WorksheetsPhlebo Training Quiz 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The single most important means of preventing the spread of infection is:
Hand sanitize before and after contact with each patient
Identifying the disease being isolated
Wearing gloves when drawing infection patient
Wearing a mask into an isolation room
If the venipuncture site begins to swell as blood is being drawn from a patient's arm, it is best to_____.
Apply pressure above the puncture site and finish the draw
Release the tourniquet, remove the needle and apply pressure
Finish the draw, but apply pressure quickly afterward
Rotate the needle to position it better inside the vein
A patient tells the phlebotomist that his physician has ordered him to have a blood test for his sugar levels. This is most likely to be a test for___________
Serum sodium
Cholesterol
Potassium
Serum glucose
Before skin vein puncture, the site should be clean with alcohol and___________
Blown dry to expedite things
Allowed to air dry on its own
No need to wait for dry
Use dry cotton to dry
The process by which an object or area becomes unclean (in medical terms) is called
Pollution
Sepsis
Infestation
Contamination
Tiny clots may appear in an anticoagulated tube due to _________.
Traumatized platelets
Inadequate amount of blood
Centrifugation too slowly
Insufficient mixing
Which of these characteristics speaks most to the professionalism of the phlebotomy staff?
They wear matching uniforms with the organization patch
They have the best turnaround record of any draw station
They greet patients personally and make them comfortable
They enter patient data into the computer very rapidly
Medical ethics defines conduct within the medical profession that is deemed to be________.
Related to malpractice
Right or wrong
Negligent
Moral or immoral
A lipid panel provides the most useful information to the physicians if it is drawn__________.
While a patient is fasting
Right after a fatty meal
Along with electrolytes
Without a tourniquet
When using tubes with additives, how soon after collection should mixing begin?
After all the tubes are drawn
As long as its within 5 minutes
As soon as the tubes clot
It should begin immediately
The hands of the phlebotomist should be washed _________.
All answers are correct
Even though gloves are used
After specimen collection
Before specimen collection
Tubes used for ________tests must have a 9:1 ratio of blood to anticoagulant to be accepted by the label.
Complete blood count
Blood bank
Chemistry
Coagulation
When performing venipuncture, the tourniquet must not remain on the arm for more than _________at a time.
10 minutes
5 minutes
1 minute
10 seconds
To collect blood for D- Dimer test, use and evacuated tube with ___________ colored stopper.
Light blue
Red
Green
Red and Black
The needle should be inserted into the arm with the bevel facing
Make no difference
Up
To either side
Down
The number one vein of choice for venipuncture in the antecubital fossa is:
Basilic
Cephalic
Median cubital
Brachial
Which blood vessels carry blood that is high in oxygen?
Veins
Arteries
Venules
Vena Cava
Fibrinogen is found in:
None of the above
Both serum and plasma
Plasma
Serum
Which of the following is an accessory organ of the digestive system?
Ovary
Liver
Lung
Heart
Insulin is produced by which organ?
Liver
Pancreas
Gall bladder
Kidney
