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Phlebotomy - correct answer an incision into a vein cross training - correct answer A phlebotomist who is teaching members of the nursing service how to correctly perform phlebotomy is participating in ____________. hospital - correct answer the health-care setting in which most phlebotomists are employed is a/an ___________. certified - correct answer A phlebotomist who is authorized to place the initials PBT(AMT) after his/her name has been what? using negative body language - correct answer A phlebotomist who does not make eye contact with a patient is _________________. pathologist - correct answer The primary liaison between the medical staff and the laboratory staff is a ______________. pathologist - correct answer A specialist in the study of disease of tissues and organs through biopsies is a ______________. pathologist - correct answer A medical technologist may serve as all of the following except: educator, laboratory manager, pathologist, section supervisor immunohematology - correct answer Another name for blood bank is _____________. fungi - correct answer Mycology is the study of _____________. Microbiology - correct answer Parasitology is located in the __________ laboratory section.
plasma contains fibrinogen - correct answer The difference between plasma and serum is that _________________. serology - correct answer A VDRL test is performed in ________________. blood bank - correct answer The direct antiglobulin test is performed in ___________. random - correct answer Types of specimens collected for urinalysis include all of the following first-morning, clean-catch and ___________. inverted right after collection - correct answer To prevent blood from clotting the specimen must be collected in a tube containing an anticoagulant and ______________. blood bank - correct answer ABO and Rh typing are performed in the _______________laboratory section. median cubital - correct answer the vein most commonly used for venipuncture is the ________ hematology - correct answer the study of blood is known as ____________. patient identification - correct answer the most important step to ensure accuracy in sample collection is __________ sphygmomanometer - correct answer the instrument that measures blood pressure is called a __________ pulsating - correct answer an artery can be distinguished from a vein because an artery will be __________
potassium oxalate - correct answer gray stopper tubes contain _____________. orange - correct answer royal blue,red,orange and red/gray are tubes that clot, the quickest one to clot and contains a clot activator thrombin and is _______________. fragility - correct answer palpating veins does not reveal __________. wash hands - correct answer what should phlebotomists do immediately after removing their gloves? anchored - correct answer to prevent "rolling veins" the vein needs to be ___________. glucose - correct answer tests most affected by a nonfasting patient are cholesterol, triglycerides and _________. NPO - correct answer no food or drink for 12 hours fasting - correct answer no food or drink except water for 12 hours basal state - correct answer no food or drink or exercise for 12 hours dermal puncture - correct answer the preferred venipuncture technique for children younger than 2 yrs. old Hemolysis - correct answer the breakdown of red blood cells. right atrium - correct answer chamber of the heart receives blood from the superior and inferior vena cavae? Capillaries - correct answer have walls one cell thick for exchange of substance between blood and tissues
SA node - correct answer pacemaker of the heart is also known as arteries - correct answer The blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart serum - correct answer blood plasma without fibrinogen or the other clotting factors. heparin - correct answer The preservative used in a green-stoppered vacuum tube is atria - correct answer upper chambers of the heart that receive blood from lungs and body they are right and left ventricles - correct answer lower chambers of the heart receive blood from atria and force into body valve - correct answer a flap of tissue that prevents blood from flowing backwards pacemaker - correct answer common name for S-A node aorta - correct answer the largest artery of the body plasma - correct answer made mostly of water and carries nutrients, chemical messengers and wastes in it and also contains fibrinogen red blood cells - correct answer pick up oxygen in the lungs and carry it to the cells in the body hemoglobin - correct answer iron-containing protein found in red blood cells that binds chemically to oxygen molecules
coronary arteries - correct answer first two branches of the aorta; feed the heart systole - correct answer contraction of heart muscle diastole - correct answer relaxation of heart muscle SST (Serum Separator Tube) - correct answer tube would you use to collect a serum specimen hematology tests - correct answer Lavender stopper or closure tubes are most commonly used to collect: sodium hypochlorite - correct answer disinfectant that is preferred for use on surfaces and instruments 10 minutes - correct answer After a blood spill, a disinfectant is applied and have at least________minutes of contact time for cleanup to be effective. preservatives - correct answer Plastic red top tubes used to collect blood specimens contain creatine kinase - correct answer What test might be affected by carryover from an EDTA tube? isopropyl alcohol - correct answer solution used to clean the site before routine venipuncture inhibiting thrombin - correct answer Heparin prevents blood from clotting by: 1 minute - correct answer Tourniquets may be left on the patient for
Mode of transportation - correct answer not a component that makes up the chain of infection hematoma - correct answer A large bruised area at the puncture site, caused by blood leaking into the tissue surrounding the vein Gray - correct answer test tube would be used for "Fasting Blood Sugar" or Glucose Tolerance Test" PPE - correct answer Personal Protective Equipment abbreviation Allergic reaction - correct answer Latex sensitivity is a type of Hemoconcentration - correct answer increase of the cellular/solid elements in direct ratio to plasma This can be caused by "pumping of the fist" and begins after the tourniquet is left on longer than 1 minute. Serum - correct answer The liquid potion of the blood after all of the cells and clotting elements have settled and formed a clot contains NO fibrinogen. 3-4 inches above - correct answer Where the tourniquet be placed in regards to the draw site Coagulation - correct answer Prothrombin time (PT) and Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) are considered this kind of test... Soap and water - correct answer When cleaning a site for a veinpuncture for alcohol test, use: Pulmonary Veins - correct answer veins that return oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. great saphenous - correct answer The longest vein in the body
Leukocyte - correct answer WBC Body's main defense against microorganisms Neutrophil - correct answer Most numerous WBC. Granules in cytoplasm and multi- lobed nucleus Yellow - correct answer first in order of draw glass red - correct answer second in order of draw Light blue - correct answer third in order of draw and contains Sodium citrate plastic red - correct answer fourth in order of draw CBC - correct answer WBC count, RBC count,Hemoglobin, Hematocrit, Platelet count 5 elements identified in a : cephalic vein - correct answer Large vein on the outermost side of the upper arm basilic vein - correct answer large vein on the inner side of the upper arm coumadin - correct answer A blood thinning agent. Pt taking it are monitored by a prothrombin time blood test median cubital vein - correct answer The major vein of the antecubital fossa most commonly used for venipuncture (middle) nosocomial - correct answer hospital acquired infections
