Role Of The Phlebotomist
Correct Answer: -Collect routine capillary and venous specimens for testing as
requested
-Prepare specimen for transport, ensuring its stability
-Transport specimen to the laboratory
- Promote good public relations with hospital staff and patients
-Comply with new an...
Correct Answer: -Collect routine capillary and venous specimens for testing as
requested
-Prepare specimen for transport, ensuring its stability
-Transport specimen to the laboratory
- Promote good public relations with hospital staff and patients
-Comply with new and revised procedures as described in he procedure manual
-Assist in collecting and documenting monthly workload and recording data
-Maintain safe working conditions
-Perform laboratory computer operations
-Participate in continuing education programs
-Perform other tasks assigned by supervisory personnel
Phlebotomist
Correct Answer: Is a member of a service-oriented industry that requires professional
behavior at all times.
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,Professsionalism
Correct Answer: Is an attitude and a set of personal characteristics needed to
succeed in this field.
Characteristics Imperative to a Phlebotomist
Correct Answer: -Dependability
-Honest
-Integrity
-Empathy and Compassion
-Professional Appearance
-Interpersonal Skills
Ethical Behavior
Correct Answer: Entails conforming to a standard of right and wrong to avoid harming
the patient in any way.
Code of Ethics
Correct Answer: Standards of right and wrong.
Physician Office Laboratories
Correct Answer: Can range from simple screening tests done in a single practice
office or specialized testing done in large group practices.
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,Reference Laboratories
Correct Answer: These large independent laboratories perform routine and highly
specialized tests that cannot be done in smaller ones. The phlebotomist may do either
on-site or off-site collections.
Medical Facilities the Phlebotomist May Find Work
Correct Answer: -Physician Officer Laboratories
-Reference Laboratories
-Urgent Care Centers
-Nursing Home Facilities
-Wellness Clinics
The Circulatory System
Correct Answer: The function of this system is to deliver oxygen, nutrients,
hormones, and enzymes to the cells (exchange is done at the capillary level) and to
transport cellular waste such as carbon dioxide and urea to the organs (lungs and
kidneys, respectively) where they can be expels from the body.
Pulmonary Circulation (Heart)
Correct Answer: This carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs
(oxygenation takes place at the alveoli) and returns oxygenated blood from the lung to
the left atrium.
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, Systemic Circulation (Heart)
Correct Answer: This carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle throughout the
body.
The Tricuspid Valve
Correct Answer: This is an atrioventricular valve, being situated between the right
atrium and right ventricle.
The Pulmonic Valve
Correct Answer: A semi lunar valve situated between the right ventricle nd the
pulmonary artery.
The Mitral Valve
Correct Answer: This is another atrioventricular valve, being situated between the left
atrium, and left ventricle; also called the bicuspid valve.
The Aortic Valve
Correct Answer: A semi lunar valve situated between the left ventricle and the aorta.
Endocardium
Correct Answer: The endothelial inner layer lining of the heart.
Myocardium
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