Phlebotomy Essentials Chapter 1

Drawing a patient's blood without his or her permission can result in a charge of ?

• Assault and battery

• Breach of confidentiality

• Invasion of privacy

• respondeat superior

Two phlebotomist are in an elevator discussing a patient's condition. They are overheard by the patient's daughter. This is an example of?

• Failure to exercise due care.

• improper or unskilled care

• invasion of privacy

• res ipsa loquitur

Which of the following would NOT violate a patient's right to confidentiality?

• Indicating the nature of a patient's disease on the door

• Listing all HIV positive patients in the laboratory computer

• sharing collection site information on a difficult patient

• posting a patient's laboratory results on a bulletin board.

Malpractice is a claim of

• Assault and battery

• breach of confidentiality

• improper treatment

• invasion of privacy

If a phlebotomist----------he or she is negligent.

• does not obtain a specimen from a combative patient

• fails to put the needle and holder in the sharps container

• puts the bedrail in an upright position when leaving

• reports obvious changes in the patient's condition.

a national organization that sets standards for phlebotomy procedures is

• ASCP

• NAACLS

• NCA

• CLSI

Which action will compromise the quality of a specimen?

• Drawing electrolytes in an amber tube

• mixing a serumseparator tube five times

• partially filling a liquid EDTA tube

• placing a cold agglutinin in a heat block

The Joint commision's sentinel event QI program policy is designed to do all of the following EXCEPT

• DEMONSTRATE FLEXIBILITY IN SETTING QC MEASURES.

• IDENTIFY UNFAVORABLE EVENTS FOR IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION

• IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF PATIENTS IN HEALCARE INSTITUTIONS

• PREVENT UNFAVORABLE EVENTS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

Which one of the following examples is unrelated to quality control?

• Checking expiration dates on evacuated tubes

• documenting maintenance on centrifuge

• employees filling out their time sheets daily

• recording refrigerator temperature daily.

Which analyte test result will be adversely affected by chilling?

• ammonia

• lactic acid

• potassium

• renin