CPCT Chapt. 7 & 8

Your patient is having a urine cytology test, you as the CPCT know that this test detects _____________ in the urinary tract.

• cancer

• bacteria

• glucose

• the number of electrolytes

The patient is providing a urine sample that requires them to discard their first morning urine and wait a set amount of time to then collect the sample. This type of urine test is called:

• double voiding

• clean catch

• midstream catch

• regular voided sample

This test is a commonly used for testing blood in the stool:

• guaiac smear

• ova and parasite

• cologuard

• culture and sensitivity smear

What precaution ensures the accuracy of a fecal test for occult blood?

• The patient must stop taking NSAIDs for 7 days before the test

• The patient must fast for 12 hours before the test

• The patient must consume minimal carbs for 24 hours before the test

• The patient must stop taking Vit C and Iron for 7 days before the test

Standard blood samples must be tested or centrifuged within: 

• 1 hour

• 2 hours

• 4 hours

• 12 hours

Which type of urine specimen is collected midstream once the client has already started urinating?

• clean catch

• 24 hour

• random

• bag

You are working in a lab with specimen processing. You know that you have to wait ___________ minutes to centrifuge serum test until the clotting process is complete. 

• 30 min

• 15 min

• 45 min

• 90 min

This breath sample test requires the patient to fast for 12 hours prior to the test:

• hydrogen breath test

• C-urea breath test

• buccal breath test

• sputum breath test

A dipstick can be used in urinalysis to test for all of the following EXCEPT:

• pH level

• red blood cells

• parasites

• gluclose

You are providing instructions to a patient who will be providing a sputum sample, all of these are specific instructions EXCEPT:

• the patient should rinse their mouth before providing the sample

• the patient can not take NSAIDs for 1 week prior to giving the sample

• the patient should give the sample first thing in the morning

• the patient needs to wait 1 hour after eating to provide the sample