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What is the purpose of protective isolation? - ANSWER-To protect the
most susceptible patients from outside contamination (ex. Burn
Victim)
What is another name for HCS? - ANSWER-The right to know law
What does OSHA stand for? - ANSWER-Occupational Safety and
Health Administration
What is the schedule for the HBV vaccine? - ANSWER-The first dose->
A second dose 1 month after the first-> a third dose 6 months
following the initial dose
What is the proper order of putting on ppe? - ANSWER-gown, mask,
gloves
When should the hep B vaccine be taken? - ANSWER-Within the 10
day working period
What is the first thing a phlebotomist should do if an accidental
needle stick occurs? - ANSWER-Was with soap and water for 30
seconds (decontaminate the site and report immediately)
,What is an example of a nonsocimal infection? - ANSWER-UTI
(contracted from a catheter)
What does nonsocomial mean? - ANSWER-also called health-
careassociated or hospital-acquired infections, are a subset of
infectious diseases acquired in a health-care facility
What is an example of means of transmission that differs from
parenteral transmission? - ANSWER-Drinking water from a
contaminated glass
What is parenteral transmission? - ANSWER-the process of acquiring
an infectious agent into one's body through something other than the
gastrointestinal (or enteral) route. (i.e., getting bit by an animal that
has rabies)
What is one way to reduce the risk of blood borne pathogens? -
ANSWER-Hand hygiene
How can you tell if a hematoma is forming? - ANSWER-The skin will
bubble and begin to bruise
What additive is in a gray tube? - ANSWER-sodium fluoride and
potassium oxalate
, What does autologous mean? - ANSWER-Ones own blood donation
for self
What does embolism mean? - ANSWER-is a blockage in one of the
arteries of the body due to a blood clot
What precautions must be taken in addition to standard precautions
for patients with infections that are transmitted by droplets? -
ANSWER-Droplet precautions
What should phlebotomists never do in the lab? - ANSWER-Never
apply cosmetics in the laboratory
What is function of the left ventricle? - ANSWER-To deliver
oxygenated blood to the aorta
What are the receiving chambers of the heart? - ANSWER-atria
What do the ventricles do? - ANSWER-pump blood out of the heart
What is the vena cavae? - ANSWER-Two large veins carrying
deoxygenated blood into the heart. (singular vena cava)
What is the proper direction of blood flow? - ANSWER-From arterioles
to capillaries to venules
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