Safety & Compliance
Ensuring equipment works properly
Quality Control
What time of day should you advise a patient to take a urine pregnancy test?
First morning void
What may be a cause of a vein collapsing during a venipuncture
Tourniquet to tight
Where should a blood sample for a lactic acid test be kept before transportation?
The refrigerator
What is the practice of drawing blood?
Phlebotomy
Written information about a chemical, its hazards, and procedures for clean-up and first aid are available in which document?
Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
What information is required to confirm a patient's identity?
full name, and DOB
A phlebotomy technician is performing a venipuncture through a hematoma. What should you expect to see in the specimen?
Hemolysis
What action must be taken in front of the patient after filling the blood collection tubes?
tech must initial the specimen
Official approval of a program from a professional organization
Accreditation
Needles and lancets are which type of safety hazard?
Sharps
Which of the following is the most commonly used antiseptic for routine blood draws?
Isopropyl alcohol
A phlebotomy technician is performing venipuncture on a patient who has edema in their right arm. Which site would you select to perform the draw?
Left side dorsal hand
How long must a serum sample stand before placing it into the centrifuge?
30 Minutes
Official acceptance from a professional organization
Approval
What bloodborne pathogen are you most at risk for contracting during a needle stick injury?
Hepatitis B
What position would you place a patient in who has advised of prior syncope when having their blood drawn?
Supine position
A phlebotomy technician accidentally punctures the patient's artery. What action should you take?
Apply pressure to the area for at least 5 minutes.
A phlebotomy technician receives six filled evacuation tubes, but one of them is missing a label. What must be done to the sample that is missing the label?
Discard into biohazard sharps container and recollect
Verification that an individual has demonstrated proficiency in a particular area of practice
Certification
Which of the following viruses can survive in dried blood for up to 3 weeks?
Hepatitis C virus = HCV
A phlebotomy technician is processing a blood sample of a patient who informed them that they had meat and cheese the day prior to the blood draw. What should the phlebotomist expect to see after the blood has been centrifuged?
The specimen is lipemic (appears cloudy)
A phlebotomy technician is performing venipuncture for a bilirubin test, cold agglutinin titer, CBC, and PTT. What tubes should you select and what is the order in which they should be drawn?
One light blue, 2 SST, and one lavender.
A phlebotomist receives a urine drug screen that reads a temp of 85.0 F. What must be done for this sample?
The sample needs to be re-collected under observation
Credits for participation in a continuing education program
Continuing education units