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immediately notify the provider? - answer✔130 mg/dL. It is above the expected reference
range of 70 to 110 mg/dL.
A phlebotomy technician is verifying a patient's identity before performing a venipuncture.
Which of the following information should the technician request from the patient? -
answer✔The patient's full name and date of birth.
After placing a tourniquet on a patient's arm, a phlebotomy technician notices small red spots
below the tourniquet. Which of the following terms describes these spots? -
answer✔Petechiae.
A phlebotomy technician is applying a tourniquet prior to collecting a blood specimen from a
patient. Which of the following actions should the technician take? - answer✔Tuck a partial
loop of tourniquet underneath the tourniquet.
A phlebotomy technician has a requisition form from for a series of tests on a patient's serum.
The technician should select a collection tube that contains which of the following additives? -
answer✔Thrombin.
Which of the following sources for patient identification should a phlebotomy technician use in
an inpatient setting? - answer✔Verbal and wristband.
A phlebotomy technician is using the syringe method to obtain a blood culture specimen from
an adult patient Which of the following actions should the technician take? -
answer✔Withdraw the blood into a sterile safety syringe.
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