AMCA Phlebotomy Questions and
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PPE stands for? ✔✔Personal Protective Equipment
How do you remove PPE equipment? ✔✔1st - Gloves
2nd - Gown
3rd - Shield
Most common complication in Phlebotomy ✔✔Hemato
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AMCA Phlebotomy Questions and
Answers Rated A+
PPE stands for? ✔✔Personal Protective Equipment
How do you remove PPE equipment? ✔✔1st - Gloves
2nd - Gown
3rd - Shield
Most common complication in Phlebotomy ✔✔Hematoma
What is the normal life span of RBC's ✔✔is 120 days
Three major veins are located ✔✔in the antecubital fossa
The three major veins are? ✔✔Median cubital vein
Cephalic vein
Basilic vein
Basal state is ✔✔When the patient has fasted and not excersiced in 12 hours
What is the order of Draw? ✔✔1. Yellow, sterile
2. Light Blue
3. Red
4. Gold BD hemogard closure or red-gray
5. Green
6. Lavender
7. Gray
What are the three blood specimens? ✔✔Whole Blood, Serum, and Plasma
What is Whole blood used for? ✔✔most hematology tests, including blood type and cell counts,
and to determine certain hormones and metals.
It is collected and mixed with anticoagulant so that it will not clot.
What is Serum? ✔✔the fluid portion that remains after clotting. The serum is separated from
coagulated blood that is centrifuged.
What is Serum used for? ✔✔many lab tests, including most chemistry and immunology tests.
Unlike plasma, serum does not contain fibrinogen or some other clotting factors and cannot be
used for coagulation studies.
What is plasma? ✔✔Plasma is the fluid portion of blood, including fibrinogen and other clotting
factors.
How is Plasma collected? ✔✔By collecting whole blood in a tube containing an anticoagulant
and then centrifuging.
What is plasma used for? ✔✔Used for coagulation studies. Used also for STAT chem tests when
there is no time to wait for clotting to occur before centrifuging.
What does an anticoagulant additive do? ✔✔prevent clotting
What does a clot activator additive do? ✔✔promote clotting
What does a thixotropic gel additive do? ✔✔separates blood components
What do preservatives and inhibitors of various cellular reaction additives do? ✔✔maintain the
integrity of the specimen
How many inversions are needed for most tubes? ✔✔5-8 times
With STAT tests, a rapid-acting clot activator that can be used is called ✔✔Thrombin
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