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FREE PHLEBOTOMY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SPECIAL
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Question 1: compatibility
Answer:
suitability to mixed together with favorable results Question 2: before blood salvage during surgery can be reinfused in the patient it must be tested for?
Answer:
residual free hemoglobin (high level indicates to many red blood cells have been destroyed)
Question 3: B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a
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cardiac hormone Question 4: why would blood cultures be collected with an antimicrobial adsorbing resin?
Answer:
the patient is taking a broad-spectrum antibiotic
Question 5: what is used to clean a site before blood alcohol specimen collection?
Answer:
benzalkonium chloride
Question 6: increased blood glucose is called?
Answer:
hyperglycemia Question 7: which point-of-care blood glucose analyzer uses a microcuvette instead of a test strip?
Answer:
HemoCue
Question 8: erythema means?
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redness Question 9: which blood culture container is inoculated first when the speciman has been collected by syring?
Answer:
anaerobic (without air)
Question 10: aerobic
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with air Question 11: Which type of tube can be used to collect blood for a type and screen?
Answer:
lavendar to EDTA, nonadditive red top, and pin top EDTA
Question 12: ex vivo
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outside the body
Question 13: a bleeding time (BT) test assesses the functioning of this cellular element?
Answer:
thrombocytes
Question 14: chain of custody
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special protocol for collecting, handling, and testing legal specimens Question 15: a patient undergoing a glucose tolerence test vomits within 30 minutes of drinking the glucose beverage. What action shold the phlebotomist take?
Answer:
notify the patient's nurse or physician immediately to determine if the test should be continued or rescheduled
Question 16: a trough level is collected?
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immediately before administration of the next scheduled drug dose
Question 17: a typical unit of donated blood contains approximately?
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450 ML
Question 18: blood sugar (glucose) levels in normal individuals typically peak within what amount of time after glucose ingestion?
Answer:
30-60 minutes
Question 19: drugs that are subjected to therapeutic monitoring are?
Answer:
digoxin, gentamicin, and theophylline Question 20: at what intervals is the blood blotted during a bleeding time test?
Answer:
30 seconds
Question 21: timing of collection is most critical for drugs with short half-lives, what are the drug?
Answer:
digoxin, gentamicin, and phenobarbital
Question 22: what is the most common bedside or point-of-care testing test?
Answer:
whole blood glucose Question 23: which test is used as a screening test for glucose metabolism problems?
Answer:
glucose tolerence test (GTT) Question 24: which speciman tubes must contain a 9:1 ratio of blood to anticoagulant to be accepted for testing?
Answer:
coagulation Question 25: which type of test is performed to determine the probability that a specific individual was the father of a particular child?
Answer:
paternity
Question 26: this test detects occult blood
Answer:
guaiac
Question 27: HMT
Answer:
high-dose heparin monitoring test Question 28: when does the timing of specimen collection begin during glucose tolerance test
(GTT)?
Answer:
after patient finishes the glucose beverage