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STATE EXAM PRACTICE PHLEBOTOMY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -14
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STATE EXAM PRACTICE PHLEBOTOMY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS #141. Professional: A person having great skill or experience in a particular field.
2. Phlebotimists: Obtain blood specimens.Will sometimes perform EKG'S and POCT.
3. What are some changes being made: Cross training hospital workers.
4. What is the def of phlel: To cut into a vein for any reason.
5. Communication skills consist of: Speaking in a pleasant tone, making eye contact, being
patient.
6. Who was considered the father of medicine?: Hippocrates.
7. Barber Surgeons: A person who would cut hair, give an enema, let blood and pull teeth.
8. OSHA: Occupational safety and Health Administration.
9. What does osha do?: Sets standards for a safe and healthy workplace.
10.What is the best way for a health care professional to avoid infection: -
Washing between each patient and wearing gloves.
11.What is susceptible host: It can be spread by direct contact with infected person.
12.An infectous organism is an: Is capable of spreading disease.
13.What is susceptible host: Someone who lacks an effective resistance to a disease.
14.How does an infection enter or exit susceptible host: Through respiratory tract, blood or
ingestion.
15.An infection would cause the release of what: WBC
16.Never acceptable to: Store food or beverage in a refrigerator used for storing specimens.
17.Equipment is needed to clean up a blood spill: Gloves.Bio-hazard bag. Paper toweling and 1:10
dilution of bleach.
18.Following list which is not included: Urine, unless it has visible blood in it.
19.What is the most common injury for healthcare workers?: Needle stick injuries.
20.What is ppe: So germs do not get carried from one patient to another and to protect
yourself from contamination.
21.CDC: Centers for Disease Control.
22.What type of antiseptic is used to clean skin: 70% Isopopyl alcohol.
23.Which disease is easier to spread through needle stick: Hepatitis.
24.How can health care workers prevent needle sticks: Use only safety needle devices.
25.PPE: Personal protective equipment.
26.How should a blood tube be open to aliquot sample: The tube top should be covered and
"popped" away from the phlebotomist.
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27.Where should lab coats be worn: In the work place setting.
28.The symbol seen on a patients doormeans: Patient is radioactive.
29.Xwhat dept within the lab would handle blood cultures: Microbiology.
30.What dept in the labhandle PTT: Coagulation/ special hematology.
31.What dept would handle cbc: Hematology.
32.What dept would hande crossmatch: Blood bank.
33.This worker assist patients restoring their physical abilities: Physical Ther- apy.
34.What is the general function of the lab: To test and analyze specimens brought into the
lab.
35.Who helps the phlebotomist with proper timing of a Tdm: The nursing department.
36.In what dept would you see a patient having radioactive isotypes injected in arm: Nuclear
medicine.
37.A na citrate tube has been drawed for an ptt for coag thee specimen should: Test within 4
hours.
38.What kind of specimen are sent to the anatomic paathology lab: Autopsy specimens.
39.The internal med dept deals with what type pf patient: General care patients.
40.Define venipuncture: To draw blood from a vein.
41.Blood collected in a red tube: Will yeild serum.
42.3 most common veins: Basilic, cephalic, median cubital.
43.Most common used for venipuncture: Median cubital.
44.Some consideration used when deciding which vein: The dermal subcuta- neous layer and
peripheral tissue.
45.This blood vessels have valves: vein.
46.Gauge needle is most common: 21-22 guage.
47.What is an evacted system: One that consists of vacuum tubes.
48.What is non evacute system: One that consists of needle and syringe.
49.Butterfly needle: For tiny veins.
50.What situation would a butterfly be helpful: For pediactic patients.
51.If an iv site must be used for a venipucture: Distal to site of the IV.
52.Most important in doing a venipunture: Proper patient identification.
53.What can a health care pro do to put a patient at ease: Have empathy for him/her.
54.What reaction might occur if the patient is upset or frustrated: Sympathetic blood flow could
occur and the WBC and glucose will elevate.
55.What purpose does a tournquiet serve: It gives the vein time to fill as it "dam" the blood
between the site and tourniquet.
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