Phlebotomy Study Guide PDF | NHA CPT Phlebotomy Exam Review | Order of Draw, Tube Colors | 100 Practice Questions | Printable Notes

Pass your phlebotomy certification exam with 56 printable pages: the order of draw, every tube and additive, venipuncture step by step, memory tricks and 100 practice questions.

This guide covers what phlebotomy students and certification candidates need to know, organized around the current NHA CPT and ASCP PBT exam outlines and useful for AMT RPT and NCCT NCPT too. It's written in plain language with tables, simple diagrams, memory tricks and "exam trap" boxes that show the wrong answers that look right. I'm Anna, RN, BSN, PHN, a nurse educator who has been helping students pass their exams through NurseStudy.Net since 2012.

What's Inside

• About the exams: NHA CPT, ASCP PBT, AMT RPT and NCCT NCPT content areas in plain words
• 2-week and 6-week study plans, test-day strategy and a score tracker
• Safety and compliance: OSHA, bloodborne pathogens, sharps, needlestick steps, PPE on and off, isolation
• Emergencies: fainting, seizures, fire safety, SDS and the hazard diamond
• Circulatory system, blood, serum vs plasma, hemostasis
• Vein selection with an antecubital vein diagram, plus every site to avoid
• Patient ID, consent, refusal and patient variables (fasting, posture, diurnal variation)
• Equipment, needle gauges, tube additives and what happens when they carry over
• CLSI order of draw with tube colors, additives, inversions, tests and a memory trick
• Tube guide by test and common panels decoded
• Venipuncture step by step (26 steps), butterflies, syringes and what to do when no blood comes
• Capillary and heel puncture with a heel-site diagram and the capillary order of collection
• Blood cultures, glucose tolerance tests, peak and trough drug levels
• Chain of custody, drug screens, blood alcohol, and cold, warm and light-protected specimens
• Blood donation, arterial puncture basics and line draws
• Complications and pre-analytical errors: hemolysis, hemoconcentration, wrong tube
• Pediatric and geriatric patients, including a blood volume calculation
• Processing, centrifuging, transport, storage and specimen rejection
• Non-blood specimens, point-of-care testing and quality control
• Quality, regulations, legal terms, HIPAA, ethics and communication
• Must-know numbers page and all memory tricks on one page
• 3 drills: order-of-draw worksheet, tube-color matching and spot-the-error scenarios
• 100 practice questions with answers and rationales

Good For

• Phlebotomy technician students
• NHA CPT, ASCP PBT, AMT RPT and NCCT NCPT exam prep
• Medical assistant, patient care tech and lab assistant students who draw blood
• New phlebotomists who want a quick reference

Details

• Instant digital download
• One PDF, 56 pages
• US letter size (8.5 x 11 in)
• Print at home or use in GoodNotes or Notability
• Hyperlinked: clickable contents page and bookmarks

Please Note

• This is a digital product. Nothing will be shipped.
• Due to the digital nature, all sales are final.
• For personal use only. Please do not share or resell.
• For study use. Always follow your training program, your facility's procedures and provider orders.
• Not affiliated with or endorsed by any certification board. Check your board's current candidate handbook before you test.

NHA and Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) are trademarks of the National Healthcareer Association, a division of Assessment Technologies Institute, L.L.C. ASCP and PBT(ASCP) are trademarks of the American Society for Clinical Pathology. AMT and RPT are trademarks of American Medical Technologists. NCCT and NCPT are trademarks of the National Center for Competency Testing. CLSI is a trademark of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. None of them endorse this product.