CCHT Practice Exam Questions With
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Annually - answer✔AAMI Chemical Analysis of water used for hemodialysis is tested
Clean the machine surface immediately - answer✔A dialysis technician observes a drop of blood
on the surface of a patient's hemodialysis machine. Which of these actions should the dialysis
technician take?
About one ounce (30 ml) fluid is on the floor - answer✔A dialysis technician observes all of the
below on the treatment floor, which one poses an environment risk?
An artery to a vein - answer✔A fistula connects
Vitamin B12 - answer✔A marker used to determine the middle molecule clearance of a dialyzer
is
Cations and anions - answer✔A mixed- bed DI tank contains
A glomerulus and a tubule system - answer✔A nephron is made up of
An infiltration - answer✔A patient complains of pain at the venous needle site. The dialysis
technician observes there is swelling distal to the venous needle site and that the venous pressure
is rising. The dialysis technician should suspect
Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome - answer✔A patient who is to receive their first dialysis
treatment is prone to?
bananas - answer✔A patient tells the technician that the dietician reviewed high potassium foods
with her. During the conversation she states she routinely eats the following foods. Which one is
highest in potassium?
It's a new Federal regulation - answer✔A reason why a dialysis technician is to be certified is
Clotting of extracorporeal circuit - answer✔A rise in transmembrane pressure in a low flux
dialyzer during hemodialysis is indicative of
Never document something that someone else did - answer✔A teammate asks you to document
the normal saline he just gave to Mr. Smith. You would:
May rupture and cause the patient to bleed profusely - answer✔A true aneurysm can be
dangerous because it
Was the predialysis sample drawn from the venous port? - answer✔A patient's laboratory results
indicate that the predialysis BUN level was lower than the post dialysis BUN level. When
interpreting these findings the technician should seek the answer to which of these questions?
Tachycardia - answer✔A rapid pulse of 104 beats/minute would indicate that the patient has:
500 - answer✔A patient's dry weight is 154.0 (70kg) and the patient's pre treatment weight is
158.4. (72kg). For a four- hour treatment, how many mL/ hour must the patient lose to reach dry
weight?
200 CFU/mL - answer✔AAMI standards for the total microbial count of dialysate shall not
exceed:
3-5% of EDW - answer✔Acceptable interdialytic weight gains are
Less than two (2) EU/mL - answer✔According to AAMI the standard level for endotoxins levels
is
4/15/2010 - answer✔According to the new Conditions for Coverage, all dialysis technicians are
to be certified by a national certifying agency or state specific certification by:
Nutritional - answer✔Albumin is an important test that tells about the patient's
Vitamin B12 - answer✔All of the following are phosphate binders except:
numbness and tingling - answer✔All of the following may be signs and symptoms of an infected
access except:
The absence of disease producing organisms - answer✔Asepsis is defined as
1,385 mL/hr - answer✔Based on Mrs Smith's total amount of fluid to be removed, what is the
ultrafiltration rate per hour (mL/hr) for her 4 hour treatment?
Discard the needle - answer✔Before a hemodialysis treatment, the technician removes the cap
from the fistula needle and accidentally touches the chair with the tip of the needle. Which of
these actions should the technician take first?
Hemolysis - answer✔Dialysate that is too hot will cause
Weight at which the patient has no edema or fluid in the lungs and BP is normal - answer✔Dry
weight is defined as the
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