Chapter 1-3

Question 1

In a hospital, what is the most important means of preventing the spread of infection?

Answer 1

Handwashing

Question 2

What is the most prevalent nosocomial infection?

Answer 2

Urinary tract infection

Question 3

What should a phlebotomist do before entering a patient’s room?

Answer 3

Check for requirements or isolation signs

Question 4

What is the most common color tube used in hematology?

Answer 4

Lavender top

Question 5

What is the order to follow when taking off PPEs before leaving isolation room?

Answer 5

Gloves, mask, gown

Question 6

Drug used for killing or destroying bacteria

Answer 6

Antibiotic

Question 7

Professional characteristic that require a person to do what is right regardless of the circumstances.

Answer 7

Integrity

Question 8

The single most important source of HIV and HBV is?

Answer 8

Blood

Question 9

Department in the laboratory that analyzes body fluids and tissues for the presence of micro organism

Answer 9

Microbiology

Question 10

The recommended length of time to be an effective handwashing is

Answer 10

60 seconds

Question 11

The abbreviation for the routine hematology test that includes hemoglobin, hemotocrit, RBC and wbc determination is called?

Answer 11

CBC

Question 12

What is the proper way of turning off the faucet after washing your hands?

Answer 12

Use a paper towel

Question 13

Which type of isolation with a highly contagious patient be admitted you?

Answer 13

Strict isolation

Question 14

OSHA stands for:

Answer 14

Occupational safety and health administration

Question 15

Reverse isolation may be used for what?

Answer 15

A pediatric patient with measles

Question 16

When a tube filled with blood falls to the floor and breaks, you clean this with?

Answer 16

Spill kit provided by the lab

Question 17

What is the most common color tube used in coagulation study?

Answer 17

Light blue top

Question 18

What book describes the necessary steps to follow in patient preparation?

Answer 18

Collection manual

Question 19

Blood in the urine is called what?

Answer 19

Hematuria

Question 20

The federal government requires that all specimen should be transported or shipped in?

Answer 20

Watertight containers

Question 21

When a person is not sick, no fever, not bleeding, he is said to be in what?

Answer 21

Homeostasis

Question 22

When I micro organism invades the body and cause a disease this is called what?

Answer 22

Infection

Question 23

Type of transmission were an infectious agent is carried by an insect, arthropod, or animal.

Answer 23

Vector transmission

Question 24

What is the screening test for HIV?

Answer 24

ELISA

Question 25

In compliance with quality assurance and quality control, blood collection tubes must be checked for what?

Answer 25

Expiration date

Question 26

What department in the hospital does specimen processing and analysis?

Answer 26

Pathology

Question 27

After fasting and sleeping overnight for 8 to 10 hours, this person is said to be in?

Answer 27

Basal state

Question 28

Type of bacteria that can cause a disease in the body

Answer 28

Pathogenic

Question 29

White blood cells are also called what?

Answer 29

Leukocytes

Question 30

To ensure quality control, all specimens collected and sent for analysis should be entered in what?

Answer 30

A logbook

Question 31

Activated partial thromboplastin time monitors:

Answer 31

Heparin therapy

Question 32

Who implements the HIPAA?

Answer 32

OSHA

Question 33

Who regulates the use of bleach (1:10) solution as a disinfectant?

Answer 33

EPA

Question 34

What is the colored-top tube used in blood bank department?

Answer 34

Red or pink

Question 35

What is the most common tube used in serology department?

Answer 35

Red

Question 36

What is the most frequently occurring laboratory infection?

Answer 36

Hepatitis B virus

Question 37

What department in the lab does blood typing and cross matching?

Answer 37

Blood bank

Question 38

What is the scope of practice of a phlebotomist?

Answer 38

Venipuncture and fingerstick procedure

Question 39

What is the purpose of friction rub when using your hands?

Answer 39

To create heat and cause hyperemia in the area to open up the crevices and release the bacteria

Question 40

Occult blood is performed on what?

Answer 40

Stool

Question 41

Before using a phlebotomy workstation the phlebotomist should?

Answer 41

Wipe the counters and chair with 1: 10 bleach disinfectant.

Question 42

Phlebotomy is also known as?

Answer 42

Venipuncture

Question 43

Informed consent means:

Answer 43

Patients must be informed of intended treatments and their risks before they are performed.

Question 44

What is the average amount of blood in a 160 pounds man?

Answer 44

1 1/2 gallon

Question 45

When patients donate their blood for use during their own surgery, this is known as what?

Answer 45

Autologous donation

Question 45

An MSDS provides information on what?

Answer 45

Chemicals

Question 46

What is universal precaution?

Answer 46

An approach to infection control