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WorksheetsWEEK 1 QOD Review 12/2-12/6
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
What part of the evacuated tube system allows multiple collection tubes to be filled with one puncture?
The interior needle/tube holder
The syringe barrel
The bevel
The lumen
When drawing a specimen for an ammonia test, what should a phlebotomy technician have ready for specimen transportation?
A heating block
An amber transport tube
An ice slurry
Ice cubes
Blood exits the heart through the body’s larg-
est artery, the ________________.
A requisition calls for the following tests: CBC, CMP, and PTT. Which of the following reflects the proper order of draw?
EDTA, SST, citrate
Citrate, SST, EDTA
SST, citrate, EDTA
EDTA, citrate, SST
A phlebotomy technician is performing a venipuncture collection on a young adult and
needs to draw a citrate tube, a serum separator tube, and an EDTA tube. The citrate tube
and SST fill quickly. The EDTA tube fills partway, and then blood flow stops. What is the
most likely explanation?
The patient’s vein has collapsed.
A clot has formed in the needle.
The tube’s vacuum is compromised.
The patient’s vein is empty.
When is a sharps receptacle considered to be
overfilled according to OSHA standards?
cxWhen it is more than 1/2 full
When it is more than 2/3 full
When it is more than 3/4 full
When it is filled to a point one inch
below the opening
An emergency room physician directs a phlebotomist to draw blood from an unconscious
patient of unknown identity. This is
Illegal and the phlebotomist should
refuse
Legal under the concept of implied
consent
Legal under the concept of informed
consent
Illegal unless the patient becomes
responsive and agrees to the draw
An infant’s blood volume may be
approximated by multiplying the child’s
___________________ by ________.
Weight in pounds, 65
Weight in kilograms, 65
Weight in pounds, 80
Weight in kilograms, 80
Two sets of blood culture bottles are to be filled
for a patient. Which of the following is true?
Both sets must be filled from the same
venipuncture site.
The sets must be filled from two different
venipuncture sites.
The sets are filled from the same veni-
puncture site if possible, and from two
sites only if the blood flow stops before all
bottles are filled.
One set is filled from a venipuncture site
and the second set is filled from a capillary
puncture site.
