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FREE PHLEBOTOMY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

TERMINOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: What word means "controlling blood flow

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hemeostasis Question 2: In which instance could an electrical shock to a patient most likely occur

Answer:

touching electrical equipment while drawing a patient's blood

Question 3: Which of the follow terms means muscle pain

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myalgia Question 4: proper finger puncture technique includes all of the following except

Answer:

puncture parallel to the whorls of the fingerprint

Question 5: For safety in the health care facility, which of the following should not occur?

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liquid wast should be discarded rapidly Question 6: you have no choice but to draw a specimen from a site with a hematoma. where should you obtain the specimen

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distal to the hematoma

Question 7: one inch is equivalent to

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2.54 cm

Question 8: mixing equipment from different manufacturers can result in

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all of the above-improper needle fit, needle coming unscrewed, tubes popping off Question 9: a phlebotomist must collect a hemoglobin on a patient in the intensive care unit.There is an IV in the patient's left arm. There is no suitable antecubital vein in the right arm.What should the phlebotomist do

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collect the specimen by skin puncture of a finger of the right hand Question 10: you may have to be careful about what type of equipment is brought into the room if a patient is severely allergic to

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latex Question 11: which of the following is a commonly used intravenous device that is sometimes used in the collection of blood from patients who are difficult to collect blood by conventional methods

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butterfly needle

Question 12: What are the major principles of self-protection from radiation exposure

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time, distance, shielding

Question 13: Which of the following is a suffix

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oxia

Question 14: a vein may collapse because the

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any of the above-tourniquet is applied too tightly, tourniquet is too close to the venipuncture site, tube vacuum is too much for the size of the vein

Question 15: if a blood collection site continues to bleed after 5 minutes

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notify the patient's physician or nurse Question 16: If an electrical accident occurs involving electrical shock to an employee or a patient, the first thing that the health care worker should do is

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shut off electrical power Question 17: when collecting blood in a syringe, blood should be place in the specimen tubes in the correct order to minimize contamination or clotting, the recommended order is

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blood culture tubes, coagulation tubes, other anticoagulated tubes, tubes without anticoagulant additives Question 18: where should the tourniquet be placed on the patient during the venipuncture procedure

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• in above the venipuncture site

Question 19: which of the following is true concerning skin puncture on an infant compared with the dorsal hand venipuncture procedure?

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hemolysis occurs more often

Question 20: a phlebotomist has attempted twice to draw a partial thromboplastin time on a patient with difficult veins. Both times the phlebotomist has been able to draw only a partial tube. What should the phlebotomist do?

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have another phlebotomist attempt to draw the specimen

Question 21: one teaspoon is approximnately

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• mL

Question 22: Which is not true of disinfectants? Disinfectants are

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safe to use on human skin

Question 23: blood collected in a red stopper tube

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yields serum and clotted red cells Question 24: a blood culture bottle containing 45 mL of media require a 1:10 dilution of specimen. How much blood should be added

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• mL

Question 25: excessive or blind probing for a vein can cause

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nerve damage

Question 26: airborne precautions require the phlebotomist to wear

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an N95 respirator

Question 27: 10cc of blood equals approximately

Answer:

10 mL of blood