Which of the following is an appropriate site for capillary blood collection?
Both B and C, Earlobe and Heel
Which cells play a vital role in internal respiration?
Erythrocytes
What is the longest time a tourniquet should remain on a patient's arm?
1 minute
Dysuria is?
Painful or difficult urination
Which of the following devices might be used to collect blood from fragile veins?
A butterfly needle
A blue stopper indicates that a collection tube?
Contains sodium citrate
To test for substances that are sporadically released into urine, a physician might order which type of urine specimen?
24-hour
To follow Universal Precautions in phlebotomy, you should?
Both A and B, Wash your hands and Wear examination gloves
A medical assistant or a phlebotomist should not attempt to obtain blood from any patient more than?
Two times
If a urinalysis cannot be performed within 30 minutes after collection, the urine specimen must be stored?
In a refrigerator
Specific gravity may be measured by all of the following methods except?
Microscope
The quality control log?
Shows when the testing equipment was last calibrated
Which of the following stains is specific to blood?
Wright's
The color code for an evacuation tube that does not contain an additive is?
Red
A creatine kinase test is done to help diagnose which of the following conditions?
Muscular dystrophies and heart disease
Which of the following describes a centrifuge?
Machine used to separate particles
An erythrocyte sedimentation rate test might be used to?
Determine sickle cell anemia or inflammation and infection
How should the patient's arm be positioned when drawing blood in phlebotomy?
Slightly downward
Which of the following is used in direct examination of a specimen?
Wet mount
The venipuncture site most commonly used on adults is the?
Median cubital vein
After preparing a KOH mount?
Let the specimen sit at room temperature
Before inoculating a culture plate, you should?
Label it on the bottom, agar side
The first step in preparing a culture plate is to?
Label it
Albumin found in urine might indicate?
All of the above
Urine that is too acidic could indicate?
Gout
before inoculating a culture plate, you should
label it with the bottom, agar side
a home diabetes in urine might indicate
a red blood cell index