Phlebotomy practice testPass your phlebotomy exam.

1. 1Safety and compliance7

   1. Needlestick! What you do next
   2. Sharps and biohazard disposal
   3. Hand hygiene and PPE order
   4. Airborne, droplet, contact precautions
   5. HIPAA at the draw station
   6. Fainting, bleeding and first aid
   7. Quality control and temperature logs
   26%
2. 2Before the stick7

   Patient Preparation

   1. Two identifiers, every single time
   2. Reading the requisition
   3. Consent: implied, informed, expressed
   4. Fasting, timed draws and STAT
   5. Choosing the vein: median cubital first
   6. Sites to avoid: mastectomy, fistula
   7. Teaching a clean-catch urine
   20%
3. 3Routine draws10

   Routine Blood Collections

   1. Order of draw, tube by tube
   2. Tube colors and their additives
   3. Tourniquet: on, off, one minute
   4. Needle angle and anchoring the vein
   5. Butterfly, syringe or evacuated tube?
   6. Inversions and fill levels
   7. No blood? Adjust, don't dig
   8. Hematoma, nerve pain, petechiae
   9. Fingersticks and capillary order
   10. Label before you leave the patient
   28%
4. 4Special collections5

   1. Blood cultures: prep and bottles
   2. Heel sticks and newborn screens
   3. Glucose tolerance tests, timed
   4. Point-of-care tests: glucose, hemoglobin
   5. Blood alcohol and drug screens
   12%
5. 5Processing5

   1. Centrifuge: clot, spin, separate
   2. Ice, light and body temperature
   3. Chain of custody, step by step
   4. Critical values and recollections
   5. Test day: NHA CPT exam
   14%

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