EXAM 2 REVIEW
Ch. 2,10,11,12,13,14
Ch. 2
1. Know the national standards and regulatory agencies and what they do. Ch.2 pg 47-50
2. Know what the term “tort” is and what actions fall under this.
3. Understand confidentiality and invasion of privacy and consent laws.
4. Understand what a QA indicator is and its threshold value. Ch. 2 pg 52-53
5. Understand moderate, high complexity and clia waived testing. Ch. 2 pg 49
6. Know the terms Malpractice and Negligence.
7. Understand the terms deposition and civil action and standard of care. C
8. Understand the meaning of a “Delta Check” Ch. 2 pg. 56
Ch. 10
8. Know the sites for capillary puncture and possible injuries
9. Know the anatomical terms back, away from, finger bone and heel
10. Know the basic steps in a capillary collection
11. Be familiar with all equipment used for capillary collection and when it is used.
12. Know the sites to avoid for capillary collection.
13. Know tests that cannot be performed on capillary collected blood.
14. Know the common tests performed on capillary blood and order of draw.
15. Know the composition of capillary blood. What is meant by “arterialized?”
Ch. 11
15. Understand the requirements for coagulation testing, bloodbank testing and chain of custody procedures. Know the
tests that fall under each.
16. Know the steps for collecting a blood culture and the mistakes that can cause false results. Pg 401-405
17. Name the different types of body fluids and the body area they are collected from. See ch. 13
18. Know what septicemia is.
19. Know the terms paternity and crossmatch.
20. Know the additives ACD and SPS
21. Understand the use of “trace element free tubes”.
22. Know the process for peak and trough blood collection and Glucose Tolerance testing.
23. Know what a “BNP” test is for and how it is collected.
24. Know the difference between TnI and TnT.
Ch. 12
25. Understand the purpose of inverting specimens.
26. Know the difference between hospital, financial account and accession number.
27. When does specimen handling begin and end?
28. Know the temperatures in celcius for body temp, refrigeration and freezers.
29. What is the best way to chill a specimen that requires immediate chilling?
30. Know what the order of specimen collection priority (stat, asap ect)
31. Know how to obtain serum samples and plasma samples. When does a gel separator take effect?
32. What is meant by a “feathered edge”?
33. What happens when a serum sample is spun before clotting is complete? How long should it be spun?
34. Powder in gloves can affect what?
Ch. 13
1. Know what a guiac test, C&S, AFP and O&P tests are.
2. Know the types of body fluids, where they come from and how they are handled.
3. Know the different methods for collecting urine samples.
4. What is heliobacter pylori?
5. What non-blood specimen must be handled stat?
6. What are urine drug screens used for?
7. What is a buccal swab and what is it’s purpose?
8. How are semen samples handled?
9. Know the order of tubes for CSF collection.
Ch. 14
1. Understand the reasoning for ordering blood gases and what tests are run.
2. Know the procedure for collecting an arterial specimen.
3. What is the purpose of a modified Allen test and how is it performed. What constitutes a pos and neg result?
4. Know what arteries are used for aterial collection and why.
5. What does “steady state” mean?
6. What are the risks and complications of arterial punctures.
7. What is an arteriospasm?
8. What is the criteria for choosing an arterial puncture site?
9. What is the best way to tell if a specimen is aterial?
10. What Supplies are needed for arterial specimen collection?
