Routine Venipuncture
Safety and First Aid
Equipment
Order of Draw, Additives
Abbreviations
100
What is it called when you touch or feel a venipuncture site?
Palpate
100

What is the biggest blood-borne transmitted disease for phlebotomists?

What is Hepatitis B?

100

This is a bin, that has a Bio-Hazard logo, puncture-resistant, leak-proof, must be closable on the sides n bottom, and labeled or colored,  

What is a "Sharps" Container? 

100

 The additive in the light blue tube

What is Sodium citrate?

100

What does HIPAA stand for?

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 

200

Tourniquet

Tube

Cotton/gauze

Safety Mechanism

What are the steps to end a blood draw? 

200

Masks, Goggles, Gloves, Face Shields, Coats, are all examples of what? 

What are examples of PPE? (Personal Protective Equipment)

200

Another name for "winged" infusion set

What is a "butterfly needle"?

200

What two test tubes have items that NEED to be chilled? 

ammonia and lactic acid

200

What does OSHA stand for? 

Occupational Safety and Health Administration 

300
Where should you draw if a patient has had a double mastectomy?
Ask the patient where to draw blood from, and confirm with the doctor. You may have to draw from a foot, or draw without a tourniquet.
300

The easiest way to break the "chain of transmission"? 

What is washing your hands? 

300

This makes veins larger and easier to feel by restricting venous flow but allowing arterial flow.

What is a Tourniquet? 
300

What is the additive in the pink tube and what department does it go to?

What are potassium EDTA and blood bank?

300

What is POCT?

Point of Care Testing

400
What is the most critical error a phlebotomist can make?
Misidentify the patients specimen, or not identify the patient.
400

1- wash exposed area thoroughly with soap n water

2- report the exposure to your supervisor ASAP

3- Refer to an MSDS

4-Fill out an exposure report form 

What are the steps for an accidental needlestick on a finger?

400

test tubes, gloves, wipes, gauze, sharps container, tourniquet, lab specimen labels, tape, hand sanitizer, vacutainer, hub, bevel/needle, PPE, are all equipment used to include before what? 

What is the equipment used for a blood draw?

400

What anticoagulant is contained in a PST tube?

What is Heparin?

400

What is MSDS?

Material Safety Data Sheet

500
A 17 year old patient vehemently refuses to allow you to collect a blood specimen he is threatening to harm you if you come near him, what do you do?
Since he is a minor it is up to the parents if they want his blood drawn or not. try to talk him into it, and then if he still refuses then inform the doctor and the nurse in charge of him, you may have to chemically sedate him, or hold him down. Good luck!
500

Name the types of consent

What is Informed, Expressed, Implied, and Parental Consent 

500

This machine holds tubes, and spins them at a high rate of speed, separating the cells from the fluid

What is a Centrifuge machine?

500

Sterile - Blood cultures, nutrient broth, Light Blue- sodium citrate, Red- none, Tiger/Speckled/Marble/Gold- Silica, Thixotropic gel, Lite green/Mint- lithium heparin, Dark Green- sodium heparin, Lavender/purple- EDTA, Pink- potassium EDTA, Gray- Sodium Flouride

What is the "correct" order of draw?

500

What does CLIA stand for? 

Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute

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