Question: The puncture site for a Simplate Bleeding Time Test should be:

Answer: 5 cm below the antecubital bend

Question: Tubes should be inverted within ______ seconds of the draw.

Answer: 30 seconds

Question: When performing a blood culture test, the ______________ uses standard vacuum tubes that contain the growth medium.

Direct draw, vacutainer, syringe, butterfly

Answer: vacutainer

Question: What test is not part of the blood sugar panel?

Insulin, GTT, Insulin Antibody, LDL

Answer: LDL (bad cholesterol)

Question: T or F If a patient is mentally ill, the rules of consent do not apply.

Answer: true

Question: The department performs cross-matching tests to determine if a donor is a match for the recipient of any blood product.

Answer: Blood Bank

Question: When performing a blood culture with povidone-iodine, you should swab the are in a _____ diameter from the site.

8 in, 2in, 2cm, 4in

Answer: 4 in

Question: Without fluoride, glucose will decrease in concentration by ____% within a single hour.

30-40, 20-25, 7-10, 2-5

Answer:

Question: Your first step when performing an arterial blood gas test is to:

Answer: conduct the Allen Test

Question: What vein is most commonly used for venipuncture?

Answer: antecubital vein