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WorksheetsCertification quiz coun
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
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Class
Date
1.
in order for a laboratory to receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, the laboratory must be:
a)
Licensed
b)
Approved
c)
Accredited
d)
Registered
2.
The analysis of DNA samples is preformed in:
a)
Cytology
b)
Flow cytometry
c)
Clinical microscopy
d)
Molecular diagnostics
3.
Mycology is the study of:
a)
Bacterial
b)
Parasites
c)
Viruses
d)
Fungi
4.
The phlebotomist withdraws the needle from the patient and accidentally sticks herself. The first course of action is:
a)
Get prophylactic medical therapy
b)
Fill out the employee incident report
c)
Decontaminate the puncture site
d)
Ask the nurse about the patient's health status
5.
Hospitals and laboratories have disaster emergency rediness planes in place that are activated in an event of
a)
Terrorist attack
b)
Fire
c)
Earthquake
d)
all of the above
6.
Any time you receive a shock or a touch from a centrifuge you should
a)
Have another person touch to see if it shocks them as well
b)
Plug the centrifuge into another wall o see if its the outlet
c)
Assume its just static electricity in the lab
d)
Check for a fryed cord, overloaded, bad connection
7.
The single greatest job-related risk to all health care workers and one that is especially perilous for the phlebotomist
a)
Radiation exposure
b)
Needle stick
c)
Chemical exposure
d)
Pathogen exposure
8.
The OSHA mandate that requires manufactures to supply MSDS for their products come from the:
a)
Bloodborne Pathogen Standard
b)
Hazard Communication (HAZCOM)
c)
Nfpa guidelines
d)
DOT regulations
9.
The designation of ABC on a fire extinguisher label indicates that it can be used for which type of fire?
a)
Paper
b)
Electrical
c)
Flammable liquids
d)
All of the above
10.
Three basic protection methods to protect health care workers and patients from external sources of radiation exposure include all of the following, except:
a)
Direction
b)
Shielding
c)
time
d)
Distance
11.
Completion of the venipuncture procedure, the phlebotomist discards the needle by:
a)
Activating needle safety device, and placing needle in a biohazard bags
b)
Recapping and placing needle in approved biohazard bags
c)
Activating needle safety device and placing needle in an approved sharps container
d)
Recapping the needle and placing it in a approved sharps container
12.
Prevention of shock includes all of the following actions, except:
a)
Be alert for early signs of shock
b)
Keep the patient upright
c)
Keep the patient warm
d)
Keep the patients airways open
13.
Work place safety is regulated by:
a)
HAZCOM
b)
OSHA
c)
CDC
d)
NFPA
14.
the phlebotomist was in a hurry to make aliquots of the STAT specimen that was going to two departments and simple popped the top and a blood mist splattered into her eye. the type of expose the phlebotomist occurred was?
a)
cutaneous
b)
transdermal
c)
permucosal
d)
purcutaneous
15.
The NFPA acronym RACE stands for?
a)
Rescue, alarm, confine, extinguish
b)
Respond, activate, close, escape
c)
report, activate, close, extinguish
d)
remove, alarm, contain, escape
16.
The employee right to know law allows employees to review the
a)
Blood borne pathogen standard
b)
Standard precautions guidelines
c)
Chemical hygiene plan
d)
Hazard communication standards
17.
Standard precaution is used in the hospital to prevent the spread of HIV and HBV during patient care and applies to body fluids, EXCEPT:
a)
Sweat
b)
Synovial Fluid
c)
blood
d)
urine
18.
while working in specimen processing, you notice flames shooting up from underneath one of the older centrifuges. You quickly activate RACE and grabbed a fire extinguisher that can be used on a _________ fire.
a)
Type A
b)
Type B
c)
Type C
d)
Type D
19.
As a member of the health care team, the phlebotomist knows the importance of Standard Precautions and routinely applies them to the care of :
a)
Patients in isolation
b)
Patients know to be HIV positive
c)
Patients in protective isolation
d)
All patients
20.
All manufactures of hazardous chemicals are required to provide the users with:
a)
Hazard Communication Plan
b)
MSDS
c)
Biohazardous label
d)
chemical hygiene plan
21.
the acronym to assist one in remembering how to use a fire extinguisher is:
a)
RACE
b)
PASS
c)
NFPA
d)
AIM
22.
The phlebotomist walks into a patients room and finds the nurse uncounscious on the floor still in contact with an electric source. the first thing the phlebotomist does is:
a)
Press the patient's call button for assistance
b)
Grab victim to pull away from the cord
c)
Check for breathing and pulse
d)
Shut off the source of electricity
23.
Safety engineering practices or controls for sharps are:
a)
Recapping the needle
b)
Removing the needle from syringes
c)
shielding or self-blunting needle
d)
Both A and B
24.
The phlebotomist is checking in supplies for the outpatient phlebotomy satellite lab. which of the following items will have an MSDS that the phlebotomist must follow
a)
Distilled water
b)
Bleach concentrate
c)
Isopropyl alcohol
d)
b and c
25.
The DOT label for hazardous substances is:
a)
Diamond shaped united nations hazards class number and identifying number
b)
Diamond shoped with 4 diff. colors tat represent hzard in 4 areas
c)
center circle with trifans in fuchsia
26.
The phlebotomist is poruing hydrochloric acid into a 24- hour urine collection container and accidentially spills some on her hand. Immediate safety protocol requires the phlebotomist to:
a)
Go to the ER for immediate treatment of the burn
b)
wipe the acid off with a paper towel and apply a burn ointment
c)
Flush the hand with running water for a min. of 15 minutes
d)
Run a steady stream of Saline over the area for 10 minutes
27.
OSHA requires that every workplace develop and train employees in a chemical hygiene plan. This plan would include all of the following , except:
a)
Knowledge of MSDS for chemicals used in the laboratory and clinical settings
b)
Familiarity with different hazardous labels to be affixed to specimen collection containers
c)
Procedure for acid dilutions by adding water acid when making acidic preservative dilutions
d)
IKnowledge of where to find first aid protocols for exposure to chemicals used in the lab
28.
The current American Heart Association protocol for cardiopulmonary resuscitation on adults who are found unconscious with no respiration or pulse includes:
a)
100 chest compressions per minute
b)
2 breaths per 15 compressions
c)
1 breath every 30 compressions
d)
50 compressions per minute
29.
Laboratory safety practices include all of the following, except:
a)
Following PPE guidelines
b)
Tying long hair back away from the face
c)
Avoiding hand- face contact in the workplace
d)
chewing gum in the laboratory
30.
The phlebotomist percutaneous exposure to blood borne pathogens during venipuncture procedures, the phlebotomist should not:
a)
Use a blood transfer device when performing a syringe draw
b)
Hold evacuated tube while transferring blood from syringe into tube
c)
Use safety needle device when performing venipuncture
d)
Use a safety butterfly collection set with a syringe
31.
A phlebotomist percutaneous exposure to bloodborne pathogens can result from which of the following
a)
process specimens without gloves
b)
Anchoring the vein above and below the intended puncture site
c)
Removing a contact lens from eye, in the lab
d)
using a blood transfer device in conjunction with a syringe
32.
first aid for patients who are bleeding include all of the following, except:
a)
Applying pressure to thr site of bleeding
b)
Elevate limbs above heart level even if the limb is broken
c)
Maintaining pressure until medical assistance arrives
d)
Securing a tourniquet if bleeding cannot be stopped by direct pressure
33.
A gunshot victim arrives at the ER just as you are arriving to draw blood from a patient. you note that the patient is in shock and that the medical staff applying all of the following measures except:
a)
Keeping the victim in a incline position
b)
Keeping the victim lying down with head to side
c)
Keep victim laying down with feet elevated
d)
covers the victim with blankets
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