Infection Control and Regulations
Specimen Handling
Diagnostic Tests
Medication & Administration
Disease Process and Diagnosis
100
The process used to wash and remove blood and tissue from medical instruments is called:
What is sanitization
100
While a blood specimen is being prepared for laboratory analysis, the container tips over, and blood spills on the laboratory table. What the most appropriate management of the spill? Q2MC
What is cover the spill with paper towels, pour 10% bleach solution on the towels, wait 15 minutes, wipe up the spill while wearing gloves, and discard the paper towels in an infectious waste container.
100
To obtain a useful evaluation of pulmonary function in a patient with asthma, you must administer the PFT when the patient:
What is is experiencing a bronchial spasm.
100
Which of the following medications are used to treat allergic rhinitis?
What are: Allegra, Flonase, Septra, amoxicillin, Alupent, Serevent, INH, RIF
100
Clubbing of the fingers in a patient with emphysema is caused by:
What is chronic tissue hypoxia
200
A __________is a resistant bacterial reproductive cell that can become active and cause disease.
What is a spore
200
The CDC does not recommend Standard Precautions for which of the following body fluids if the fluid does not contain visible blood?
What is urine
200
To obtain a reliable throat culture for testing, it is essential to:
What is swab only the back of the throat and the tonsils
200
Factors that affect the drug dosage are:
What are weight, gender, age, pregnancy and lactation, and disease process.
200
A patient experiencing tachycardia has:
What is a heart rate faster than normal
300
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recommends that each Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) follow the 16-section format developed by the American National Standards Institute. T/F
What is true
300
Which of the following procedures is appropriate for preparing blood and other potentially infectious materials for transport?
What is placing the materials in a leak proof container during collection
300
The procedure that measures the amount of air moving into and out of the lungs is:
What is spirometry
300
An agent that lowers the blood glucose level is known as a:
What is hypoglycemic
300
A bruit noted during auscultation in the area of a blood vessel often is a sign of:
What is an aneurysm
400
The presence of adequate amounts of oxygen is one of the keys for the spread of anaerobic microorganisms. T/F
What is false (Anaerobic microorganisms thrive with a lack of oxygen.)
400
All Vacutainer tubes should be inverted three to five times to mix the blood sample with the tube additive. T/F
What is false
400
A blood test to help diagnose tuberculosis is:
What is QuantiFERON-TB Gold test
400
The amount of time it takes for 50% of a drug to be metabolized and excreted is called the drug’s:
What is half-life
400
Which cardiac diagnostic tool requires the patient to exercise during the procedure?
What is Stress test
500
An antiseptic is an agent that can be used on the skin to inhibit the growth of microorganisms. T/F
What is true (Antiseptics are used on living tissue to remove or control microorganisms.)
500
Specimens should be collected during the acute phase of an illness and 24 hours after antibiotics are prescribed. T/F
What is false
500
What measures the percentage of hemoglobin that is oxygenated compared with the total amount of hemoglobin available and indicates the oxygen saturation level and patient’s pulse rate?
What is pulse oximetry
500
To read the amount of a liquid medication poured into a measuring device correctly, read at the _________ of the meniscus.
What is lowest level
500
AST and ALT testing is done to monitor ___________ in patients receiving statin drugs.
What is liver function
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