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BONENT Certified-Hemodialysis-Technician-CHT - BONENT Certified Hemodialysis Technician CHT

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Total 106 questions

The dialysis technician has noticed that a maintenance man working around the unit has an open cut on his hand. The technician should

A.

report the incident to maintenance.

B.

review precautions regarding infections with the worker.

C.

report the incident to the nurse.

D.

require the worker to request assignment elsewhere.

A reused dialyzer has been set up for a patient. The patient's name is written on the dialyzer, but there is no reprocessing sticker on the dialyzer. What should the technician do?

A.

Run the patient on the dialyzer.

B.

Return the dialyzer to the reprocessing staff to have a sticker added.

C.

Set up another dialyzer for the patient.

D.

Ask the patient if this is his dialyzer.

Kt/V and urea reduction rate (URR) values have been abnormally high when drawn by a certian individual. What might be the cause?

A.

The predialysis sample was diluted.

B.

The blood sample was improperly obtained.

C.

The patient's dialysis time was cut by 10 minutes.

D.

The patient was told when to expect aw test and modified his diet.

Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) is a by-product of

A.

tubular infiltrate.

B.

glomerular filtrate.

C.

protein metabolism.

D.

carbohydrate metabolism.

Which of the following statements regarding members of a quality assurance (QA) committee is correct?

A.

All members of the healthcare team should be represented.

B.

The medical director and the nurse only collect the data.

C.

Social workers and nurses should only attend the meetings.

D.

Patients should not be encouraged to attend.

A patient with a predialysis temperature of 98.2° F (36.8° C) has a postdialysis temperature of 101.3° F (38.5° C). Evaluation of the change in temperature should include all of the following EXCEPT

A.

obtaining an order for blood cultures from the patient.

B.

dialysate cultures from the machine.

C.

testing for residual disinfectant from the machine.

D.

checking the dialysate temperature with an external device.

Isolated ultrafiltration (UF) is BEST described as

A.

fluid removal without diffusion dialysis.

B.

increased fluid removal in two successive dialyses.

C.

increased fluid removal using two dialyzers in series during one dialysis.

D.

increased fluid removal by alternating high and low transmembrane pressures (TMP).

If a staff member is assigned to take care of an HBV antigen positive patient, they

A.

take care of hepatitis B immunized patients at the same time.

B.

simultaneously care tor HBV antibody negative patients.

C.

take care only of HBV antigen positive patients for the day.

D.

cannot take care of hepatitis antibody positive patients for the day.

According to the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) standard, the endotoxin or Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) level shall. NOT exceed

A.

2 EU/mL.

B.

4 EU/mL.

C.

1 EU/mL.

D.

3 EU/mL.

A system of water treatment that removes chloramines is called

A.

gross filtration.

B.

activated carbon.

C.

softening.

D.

reverse osmosis (RO).