Patient PreparationDifficulty 2/5
A patient scheduled for a fasting test admits to eating breakfast. What does task 2K require?
- AAsk the patient to wait two hours and then draw the fasting specimen
- BVerify the non-compliance and proceed accordingly, including reporting it
- CDraw the specimen as ordered and allow the laboratory to interpret it
- DReschedule the patient without recording the reason for the change
Show answer and rationale
Correct: B. Task 2K is to verify compliance with testing requirements and proceed accordingly. Drawing silently, or rescheduling silently, both remove information the interpreting clinician needs.
- C — Drawing without flagging it leaves the result to be read as though the patient had fasted.
- D — Rescheduling without recording the reason loses the same information.
- A — A two-hour wait does not restore a basal state and is not the prescribed response.