AMCA PHLEBOTOMY EXAM 2024/2025 NEWEST!!! COMPLETE
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A patient reports that during a previous blood draw he felt lightheaded and
almost passed out. What should the RPT do?
Perform the draw with the patient reclined or in a supine position.
a RPT at a primary care clinic is performing venipuncture on a patient with
suspected influenza. The patient is wearing a mask. What PPE should the tech
wear?
Gloves and a mask
A requisition calls for the following tests: CBC, CMP, and PTT. What is the
correct order of draw?
Citrate, SST, EDTA
Blood exits the heart through the body's largest artery. What artery is it?
Aorta
What part of the evacuated tube system allows multiple collection tubes to be
filled with one puncture?
the interior needle/tube holder
When drawing a specimen for an ammonia test, what should a phlebotomy
technician have ready for specimen transportation?
an ice slurry
A phlebotomy tech asks a patient to state and spell his name. He says "Chris
Morgan C-H-R-I-S M-O-R-G-A-N" The name listed on the requisition is
"Criss Morgan." What should the RPT do?
,Call the ordering provider to resolve the issue and get a new requisition with
the correct spelling
When a blood culture is ordered along with other tests, which tube is filled
first?
Yellow SPS
Which of these patient reactions should be documented, but is not a cause for
discontinuing a draw of likely to affect analysis?
Petechiae
A phlebotomy tech is performing a venipuncture collection on a young adult
and needs to draw a citrate tube, a SST, and an EDTA. The citrate tube &
SST fill quickly. The EDTA fills part way and then blood flow stops. Why?
The tubes vacuum is compromised.
Scars cover the arms and hands of a patient who's requisition requires CBC
and electrolytes. After finding no acceptable venipuncture site on either arm
or hand, the tech sees that the scarring does not extend to the fingertips, what
should you do?
The tech can do a capillary draw and document that where the blood was
collected and why.
When is a sharps receptacle considered to overfilled according to OSHA
standards?
When it is filled more than 3/4 full
Of the three veins commonly assessed for venipuncture, which is considered
the least favorable?
The basilic vein
The ER physician directs a phlebotomist to draw blood from an unconscious
patient of unknown identity. This is:
,Legal under the concept of implied consent
When performing a draw on an impatient with a recent mastectomy, the
phlebotomist finds that an IV is running in the arm on the non-mastectomy
side. Which site should you use?
A site distal to the IV on the non-mastectomy side
An infants blood volume may be approximated by multiplying childs:
Weight in kg times 80
Two sets of blood culture bottles are to be filled for a patient. What must
happen?
The sets must be filled from two different venipuncture sites
After assembling the ETS and double-checking that he has the correct tubes
gathered for a venipuncture draw, a RPT realizes he forgot to remove the
tourniquet after site selection. He knows that it has been in place for longer
than one minute. If he continues with the draw, what is one possible
consequence?
The specimens collected will not produce accurate test results
Which of the following information on a requisition form is essential for a
RPT to match exactly with information provided by patient?
complete date of birth
Disposable tourniquets are intended to be used... One patient only how
should a phlebotomy tech respond if, after a site is selected and cleaned and
equipment prepared, the patient pushed down his sleeve and clutches his
arm to his chest?
She should ask th patient if he has any concerns she can address or if he would
like to talk to his doctor
Which of the following is a HIPAA violation?
, Failing to log out of a patient record on a visible screen before calling the next
patient in
A patient with a DNR order in place become unresponsive during the course
of a blood draw, the RPT should:
Discontinue the draw and immediately call for help
Which of the following is within the range of common microcollection tube
volumes?
0.5ML
In which of the following cases should a RPT seek out interpretation services?
A patient does not speak english and is accompanied by her 10 year old
grandson who speaks fluent english
Capillary blood gas testing is ordered on a newborn infant. Where and how
should the specimen be drawn?
From the lateral or medial plantar surface of the foot by capillary puncture
Which set of differences is true of collection of donor blood as compared to
routine venipuncture for diagnostic testing?
A larger needle is used and the patient is first given a brief medical exam
Blood flow slows and then stops while a RPT is halfway through drawing a
citrate tube. After adjusting the needle gently forward and backward, the tech
is not able to restore the flow. What should he do?
Try a second citrate tube; if the second tube does not fill, perform a second
venipuncture at a new site
Using liquid controls to test point of care devices is effective because it
test the device using analytes of known composition
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