Accronyms
What does HIPAA stand for?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Give an example of an Airborne Transmission:
Which body system is in charge of pumping blood through the body?
Circulatory System
What are Erythrocytes, Leukocytes, and Thrombocytes?
Red blood cells, White Blood Cells, Platelets
Name the following for Yellow tube:
Additive, Test, Department, Specimen
SPS, Blood culture, Microbiology, Whole blood
What does PASS stand for?
Pull, Aim, Squeeze and Sweep
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.
What are the 3 planes of the body? You must stand and gesture the planes to receive the points.
Saggital, Coronal, Transverse
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
Name the following for Light Blue tube:
Additive, 2 Test, Department, Specimen
Sodium Citrate, D-Dimer/Coagulation/PT, Coagulation, Plasma
What does RACE stand for?
Remove, Alarm, Confine, and Extinguish or Evacuate
What is indirect contact?
Contact of susceptible host and contaminated intermediate object
What is the correct anatomical position?
Palms facing forward, body upright, feet facing forward
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
Name the following for Red tube:
Additive, 2 Test, Department, Specimen
Glass/ None, Plastic/ Clot Activator, Glucose, Cholesterol, Serology/Chemistry, Serum
What are the five classifications of fire?
A, B, C, D, K
What are 7 types of PPE phlebotomists use during collection?
What are the 12 body systems?
Skeletal, Circulatory, Muscular, Excretory, Digestive, Immune, Lymphatic, Endocrine, Reproductive, Nervous, Integumentary, Respiratory
What are the two layers on a tube without anticoagulant?
Serum, Clot
Name the following for SST tube:
Additive, 2 Test, Department, Specimen
Gel serum separator/Clot Activator, Hormones/Liver Function, Chemistry, Serum
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.
What are the six steps in the chain of infections?
Infectious Agent, Reservoir, Portal of Exit, Mode of Transmission, Portal of Entry, Susceptible Host
What are the 8 directional terms of the body?
Distal/Proximal, Posterior/Anterior, Superior/Inferior/, Medial/Lateral
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.
What are the 4 colors of needles and their corresponding gauges?
Yellow, Green, Black, Light Blue
20, 21, 22, 23