Accronyms
Infections
Body Systems and Directional Terms
Heart
Tubes
100

What does HIPAA stand for? 

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

100

Give an example of an Airborne Transmission:

  • Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
  • Anthrax.
  • Chickenpox (Varicella)
  • COVID-19.
  • Influenza.
  • Meningitis (Neisseria meningitidis)
  • Measles (Rubeola)
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
  • TB
100

Which body system is in charge of pumping blood through the body? 

Circulatory System 

100

What are Erythrocytes, Leukocytes, and Thrombocytes?

Red blood cells, White Blood Cells, Platelets

100

Name the following for Yellow tube: 

Additive, Test, Department, Specimen


SPS, Blood culture, Microbiology, Whole blood 

200

What does PASS stand for?

Pull, Aim, Squeeze and Sweep

200

What does common vehicle transmission mean? 

Egents transmitted by a common inanimate vehicle, with multiple cases resulting from such exposure. This category includes diseases in which food or water as well as drugs and parenteral fluids are the vehicles of infection.

200

What are the 3 planes of the body? You must stand and gesture the planes to receive the points.

Saggital, Coronal, Transverse

200

What percentage of the blood is plasma? 

About 55% of our blood is plasma, and the remaining 45% are red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets that are suspended in the plasma

200

Name the following for Light Blue tube: 

Additive, 2 Test, Department, Specimen

Sodium Citrate, D-Dimer/Coagulation/PT, Coagulation, Plasma 

300

What does RACE stand for? 

Remove, Alarm, Confine, and Extinguish or Evacuate


300

What is indirect contact? 

Contact of susceptible host and contaminated intermediate object

300

What is the correct anatomical position?

Palms facing forward, body upright, feet facing forward

300

What are the differences between Arteries and Veins? 

Arteries take blood away from the heart, veins towards the heart

Pressure in arteries is higher than veins

Lumen is smaller in arteries, lumen is larger in veins 

Tunica media is thicker in arteries,  tunica externa thicker in veins

300

Name the following for Red tube: 

Additive, 2 Test, Department, Specimen

Glass/ None, Plastic/ Clot Activator, Glucose, Cholesterol, Serology/Chemistry, Serum 

400

What are the five classifications of fire?

A, B, C, D, K 

400

What are 7 types of PPE phlebotomists use during collection? 

Gloves, Gown, Mask, Goggles, Face Shields, Shoe Covers, Respirator 
400

What are the 12 body systems? 

Skeletal, Circulatory, Muscular, Excretory, Digestive, Immune, Lymphatic, Endocrine, Reproductive, Nervous, Integumentary, Respiratory

400

What are the two layers on a tube without anticoagulant?

Serum, Clot 

400

Name the following for SST tube: 

Additive, 2 Test, Department, Specimen

Gel serum separator/Clot Activator, Hormones/Liver Function, Chemistry, Serum 

500

What is the difference between certification and accreditation?

An accreditation will often legitimize an organization within an industry. Certifications, on the other hand, are provided to the individual.

500

What are the six steps in the chain of infections? 

Infectious Agent, Reservoir, Portal of Exit, Mode of Transmission, Portal of Entry, Susceptible Host

500

What are the 8 directional terms of the body? 

Distal/Proximal, Posterior/Anterior, Superior/Inferior/, Medial/Lateral

500

Name the direction of blood flow in the heart from oxygen poor to oxygen rich:

Blood comes into the right atrium from the body through the superior and inferior vena cava, moves into the right atrium goes through the tricuspid valve and into the right ventricle. Blood is then pumped through the pulmonary arteries in the lungs after passing the pulmonary semilunar valve. After picking up oxygen at the lungs, the blood travels back to the heart through the pulmonary veins into the left atrium through the bicuspid valve, to the left ventricle and out to the body's tissues through the aortic valve into the aorta.

500

What are the 4 colors of needles and their corresponding gauges?

Yellow, Green, Black, Light Blue

20,         21,     22,      23


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