Title: Exam 7
Course: Allied Health Assistant (Phlebotomy) > Section: Module 10

Q: The OIG is the:
- Office of Inspector General
- Office of Independent Guidance
- Office of International Government
A: Office of Inspector General

Q: Of the three situations listed, which one is compliant with the Antikickback Law?
- furnishing a computer for the physician’s office to keep his office records on
- leasing space in the physician’s office, with the physician using half the space for the office manager’s office
- furnishing the physician with the blood collection tubes that are returned to the furnishing laboratory for testing
A: furnishing the physician with the blood collection tubes that are returned to the furnishing laboratory for testing

Q: A patient is having blood collected and asks the phlebotomist to have a copy of the results sent to a physician who was not listed on the requisition. What should the phlebotomist do?
- Give the patient the results.
- Show the patient the results in the computer but do not print out a copy for the patient.
- Call the ordering physician to see if this is permissible.
A: Call the ordering physician to see if this is permissible.

Q: A patient’s information that is connected to their medical information is:
- personal health information (PHI)
- public health Information (PUHI)
- individual medical information (IMI)
- medical records information (MRI)
A: personal health information (PHI)

Q: An associate is hired as a phlebotomist and completes the initial training and competency certification. When will the next competency certification be needed?
- 6 months
- 1 year
- 2 years
- never
A: 6 months

Q: To demonstrate competency, a phlebotomist must verify the ability to collect blood samples from what age group?
- adults
- young adults and geriatrics
- all age groups
- Verification is not necessary.
A: all age groups

Q: The competency assessment check-off form must include what information?
- all the steps involved in completing the procedure
- the main steps in a procedure
- only a statement stating that the requirements were met
- only the name of the procedure
A: all the steps involved in completing the procedure

Q: In most health care facilities, a phlebotomist would NOT be authorized to:
- perform a bleeding time
- perform a capillary puncture
- start an IV
- centrifuge blood
A: start an IV

Q: Phlebotomists certified with ASCP after January 2004 must maintain their certification through the:
- competency continuation program
- certification maintenance program
- competency maintenance program
- none of the above
A: certification maintenance program

Q: For a phlebotomist to be fully competent, the phlebotomist must be competent in:
- obese patients
- different age patients
- psychiatric patients
- all of the above
A: all of the above

Q: A physician’s office draws samples from an average of 10 patients a day. The physician’s office requests a box of 50 pairs of gloves per day from the laboratory. How would you handle this request?

Q: A phlebotomist is placed in a physician’s office, and the phlebotomist has a lot of extra time between draws. The phlebotomist likes to stay busy, so he helps the physician’s office staff with checking in patients and filing medical records. Is this phlebotomist putting the laboratory in possible violation of the Antikickback Law?

Q: An associate is hired to do phlebotomy for the laboratory and is ready to work the first hour that he or she steps into the laboratory. What must be done first?

Q: An elderly patient comes in to the laboratory to have his blood drawn. He mentions that each time he comes in he gets a bruise. He said that this never happened when he was younger. What has changed to make him bruise after a venipuncture?