CLINICAL PHLEBOTOMY CH13
SMARTBOOK
What is the most common procedure performed by phlebotomists? - ✅✅-routine
blood collection
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The presence of pathogenic organisms in the blood is called _______ -
-septicemia
When is the largest number of organisms present in the blood? - ✅✅-When the
patient spikes a fever
With a sudden increase in temperature
✅✅
Special blood culture bottles are used to test for mycobacterium, which is the
causative agent of _______ - -tuberculosis
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When cleaning the blood culture site, if sterile techniques are not followed, what
could be introduced into the blood culture sample? - -Flora
Bacteria
Fungi
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Which of the following are special procedures that a phlebotomist may perform? -
-Collection of blood cultures
Collection of donor blood
Collection for neonatal blood screenings
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The site for blood cultures draws should be cleaned with friction for at least ______
seconds - -60
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Which types of specimen containers are required for blood culture testing? -
-SPS tubes
Blood culture bottles
✅✅
After blood cultures are collected, they are placed in a incubator, usually set at what
temperature? - -37 degrees C
Drawing too little blood for blood cultures will cause what type of result? - ✅✅-false
negative
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A blood culture bottle with a specimen collected without oxygen or air is called
______ - -anaerobic
, ✅✅
What is the appropriate amount of time between sets of blood cultures drawn from
the same site? - -15 to 45 minutes
What is the most important step in blood culture collection? - ✅✅-Cleaning the
venipuncture site
✅✅
Which of the following are appropriate cleansing agents for cleaning the blood
culture site? - -0.5% chlorhexidine gluconate
2% iodine
70% alcohol prep
✅✅
Which of the following is the reason blood cultures are frequently ordered on
patients? - -fever
If the anaerobic bottle is collected first when using the butterfly assembly, air from
✅✅
the tubing will be introduced into the bottle and may inhibit the growth of ________ -
-anaerobic bacteria
Which of the following may exist in very low quantities in the blood? - ✅✅-E. coli
✅✅
When collecting more than one set of cultures, what must be included on the label? -
-location of the draw
✅✅
When drawing multiple sets of blood cultures at the same time, they should be drawn
______ - -from multiple sites
✅✅
To check for diabetes mellitus, you test carbohydrate metabolism through the levels
of _______ in the blood - -glucose
Which tests are used to identify the risk for diabetes? - ✅✅-2 hour postprandial
blood sugar
Random blood sugar
Fasting blood sugar
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Which of the following are acceptable methods of collection for blood cultures? -
-Evacuated system
Syringe and transfer
Butterfly
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a _____ -hour postprandial glucose test is sometimes ordered to assist in the
diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. - -two
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