Chapter 8 Lab questions phlebotomy

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What is the best angle to use for needle insertion during routine venipuncture?

30 degrees or less

How can you tell you in a vein when you are using a syringe

A flash of blood will appear in the hub of the syringe

Skin changes in elderly patients can make it harder to

Anchor the veins

When should additive tubes be mixed

As soon as they are removed from the holder

You are a phlebotomy student on rotation at an outpatient site. A patient who seems extremely apprehensive about having her blood drawn tells you that she is afraid of needles. What should you do?

Ask an experienced phlebotomist to perform the draw for you

There are two patients in a room. One of them has latex allergy. you have a request to collect a specimen. How should you proceed

DO NOT take anything that contains latex into the room

you are in the process of id a pt. Patients verbals confirmation of name and dob matches the requsition, but the medical record number is differnt. What should you do?

Do not collect the specimen until the problem has been addressed and resolved

The following precautionary info was given to an outpatient after venipuncture. No other tests were scheduled. All the information was necessary EXCEPT

Do not drink or eat for two hours after collection

You are performing a venipuncture on a difficult vein using a butterfly. you have an sst and a light blue top. How do you proceed

Draw a clear tube, fill and mix the light blue top, then fill and mix the sst

Interventions to ease pain in collecting blood specimens from infants include

EMLA, oral sucrose, pacificers

you have a request to collect a state specimen. a doctor is whith the pt when you arrive. What should you do?

Excuse yourself and politely ask the dr if you can do the draw

what is the most critical error a phlebotomist can make?

Misidentifying a patient specimen

Which type of disease is most likely to cause tremors

Parkinsons

The best way to judge patency of a vein is to

Roll your finger from side to side while pressing against it

which type of needle can be removed from the blood collection unit before disposal?

Syringe needle

Doing what before obtaining a blood specimen from a child is a bad idea

Telling the child it will not hurt

Which of the following venipunctures steps are in the correct order?

Withdraw needle, place gauze, activate needle safety device

a student asks the pateint for permission to draw blood specimen which of the following answers implies that the student does not really have permission

Yes, but i would rather not

when is the best time to release the tourniquet during venipuncture

as soon as blood flows freely into the tube

which type of test requisition has been shown to decrease laboratory errors?

barcoded

How can you tell that youre in the vein when drawing blood with a butterfly

blood usually appears in the tubing

The time is 0750 hrs you have received the following test requests on different pts. which test specimen should you collect first?

cortisol ordered for 0800

which of the following statements describes a proper venipuncture technique

fill additive tubes until the vacuum is exhausted

The proper way to transfer blood from a syringe into an ETS tube is to

safely remove the needle and attach a transfer device to fill the tube


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