The most commonly used antiseptic for routine blood draws.
What is 70% Isopropyl Alcohol?
100
This muscle contracts to push blood through the circulatory system.
What is the Heart?
100
The smallest living units in the body.
What are cells?
100
The Joint Commission mandates this.
What is quality assurance programs?
100
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 regulates this.
HIPAA requires that health care agencies and personnel protect a patient’s private health information.
200
This should be done immediately after withdrawing the needle from the patient.
What is apply pressure to the puncture site.
200
These structures carry blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
200
This term describes the wrist in relation to the shoulder.
What is distal?
200
This refers to the quantitative methods used to monitor the quality of procedures to ensure accurate test results.
What is Quality Control?
200
The first step in routine blood collection.
What is to identify the patient?
300
The term for the hollow tube inside a needle’s shaft.
What is the Lumen?
300
These structures return blood to the heart.
What are veins?
300
This is a term for a nerve cell.
What is a neuron?
300
This is the larger set of methods used to guarantee quality patient care, including patient preparation and specimen collection and transport protocols
What is Quality Assurance (QA)?
300
Phlebo- means “vein,” and -tomy means “to make an incision.”
What is the term phlebotomy defined?
400
The needle size is most commonly used for routine venipunctures.
What is 21g?
400
This is the medical term for a reduced blood supply to heart tissue, thereby causing damage to the heart muscle.
What is Ischemia?
400
This occurs while the body constantly tries to maintain a dynamic steady state of health.
What is homeostasis?
400
A phlebotomist is most responsible for controlling these variables in test results.
What is Preanalytical?
400
You have entered a patient’s room and explained that you need to draw blood, and the patient repeatedly refuses.
What is notify the patient’s physician according to the institution’s written policies?
500
The term multi-sample needle means this.
What is the needle has a retractable rubber sleeve that covers one end of the needle when a blood collecting tube is not attached?
500
These blood vessels are the smallest, consisting of only a single layer of epithelial cells.
What are Capillaries?
500
The term for a vertical plane dividing the body into right and left sides.
What is sagittal?
500
This can occur in a blood sample if a patient has been suffering from prolonged diarrhea or vomiting.
What is Hemoconcentration?
500
A patient must be informed of all intended treatments and risks before the treatment is performed.