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Event that has patency |
Has a balance or resilience to it |
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Which type of test requisition has been shown to decrease laboratory errors |
Bar code |
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The time is 0750 hrs. You have received the following test request on different patients. Which test specimen should you collect first? CBC order Cortisol ordered for 08:00 Fasting glucose Postpone hemoglobin |
Cortisol ordered for 08:00 |
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A student asked the patient profession to drawl a blood specimen. Which of the following answers implies that the student does not really have permission? As long as you’re good at it. Which one do you want? Yes but I would rather not All of the above |
Yes but I would rather not |
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You have a request to collect is that specimen. A doctor is with a patient when you arrive what should you do |
Excuse yourself and politely ask the doctor if you can do the draw |
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You are in the process of identifying an inpatient the patient verbal confirmation of name and date of birth matches the requisition But the medical record number is different what should you do |
Do not collect a specimen until the problem has been addressed and resolved |
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You are a phlebotomy student on rotation at an outpatient side a patient who seems extremely apprehensive about having her blood drawn tells you that she is afraid of needles what should you do |
Ask experienced phlebotomist to perform the draw for you |
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There are two patients in a room one of them has latex allergy you have a request to collect blood on the other one how should you proceed |
Do not take anything that contains latex into the room |
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The best way to judge patency of a vein is to |
Roll your finger from side to side while pressing against it |
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Which of the following statements describes proper venipuncture technique |
Fill additive tubes until the vacuum is exhausted |
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What is the most critical error a phlebotomist can make |
Misidentifying a patient specimen |
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Which needle can be removed from the blood collection unit before disposal |
Syringe needle |
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When should additive tubes be mixed |
As soon as they are removed from the holder |
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You have made two unsuccessful attempts while trying to collect an ASAP specimen on an inpatient. The specimen cannot be collected by skin puncture what should you do next |
Ask another phlebotomists to collect it |
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The proper way to transfer blood from a syringe into a ETS tube is to |
Safely remove the needle and attach a Transfer device to fill the tube |
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How can you tell that you are in a vein when drawing blood with a butterfly |
Blood usually appears in the tubbing. |
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You are performing a venipuncture on a difficult been using a butterfly. You have an SST and a light blue top tube to collect how do you proceed? |
Draw a clear tube, filling mix the light blue top, then filling mix the SST |
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Interventions to ease pain and collecting blood specimen from infants include |
EMLA |
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Skin changes an elderly patients can make it harder to |
Anchor veins |
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Which type of disease is most likely to cause tremors |
Parkinson |
