Phlebotomy Plan

Safety and Compliance: practice questions

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Safety and ComplianceDifficulty 3/5

To which patients do standard precautions apply?

  1. APatients placed in isolation by the facility's infection control team
  2. BPatients whose requisition indicates a test for an infectious disease
  3. CEvery patient, regardless of their known or suspected infection status
  4. DPatients with a confirmed bloodborne infection documented in the record
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Correct: C. Standard precautions are the baseline applied to everyone, because infection status is often unknown. Transmission-based precautions are the additional layer added for airborne, droplet and contact situations.

  • D — Restricting precautions to documented infections leaves undiagnosed patients unprotected.
  • A — Isolation triggers transmission-based precautions in addition to, not instead of, standard ones.
  • B — What is being tested for does not determine the baseline precautions a phlebotomist takes.
Safety and ComplianceDifficulty 3/5

Beyond immediate first aid, what does the exposure control plan require after a needlestick?

  1. AImmediate disposal of every specimen collected earlier in that shift
  2. BWritten consent from the patient before any further action is taken
  3. CCompletion of the draw before the exposure is addressed or recorded
  4. DNotification and reporting according to the facility's needlestick protocol
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Correct: D. Knowledge statement k33 lists notification requirements, needlestick protocols and reporting as part of the exposure control plan. An exposure is a reportable event with a defined procedure, not simply an injury.

  • A — Specimens already collected are unaffected by an exposure to the phlebotomist.
  • B — Patient consent is not a precondition for the phlebotomist reporting their own exposure.
  • C — Completing the draw first delays both treatment and the time-sensitive reporting steps.
Safety and ComplianceDifficulty 2/5

Which body does the NHA test plan list as a source of operational standards rather than workplace safety regulation?

  1. AThe Joint Commission, alongside CLSI and the College of American Pathologists
  2. BThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration, alongside NIOSH and the CDC
  3. CThe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, alongside OSHA
  4. DThe Food and Drug Administration, alongside OSHA and the CDC
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Correct: A. The test plan separates these deliberately: knowledge statement k24 covers workplace safety regulators and k25 covers operational standards, naming The Joint Commission, CLSI and CAP.

  • B — OSHA and NIOSH appear under workplace safety regulation at k24, not operational standards.
  • C — NIOSH is a workplace safety body and is listed with OSHA under k24.
  • D — The FDA is not among the bodies the CPT test plan names in either statement.
Safety and ComplianceDifficulty 2/5

Maintaining refrigerator and freezer temperature logs is part of which task in the test plan?

  1. AComplying with documentation requirements for patient incidents
  2. BPerforming quality control for laboratory equipment
  3. CAdhering to HIPAA regulations regarding protected health information
  4. DFollowing transmission-based precautions for contact isolation
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Correct: B. Task 1E covers quality control for laboratory equipment and names equipment inspection logs, reporting and troubleshooting equipment issues, and refrigerator and freezer temperature monitoring together.

  • C — HIPAA concerns protected health information, not storage equipment monitoring.
  • D — Transmission-based precautions govern infection control, not equipment logs.
  • A — Incident documentation at task 1N concerns patient-related incidents, not routine monitoring.

Primary references

  1. NHA Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) — Test Plan for the CPT Exam — National Healthcareer Association (NHA) · primary · retrieved 2026-09-22, verified 2026-09-22