Phlebotomy Essentials Chapter 2 Review Questions

Which of the following is the oldest and largest healthcare standards-setting body in the nation?

• American Medical Association

• Center for Medicare and Medicaid

• College of American Pathologist

• The Joint Commission

The CLIA federal regulations are administered by

• CAP

• CLSI

• CMS

• CoW

Which of the following are set up to monitor all areas of care that tend to cause problems?

• Internal Report Forms

• Quality Indicators

• Sentinel events

• Threshold Values

Proper patient identification means

• actively involving patient in their own identification

• asking a second person to verify your ID procedure

• checking the requisition against the patient's room number

• scanning patients ID bands with barcode readers only

What manual describes the necessary steps to folow in patient preparation for laboratory tests?

• The Patient Record

• The Procedure Manual

• The Safety Manual

• The Test Catalog

Which fo the following can identify trends for risk management?

• Delta checks

• Incident reports

• Safety data sheets

• Test menues

Informed consent means that a

• nurse has the right to perform a procedure on a patient even if the patient refuses

• patient agrees to a procedure after being told of the consequences associated with it

• patient has the right to look at all his or her medical records and test results

• phlebotomist tells the patient why the test is ordered and the meaning of the results

A national organization that develops guidelines and sets standards for laboratory procedures is the

• CAP

• CLIAC

• CLSI

• NAACLS

A physician is sued for negligence due to the actions of an inexperienced, contracted phlebotomist hired to cover summer vacations. This is an example of

• assault and battery

• re ipsa loquitur

• the statute of limitations

• vicarious liability

A young adult comes to an outpatient lab to have his blood drawn. The phlebotomist refused to draw the patient's blood because the patient

• does not have insurance, but offers to pay cash

• has never had his blood drawn before this time

• has not reached the age of majority in the state

• has not eaten breakfast and feels light headed