Exam 16: Additional Duties of the Phlebotomist

Serum or plasma should be separated from cells by centrifugation within:

Fluid collected from a joint is called:

Which of the following would not be needed when collecting a throat culture?

Urine drug specimen collections may be witnessed or unwitnessed.

Correct procedure for processing specimens to be sent to a reference laboratory is to:

Phlebotomists may be required to classify tests using a:

Reasons for interviewing potential blood donors include all of the following except:

The technique used to collect sweat electrolytes is called:

A therapeutic phlebotomy is frequently performed to treat:

Health-care providers may be required to include an International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9) code on patient requisitions.

The technique for collecting a throat culture does not include:

A person can donate blood and then not give permission for the blood to be used.

To prevent hemolysis of donor blood:

Phlebotomists do not provide verbal instructions for specimen collection to patients.

Specimens collected using pilocarpine iontophoresis are used in the diagnosis of:

Analysis of an incomplete 24-hour urine specimen will produce:

Midstream clean-catch urine specimens are delivered to:

Urine specimens that cannot be tested within 2 hours should be:

A properly balanced centrifuge will vibrate.

When processing a urine drug screen specimen, the phlebotomist checks the temperature of the specimen within 4 minutes of collection and notes that the temperature is below the acceptable range of 32.5°C to 37.7°C. This finding suggests that the specimen has been adulterated by the addition of: