Phlebotomy Training NHCO Test WITH 100% SURE
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what is phlebotomy? drawing or removing blood from the circulatory system for analysis and diagnosis
What can you call capillary draw? finger stick or dermal puncture
1. assemble equipment 2. verifies and records the patient's identity 3. conducts
What are the duties of a phlebotomist?
patient interviews 4. takes vital signs 5. screens donors
Patients have the ability to refuse medical True
treatment at any time: T or F
What does HIPPA stand for? Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Protected health information; treatments, test results, medications, procedures,
What is PHI and give examples of such.
appointment times and dates
What percent of communication is 80%
nonverbal?
The joint commision (founded in 1951) to look out for patients and establish standards
What is the TJC and it's purpose?
and practices of operation
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute is non-profit to develop standards taken
What is CLSI?
directly from the fields they oversee
How many types of consent are there? 5
What is infromed consent voluntary permission after receiving information
What is expressed consent? permission given verbally or in writing
permit procedure without verbal or written consent, but instead patient holding out
What is implied consent?
arm or going to emergency room
What is HIV Testing Consent? special permission needed to administer a test that detects HIV
A parent or legal guardian must permit procedures administered to underage
What is parental consent for minors?
patients.
What is the mistake most phlebotomists failing to verify the DOB
make?
What ways can you verify patient by their wristband or by having them state/spell their full name and DOB
information?
DO NOT HIDE MISTAKES instead... report the incident immediately
Occupational Safety and Health Administration; mandates regulations across every
What is OSHA?
workspace from office furniture to bloodwork in a lab
What are the four types of OSHA The Complaint, The Fatality or Accidents, The Programmed, The Imminent Danger
inspection?
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, after an employee files a formal complaint with OSHA
The Complaint inspection:
*most common
occurs after OSHA receives notice from the employer of a workplace fatality or
The fatality or accidents inspection:
accident resulting in 3 or more employees' hospitalizations.
The programmed inspection: A routine inspection, randomly chosen workplaces
occurs when OSHA receives a report that a condition of imminent danger exists at a
The imminent danger inspection: workplace
*least common type of inspection
sexual contact, sharing of hypodermic needles, mothers to their babies at or before
How can bloodborne pathogens be birth, accidental puncture from contaminated broken glass or other sharps, contact
transmitted? between mucous membranes and infected body fluids, skin-to-skin contacts, blood
to blood contact, through the eyes nose mouth and mouth mucous membranes
Direct, indirect (an inanimate object), droplet (sneezing or coughing), airborne (so
What are the different types of contact
small can suspend in air), vehicle (doorknob, faucet, public telephone, etc), vector-
transmissions?
borne (insect), parenteral (needlestick, hangnail, other than nose, mouth and eyes)
infection contracted in a healthcare setting
What is a nosocomial infection?
*most common type is Hep B
What is the easiest and most effective way washing your hands; form a lather!
to break the chain of transmission?
What are examples of PPE Masks, gloves. goggles/safety glasses, face shields, respirators, gowns
What is the order of PPE removal? 1. gloves 2. goggle or glasses 3. gown 4. mask
The type of brand device involved in the incident, the department or work area
What must the sharps injury log contain?
where it occurred, an explanation of how the incident occurred
What type of gloves should one use if nitrile gloves
allergic to latex?
1. immediately wash the exposed area 2. report to supervisor 3. refer to MSDS
Order of bloodborne pathogen incidents: (maternal safety data sheet) or SDS (safety data sheet) 4. Fill out exposure form 5. all
other findings or diagnosis will be confidential except the exposure itself
How long is an exposure form kept on your 40 years
file?
What is clean up procedure? 10% bleach for 10 minutes
maintains an appropriate fluid volume by regulating the amount of water excrete in
What does the urinary system do?
the urine
in patients with end-stage renal failure. it is withdrawn from artery, purified and
Hemodialysis is used...
returned to vain.
How is a vain enlarged? by sowing a vain and artery together creating a fistula
How much plasma does whole blood 55% plasma, 45% formed elements (or cells)
contain?
What do the formed elements consist of? erythrocytes, leukocytes, thrombocytes
What is the average lifespan of red blood 120 days. after donating it takes 6-8 weeks to regenerate the lost RBC
cells?
What are thrombocytes? clotting cells
What are luekocytes? white blood cells
What are erythrocytes? red blood cells
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