Role Of The Phlebotomist - Answer -Collect routine capillary and venous specimens for
testing as requested
-Prepare specimen for transport, ensuring its stability
-Transport specimen to the laboratory
- Promote good public relations with hospital staff and patients
-Comply with new and revised...
Role Of The Phlebotomist - Answer -Collect routine capillary and venous specimens for
testing as requested
-Prepare specimen for transport, ensuring its stability
-Transport specimen to the laboratory
- Promote good public relations with hospital staff and patients
-Comply with new and revised procedures as described in he procedure manual
-Assist in collecting and documenting monthly workload and recording data
-Maintain safe working conditions
-Perform laboratory computer operations
-Participate in continuing education programs
-Perform other tasks assigned by supervisory personnel
Phlebotomist - Answer Is a member of a service-oriented industry that requires
professional behavior at all times.
Professsionalism - Answer Is an attitude and a set of personal characteristics needed to
succeed in this field.
Characteristics Imperative to a Phlebotomist - Answer -Dependability
-Honest
-Integrity
-Empathy and Compassion
-Professional Appearance
-Interpersonal Skills
Ethical Behavior - Answer Entails conforming to a standard of right and wrong to avoid
harming the patient in any way.
Code of Ethics - Answer Standards of right and wrong.
Physician Office Laboratories - Answer Can range from simple screening tests done in
a single practice office or specialized testing done in large group practices.
Reference Laboratories - Answer These large independent laboratories perform routine
and highly specialized tests that cannot be done in smaller ones. The phlebotomist may
do either on-site or off-site collections.
,Medical Facilities the Phlebotomist May Find Work - Answer -Physician Officer
Laboratories
-Reference Laboratories
-Urgent Care Centers
-Nursing Home Facilities
-Wellness Clinics
The Circulatory System - Answer The function of this system is to deliver oxygen,
nutrients, hormones, and enzymes to the cells (exchange is done at the capillary level)
and to transport cellular waste such as carbon dioxide and urea to the organs (lungs
and kidneys, respectively) where they can be expels from the body.
Pulmonary Circulation (Heart) - Answer This carries deoxygenated blood from the right
ventricle to the lungs (oxygenation takes place at the alveoli) and returns oxygenated
blood from the lung to the left atrium.
Systemic Circulation (Heart) - Answer This carries oxygenated blood from the left
ventricle throughout the body.
The Tricuspid Valve - Answer This is an atrioventricular valve, being situated between
the right atrium and right ventricle.
The Pulmonic Valve - Answer A semi lunar valve situated between the right ventricle nd
the pulmonary artery.
The Mitral Valve - Answer This is another atrioventricular valve, being situated between
the left atrium, and left ventricle; also called the bicuspid valve.
The Aortic Valve - Answer A semi lunar valve situated between the left ventricle and the
aorta.
Endocardium - Answer The endothelial inner layer lining of the heart.
Myocardium - Answer The muscular middle layer of the heart. The coronary arteries,
which supply blood to the heart, are found in this layer.
Epicardium - Answer The fibrous outer layer of the heart. The coronary arteries, which
supply blood to the heart, are found in this layer.
The Blood Vessels - Answer Aorta, Arteries, Arterioles, Capillaries, Venules, Veins,
Superior and Inferior Vena Cava.
Tunica Adventitia - Answer The outer connective tissue of the blood vessels (except the
capillaries).
, Tunica Media - Answer The middle smooth muscles of the blood vessels (except the
capillaries).
Tunica Intima - Answer The inner endothelial layer of the blood vessels (except the
capillaries).
The aorta, arteries, and arterioles carry what type of blood from the heart to the various
parts of the body? - Answer Oxygenated.
The venules, veins and the superior and inferior vena Cavan carry what type of blood
back to the heart? - Answer Deoxygenated.
The capillaries are composed only of a layer of what? - Answer Endothelial Cells.
What connect the arterioles and venules together? - Answer The capillaries.
Capillary Blood - Answer Is a mixture of arterial and venous blood.
The average adult has how much blood? - Answer 5 to 6 liters
Plasma - Answer The liquid portion of blood.
Formed Elements - Answer The cellular portion of blood.
Plasma comprises how much of the circulating blood? - Answer 55%
Plasma Contains - Answer Proteins, Amino Acids, Gases, Electrolytes, Sugars,
Hormones, Mineral, Vitamins, and Water (92%). It also contains waste products such as
urea that are destined for excretion.
The Formed Elements constitute of how much of the blood? - Answer 45%
Erythrocytes - Answer Red Blood Cells.
Formed Elements are what? - Answer 99% Erythrocytes, the Leukocytes and
Thrombocytes.
Leukocytes - Answer White Blood Cells.
Thrombocytes - Answer Platelets.
All bone cells normally originate from where? - Answer Bone Marrow.
Erythrocytes Contain - Answer Hemoglobin.
Hemoglobin - Answer Oxygen-carrying protein.
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