer ✔accreditation
Once certified, what must a phlebotomist earn to ensure continued certification? -
correct answer ✔CEU's
informed consent means - correct answer ✔Patients must be informed of intended
treatments and their risks before they are performed.
Which characteristic is not a required personal characteristic of a professional
phlebotomist? - correct answer ✔Sense of humor
When a patient in the hospital refuses to have blood drawn, the phlebotomist should -
correct answer ✔notify the patients nurse to ensure that the physician or other
ordering practitioner is notified promptly.
Fiscal services is responsible for - correct answer ✔admitting, medical records, and
billing
In addition to the laboratory, the following department may draw arterial blood gases: -
correct answer ✔respiratory therapy
the following Department uses radioisotopes to perform tests - correct answer
✔nuclear medicine
the clinical laboratory is typically under the direction of a - correct answer ✔pathologist
the analytic tool used to identify cell markers in HIV patients is - correct answer ✔a
flow cytometer
a CBC is performed in the ______ department - correct answer ✔Hematology
aPTT testing monitors - correct answer ✔Heparin therapy
What is a professional ? - correct answer ✔a person having great deal of skill or
experience in a particular field
What role does a phlebotomists play in the heath care field? - correct answer ✔Obtain
blood specimens
Sometimes perform EKG's
Sometimes perform PCT
What are some of. the changes being made within the laboratory? - correct answer
✔Cross training hospital workers
Phlebotomists stationed on the floor
Health care professionals that are responsible for EKG's and VP
What is the definition of phlebotomy? - correct answer ✔To cut into a vein for the
purpose of withdrawing a blood specimen
Communication skills consist of - correct answer ✔Speaking in a pleasant tone,
making eye contact, and being patient
Who is considered the "father" of modern medicine? - correct answer ✔Hippocrates
What was a "barber-surgeon"? - correct answer ✔A person who cut hair, gave an
enema, let blood, and pul teeth.
What does OSHA stand for? - correct answer ✔Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
What does OSHA do? - correct answer ✔Sets standards for a safe and healthy
workplace.
What is the best way for healthcare professional to avoid infection? - correct answer
✔Washing between each patient and wearing gloves
If an infection is airborne, it means: - correct answer ✔It is spread through droplets
An infection s organism is an organism which: - correct answer ✔Is capable of
spreading disease
What is a susceptible host? - correct answer ✔Someone who carries the gem, but is
not ill
How does an infection enter, or exit, a susceptible host? - correct answer ✔Through
respiratory tract, blood, or Ingestion
, AN infection would cause the release of: - correct answer ✔White Blood Cells
It is never acceptable to: - correct answer ✔store food or beverage in a refrigerator
used of storing specimens
What equipment is needed to clean up a blood spill? - correct answer ✔Gloves, Bio-
hazard bag, and paper towels and 1:10 dilution of bleach.
Phlebotomy skills would not include - correct answer ✔handling patient
correspondence
The monitoring system for institutions that train phlebotomists is known as - correct
answer ✔accreditation
Once certified, what must a phlebotomist earn to ensure continued certification? -
correct answer ✔CEU's
informed consent means - correct answer ✔Patients must be informed of intended
treatments and their risks before they are performed.
Which characteristic is not a required personal characteristic of a professional
phlebotomist? - correct answer ✔Sense of humor
When a patient in the hospital refuses to have blood drawn, the phlebotomist should -
correct answer ✔notify the patients nurse to ensure that the physician or other
ordering practitioner is notified promptly.
Fiscal services is responsible for - correct answer ✔admitting, medical records, and
billing
In addition to the laboratory, the following department may draw arterial blood gases: -
correct answer ✔respiratory therapy
the following Department uses radioisotopes to perform tests - correct answer
✔nuclear medicine
the clinical laboratory is typically under the direction of a - correct answer ✔pathologist
the analytic tool used to identify cell markers in HIV patients is - correct answer ✔a
flow cytometer
a CBC is performed in the ______ department - correct answer ✔Hematology
aPTT testing monitors - correct answer ✔Heparin therapy
