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Phlebotomy AMT Practice Exam 1 part 1
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When is a phlebotomist allowed to perform a venipuncture on an ankle vein? - correct answer ✔✔When
all other options have been exhausted and the physician has given approval
The phlebotomist has prepared the patient's arm and found the basilic vein. Has the phlebotomist
selected the preferred vein site for venipuncture? - correct answer ✔✔No, the medial cubital vein is
preferred
How long should a tourniquet be placed around a patient's arm? - correct answer ✔✔No more than one
minute
What information would NOT be indicated on the label of a blood bank specimen? - correct answer
✔✔NPO status of the patient and time of last meal
If blood begins to flow and then stops when an evacuated tube is pushed into the needle the most likely
cause is the - correct answer ✔✔bevel of the needle resting against the vein wall.
To prevent glycolysis, which additive is used? - correct answer ✔✔Sodium Fluoride
Petechiae are tiny, nonraised red spots on a patient's skin when the tourniquet is applied. This indicates,
that - correct answer ✔✔site may bleed excessively.
Following venipuncture, which of the following should be applied to the venipuncture site? - correct
answer ✔✔clean, sterile gauze pad
Which of the following anticoagulants is found in a green-topped blood collection vacuum tube? -
correct answer ✔✔Sodium heparin
, When a patient states that he or she has a needle phobia, the phlebotomist should - correct answer
✔✔have the patient lie down during the procedure.
Alcohol should be allowed to dry completely prior to skin puncture to - correct answer ✔✔prevent lysis
of red blood cells
To avoid contamination when should the needle cap be removed? - correct answer ✔✔Just prior to
performing the puncture
Prior to bandaging the puncture site the phlebotomist should - correct answer ✔✔examine the site for
bleeding.
The phlebotomist would collect a blood sample in a tube containing the anticoagulant sodium citrate
(which inhibits glycolysis) for which type of laboratory test? - correct answer ✔✔Erythrocyte
Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
The primary reason for using a syringe transfer device is to - correct answer ✔✔safely transfer blood
from a syringe into ETS tubes.
A postprandial specimen is collected - correct answer ✔✔directly after a meal is consumed
During venipuncture, a hematoma may result from which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔Needle
bevel is partially inserted into a vein
A skin puncture is preferred over a venipuncture when the patient - correct answer ✔✔has severe
burns.
Which of the following situations would most likely trigger hematoma formation? - correct answer
✔✔Removing the needle while the tourniquet is still on the arm.
Proper identification of a coherent adult inpatient includes - correct answer ✔✔ask the patient their
name & check the identification band that is physically attached to the patient. (both a & b)
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