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The laboratory at which you are employed is providing an outreach to the local schools to test children for blood lead levels. The evacuated tubes you should use have which color stopper and which additive? A) Gold, silica and gel B) Light green, sodium heparin C) Pink, EDTA D) Tan, EDTA

  An effective story usually includes lots of details and several main and supporting characters.  

What is the most common bloodborne pathogen biohazard in the laboratory? Specimen processing Needlestick injury Slipping and falling Paper cut

Diseases such as chickenpox, TB, and shingles can be spread through which mode of transmission? A) Contact B) Droplet C) Vector D) Airborne

A ________ becomes a vehicle for disease transmission when it comes into contact with contaminated items, like food, linen, or equipment. A) host B) fomite C) animal D) bug

  How should a story be told?  

  Which of the following is a physical capability, not a skill?  

If a discard tube is required by your facility, what is an appropriate discard tube to collect prior to filling tubes for coagulation testing? A) Red/black B) Green/black C) Red/gray D) Red non-additive

While transferring a specimen from the collection container to a transport container for shipping, the phlebotomist spills some of the specimen on the counter. What should the phlebotomist do next? Continue processing the specimen. Use a biohazard spill kit to clean the counter. Clean the counter with a chemical spill kit. Clean the counter with soap and water.  

A phlebotomist notices sparks coming from the back of the centrifuge. What type of workplace hazard is this?  Biohazard Chemical Electrical Radioactive