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Review Questions on Medical Laboratory and Phlebotomy

Higher Order Questions:

1. What is the function of a medical or clinical laboratory?

2. What is the main objective of the lab as it relates to patient care?

3. Describe the functions of the different levels of laboratory personnel.

4. What are some of the most common tests performed in each departments?

5. Why is important that laboratory personnel have high ethical values?

6. What are the educational requirements for medical laboratory scientists,

technicians, medical lab assistants?

7. Why the functions of accrediting agencies and credentialing agencies critical

to patient care?

8. Discuss the relationship between the laboratory professional and the patient?

9. Why is patient safety and confidentiality of most importance to the medical

laboratory and the laboratory professional?
10.Explain why venipuncture is performed?

11.Which equipment is necessary to perform a venipuncture by evacuated

tubes? By butterfly?

12.Why is important to apply the tourniquet properly?

13.List the safety precautions to be observed when performing a venipuncture

and give the rationale.

14.Discuss factors that can affect the quality of a blood specimen obtained by
venipuncture.

15.Explain the reasons why the order of draw is important.

16.Compare and contrast the butterfly versus evacuated tubes.

17.What is meant by Universal Precautions and how does a phlebotomist

protect itself from body fluids?
 18.List the tubes in the order of draw and state what type of anticoagulant is
found in the tube if any.

19. Name 5 analytical errors before collection.

20.What are some errors during the phlebotomy procedure?

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