NHA Phlebotomy Practice Examination
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Grey Tube ✔✔Alcohol/Glucose
Sodium Fluoride and Potassium Oxalate
Hemolysis ✔✔Rupture or destruction of red blood cells
K+ ✔✔Potassium
Na ✔✔Sodium
Nosocomial Infe
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NHA Phlebotomy Practice Examination
Already Passed
Grey Tube ✔✔Alcohol/Glucose
Sodium Fluoride and Potassium Oxalate
Hemolysis ✔✔Rupture or destruction of red blood cells
K+ ✔✔Potassium
Na ✔✔Sodium
Nosocomial Infection ✔✔An infection that is acquired in a hospital setting
Main vein used for phlebotomy ✔✔Median Cubital
Yellow Tube ✔✔Blood Cultures
SPS
Number of attempts at performing phlebotomy ✔✔Two
Light Blue Tube ✔✔Coagulation Studies
Sodium Citrate
QNS ✔✔Quantity Not Sufficient
Battery ✔✔Bodily Injury
Maximum depth of capillary puncture for infant? ✔✔2.0mm
Angle used for needle insertion? ✔✔15-30 degrees
Elbow region ✔✔Antecubital
hemoconcentration ✔✔Components of blood increase due to prolonged tourniquet application or
fist pumping
2nd choice of vein for phlebotomy ✔✔Cephalic
Green tube ✔✔Stat Chemistry
Sodium/Lithium/Ammonium Heparin
3rd choice vein for phlebotomy ✔✔Basilic
needle size for adults? ✔✔21g
Assault ✔✔Threat to do bodily injury
Smallest veins ✔✔Venules
Smallest arteries ✔✔Arterioles
Study of Blood ✔✔Hematology
example of a light-sensitive analyte ✔✔Bilirubin
Bacteria not requiring oxygen ✔✔Anaerobic
butterfly needle size ✔✔23g
Tiger top tube ✔✔Chemistry
SST/Clot activator
How do you identify the patient? ✔✔Name and DOB
Bacteria that requires oxygen? ✔✔Aerobic
What is the minimal information needed to label a tube after the specimen is drawn? ✔✔Name
of patient, date and time, phlebotomist's initials
Syncope ✔✔Fainting
What do you do if there is no label on the filled tube? ✔✔Discard
Sterile ✔✔Free from contaminants
Anemia ✔✔Decrease of red blood cells, hemoglobin
How long should a patient fast for labs? ✔✔8-12 hours
Red top ✔✔Chemistry
No additives
What do you do if the patient has no ID bracelet on? ✔✔Notify the nurse, do not touch the
patient
Why is the additive SPS used for blood cultures? ✔✔Does not inhibit bacterial growth
When should a 2 hour post-prandial specimen be obtained? ✔✔2 hours after a meal
Bevel of the needle should be positioned how? ✔✔Up
What do blood cultures detect? ✔✔Septicemia
tube used for sodium test ✔✔Red/TT
tube used for potassium test ✔✔Red/TT
The higher the needle gauge number....? ✔✔The smaller the needle
the instrument that measures blood pressure? ✔✔Sphygmomanometer
platelet ✔✔Thrombocyte
Most important step in specimen collection? ✔✔Identify the patient
hematoma ✔✔A bruise
AIDS ✔✔Acquired Immunodefiency Syndrome
CBC ✔✔Complete Blood Count
GTT ✔✔Glucose Tolerance Test
POCT ✔✔Point of care testing
PT ✔✔Prothrombin Test
Excessive squeezing of site used for capillary puncture may cause what? ✔✔Hemolysis
Fistula ✔✔Shunt that connects vein and artery via surgery
TAT ✔✔Turn around time
Petechiae ✔✔Red,purplish hemorrhages under the skin. Can be caused by tourniquet
Embolus ✔✔Traveling blood clot
Thrombus ✔✔Stationary blood clot
Basal State ✔✔12 hours after a meal, usually in the morning
Lipemic specimen ✔✔Contains high lipid levels, cloudy/milky in appearance
Erythrocytes ✔✔Red blood cells
PHI ✔✔Protected Health Information
Right or wrong conduct ✔✔Ethics
PPE ✔✔Personal Protective Equipment
Blue diamond in the NFP hazard sign ✔✔Health hazard
Site used for heel stick ✔✔Lateral plantar
Chain of Custody ✔✔Step-wise method of specimen collection that may be used in court
Most important means of fighting infection ✔✔Hand-washing
Lavender Tube ✔✔Hematology
EDTA
TDM ✔✔Therapeutic drug monitoring
Calculation of blood volume for newborns ✔✔Weight in Kg x 80-100ml
Calculation of blood volume for adults ✔✔Weight in Kg x 70
Capillaries are a mixture of what kind of blood? ✔✔Arterial and venous
Phleb/o ✔✔Vein
-tomy ✔✔incision
cubitum ✔✔elbow
Ante- ✔✔before
Thromb/o ✔✔clot
-lysis ✔✔rupture or destroy
Hem/o ✔✔blood
Erythr/o ✔✔Red
Cell ✔✔Cyte
POL ✔✔Physician's Office Laboratory
Reverse Isolation ✔✔Protect the patient
Pediatric and Geriatric needle size ✔✔23g
Homeostasis ✔✔When the body is in perfect harmony, free of a disease state
Order of Draw ✔✔Yellow, Blue, Red/TT, Green, Lavender, Gray
How long should a tourniquet remain in place? ✔✔1 minute, maximum 2
Pre-analytical phase ✔✔preparing the patient, obtaining the order, everything before the actual
procedure
Ven/i ✔✔vein
Superficial ✔✔near the surface
Distal ✔✔away from
Proximal ✔✔near
Medial ✔✔middle
Anterior ✔✔front
PTT ✔✔Partial Thromboplastin Time
How long does it take blood to clot without additives? ✔✔30-60 minutes
Deep ✔✔Further away from the surface
HgbA1c ✔✔Monitors diabetes. Drawn in a lavender tube.
CSF ✔✔Cerebrospinal fluid
milliliters required for each blood culture bottle for an adult? ✔✔8-10 ml
Name of glycolytic inhibitor ✔✔Sodium fluoride
Acronym R A C E ✔✔Rescue, alert, confine, extinguish
Peak level ✔✔Drawn after medications given
What tests should not be done by capillary sticks? ✔✔Coagulation, blood cultures, ESR
How do you respond to a critical value? ✔✔Notify the physician/nurse
Trough level ✔✔Collected immediately before medications given
Standard or Universal Precautions ✔✔Assume everyone is contagious
Iatrogenic Anemia ✔✔excessive blood draws
Hemostasis ✔✔Process that causes blood to stop
Test used for hemostasis ✔✔Bleeding Time
Hgb ✔✔Hemoglobin and tells % of RBC's
Hct ✔✔Hematocrit and tells how well the RBC's carry oxygen
Phlebitis ✔✔Inflammation of vein
PKU ✔✔Phenylketonuria
Plasma ✔✔Liquid portion of the blood that contains clotting factors
Polycythemia ✔✔Excessive production of red blood cells
Platelets ✔✔Aid in blood clotting
Glycolisis ✔✔Breakdown of glucose
Edema ✔✔Swelling
Needle size for adult patients ✔✔21g
Why should a test be ordered as fasting? ✔✔To prevent diet from effecting test results
T&C ✔✔Type and crossmatch
Anticoagulant ✔✔Prevents blood from clotting
OSHA ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration
HIPAA ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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