When a physician orders a blood test, the medical assistant draws the patient's blood, ensures proper specimen labeling, and ensures that the blood is stored correctly.

Veins act as a bridge between capillaries and arteries.

The heart sends returned blood to the lungs, where oxygen is exhaled and carbon dioxide is inhaled.

Capillary walls are only one cell thick, so oxygen can pass out of the blood, and waste material can pass into the blood.

When the body is cool, capillaries dilate to retain heat.

Point of care testing commonly uses blood drawn from capillaries.

Veins carry blood toward the heart, and arteries carry blood away from the heart.

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) set standards to which all laboratories must adhere. These standards include training of personnel and testing and transport of specimens.

Plasma, the liquid component of blood, is mostly water.

The formed elements of blood are the red and white blood cells and platelets.

Hemoglobin in the white blood cells transports oxygen.

Arteries have one-way valves that prevent the backflow of blood.

Fibrinogens are minerals found in blood serum.

The most common capillary puncture site for adults is the palm of the hand.

Capillary blood collection tubes that contain heparin (to prevent clotting) are identified by a red mark.

A tourniquet should be left in place for the duration of the blood draw, for at least a minute.

The most common method of venipuncture is the syringe and needle method.

Following the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) order of draw, blue Vacutainers are drawn first.

It is appropriate to control the filling of an evacuated blood-collection tube manually.

The antecubital space is the most commonly used site for venipuncture.

If a patient shows signs of fainting, first complete the draw, and then have the patient lie down.

The role of the medical assistant in collecting blood specimens requires knowledge of each of the following EXCEPT ________.

The first step in performing manual capillary puncture is to ________.

The last step in performing manual capillary puncture is to ________.

Red blood cells carry ________ molecules.

Fibrinogens are ________ involved in clotting.

Arteries ________ because of the high pumping pressure they receive from the heart.

The medical assistant performing a venipuncture for a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test must ________.

The blood carried in the arteries contains ________.

When the body is cold, the capillaries ________, allowing for less blood flow, which increases the body temperature.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three methods of venipuncture?

Vacuum blood tubes come in all of the following sizes, EXCEPT ________.

When drawing blood by the Vacutainer method, it is important to fill the tubes in the recommended order. Which one of the following tubes would be filled first?

When using the vacuum container method, it is important to use a(n) ________.

One drawback to performing the butterfly method is the ________.

Which vein(s) is/are a commonly used site for venipunctures?

Which of the following sites are commonly used for manual capillary puncture?

A patient cannot be forced to undergo a blood draw procedure unless there is ________.

If a patient is allergic to latex, a ________ tourniquet can be used.

Needles used for blood draws are ________.

The smaller the gauge number of the venipuncture needle, the ________ the hole within.

The tip of the venipuncture needle is ________.

General phlebotomy needles are ________ gauge.

When should venipuncture be avoided?

The preferred finger for capillary puncture is the ________ of the non-dominant hand.

Which method of venipuncture is limited in the amount of blood that can be drawn by the size of the equipment used?

Capillary puncture is used for blood tests for all of the following, EXCEPT ________.

The initials POC stand for ________.

It is important to maintain the correct order of draw to ________.

To prevent the backflow of blood, veins are closed by ________.

________ is the destruction of red blood cells with the release of hemoglobin into the plasma.

A synonym for fainting or loss of consciousness is ________.

When preparing to collect blood from a dialysis patient with a fistula, the phlebotomist must ________.

Before inserting the needle, the medical assistant should do all of the following, EXCEPT ________.

There is a higher incidence of injury and contamination when using which venipuncture method?

When using laboratory requisition forms to transport specimens, the forms should be ________.

After a lancet is used, it should immediately be placed in a(n) ________ to prevent needlesticks.

When responding to a patient with hypoglycemia, the phlebotomist should ________.

Venous blood is ________ than arterial blood.

Which test requires stat processing?

The discomfort and swelling from a hematoma with significant swelling formed after a venipuncture can by reduced by ________.

Which of the following is NOT a way to make a vein stand out?

When performing a venipuncture on a diabetic patient who has not eaten, the medical assistance knows the patient is at risk for ________ and may ________.

Patients are required to fast for ________ hours for a glucose tolerance, cholesterol, or lipid level test.

A patient being well-________ is helpful for finding veins.

If the wrong tube is used to draw blood for venipuncture, then ________.

If the patient does not speak English, and you enlist the help of someone other than the patient to explain the blood draw procedure in the patient's native language, you must have the patient's permission because ________.

For patients who have bleeding disorders, the medical assistant ________.

For each tube being filled with blood, the phlebotomist must invert the tube ________.

A beveled needle is cut at a slant and ________.

Failure to obtain blood because the needle was not inserted deeply enough can be remedied by ________.

Which color Vacutainer tube comes fourth in the order of blood draw?

Which color Vacutainer tube comes fourth in the order of blood draw?

A ________-topped Vacutainer is used for cultures on blood or body fluid.

What additive does a red-stoppered plastic Vacutainer tube contain?

A glucose tolerance test would require which color Vacutainer tube?