AMCA Phlebotomy Certification Prep Study Questions and Answers.
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AMCA Phlebotomy Certification Prep Study
Questions and Answers.
When a phlebotomist observes actions or suspects child abuse, what should be the
next step to take? - Correct Answer advice supervisor privately
The principle reason for requiring feedback when communicating with patients is to
determine whether they ______________. - Correct Answer have understood what
is being said
Implied consent for a venipuncture on an adult requires _____________. - Correct
Answer the patient extends their arm to you
How should the phlebotomist dispose of a needle after drawing blood from a patient?
- Correct Answer close safety and dispose in a puncture resistant container (sharps
container)
The hospital department that is responsible for sterile supplies - Correct Answer
Central Supply
The reason a test if ordered timed is to ______________. - Correct Answer Draw it
at the best time for accurate results
The patient's specimen is lip emic, this is usually an indicator that the patient
___________. - Correct Answer has not fasted
Abbreviation for "nothing by mouth" - Correct Answer NPO
The government agency responsible for regulating the safety and health of workers -
Correct Answer Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
To prevent cross contamination of microorganisms from one patient to another,
OSHA standards require ____________. - Correct Answer Barrier protection
equipment (PPE personal protective equipment)
The balanced or "steady state" of the body is called: - Correct Answer Homeostasis
The blood vessel that only carries blood away from the heart is _________. - Correct
Answer artery
What laboratory document describes in detail the steps to follow for specimen
collection? - Correct Answer Procedure manual
Which type of specimen may require collection of a discarded tube before the test
specimen is collected? - Correct Answer blood culture specimen
What is the additive in a green top tube? - Correct Answer sodium heparin
, What item is donned first when wearing full PPE? - Correct Answer gown tied at
neck and waist
The liquid portion of a clotted blood specimen is called __________ - Correct
Answer plasma
Which of the following additives would be found in a yellow topped tube? - Correct
Answer SPS
Which test should be collected in a royal blue topped tube? - Correct Answer Trace
metal analysis / nutrients and toxicology studies (magnesium)
If a laboratory test requires serum, which vacationer tube is the tube of choice? -
Correct Answer Red
For a bleeding time test, what should you pump the blood pressure cuff to? - Correct
Answer 40
If you are carrying anything labeled "biohazard" what does it need to have on it? -
Correct Answer A biohazard sticker
Order for selecting a venipuncture site - Correct Answer 1. Antecubital space
(median cubical preferred)
2. Back of hand
3. Back of wrist
4. Ankle or foot (provider permission needed)
If someone has an IV in their right arm, which arm should you draw blood from? / IV
in both arms? - Correct Answer Left arm / below IV site. Nurse should turn off IV 2
minutes prior to blood draw
If a criminal comes in for a blood draw and they are cuffed and shackled; which arm
do you draw from? - Correct Answer Cuffed arm (realistically BOTH arms should
remain cuffed)
If someone makes 2 unsuccessful attempts at a venipuncture they should... - Correct
Answer Get someone else to try
The recommended disinfectant for blood and body fluid contamination is? - Correct
Answer sodium hypochlorite
Most coagulation tests require a plasma specimen collected in a... - Correct Answer
light blue topped tube
Measurement of copper requires blood collection in what tube? - Correct Answer
royal blue
A patient came in with a low grade fever of 1 month duration... the physician ordered
an ESR which stands for Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate... what color tube? -
Correct Answer lavender
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