MEDCA Phlebotomy Board Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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MEDCA Phlebotomy Board Exam Questions with Correct Answers
What should the healthcare worker use to chill a blood specimen as it is being transported? - Answer-icy water
How is an arterial blood gas test specimen transported? - Answer-an ABG is transported in icy water
Who can perform a C...
MEDCA Phlebotomy Board
Exam Questions with
Correct Answers
What should the healthcare worker use to chill a blood specimen as it is being
transported? - Answer-icy water
How is an arterial blood gas test specimen transported? - Answer-an ABG is
transported in icy water
Who can perform a CLIA waived test? - Answer-any trained healthcare professional
What is one goal of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science? - Answer-one
goal is to provide accurate test results
What anticoagulant is contained in the red/gray tube? - Answer-SST (serum separator
tube)
What is another name for a thrombocyte? - Answer-platelet
What is the purpose of a platelet? - Answer-to play a role in blood clotting
What are the different types of WBC? - Answer-neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes,
eosinophils, basophils
What does hemoglobin contain? - Answer-iron
Where are WBC produced? - Answer-in the bone marrow and the lymphatic system
In which phase does a phlebotomist work? - Answer-pre-analytical
What type of patient does a phlebotomist collect blood from on a neonatology floor? -
Answer-newborns (hours to a few days old)
What methods does a phlebotomist use to collect blood from an infant? - Answer-heel
stick
, Where is the recommended site for a heel stick? - Answer-plantar surface of the heel ;
medial or lateral
What can flowcharts can be used for? - Answer-quality improvement
What are pareto charts? - Answer-bar charts that show the relative importance and
frequency of problems
Acondition in which there is too little hemoglobin or a decreased number of red blood
cells - Answer-anemia
The destruction of RBC - Answer-hemolysis
What is the most important part of any medical procedure? - Answer-identify your
patient
Yellow pigmentation of the skin - Answer-jaundice
A substance in the blood associated with liver function and that is sensitive to light -
Answer-bilirubin
What test is done on newborns to screen for phenylketonuria? - Answer-PKU test
How are light sensitive analytes transported to the lab? - Answer-they are transported in
light-blocking bags
Condition where the body produces too many RBC so blood extractions need to be
performed often - Answer-polycythemia
What is the recommended regimen to treat polycythemia? - Answer-therapeutic
phlebotomy
What department collects blood for drug level information? - Answer-clinical hematology
Quality improvement for specimen collection contains the following except - Answer-
negative drug reaction and frequency of hematomas
What is the general blood volume for an adult? - Answer-5 liters
What is another name for an erythrocyte? - Answer-red blood cell
What is the function of a RBC? - Answer-to transport oxygen from the lungs to the
tissues ; carry carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs
what is the life span for a RBC? - Answer-120 days
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