The medical assistant performing a venipuncture for a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test must ________.

A. wash hands thoroughly
B. maintain temperature at a certain level
C. tell the patient to fast for 8 hours prior
D. take the blood sample while the patient is lying down


Answer: B

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A) 5 mm B) 50 mm C) 10 mm D) 25 mm

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Teenage females are less likely than teenage males to meet the requirements for ________ intake

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The ALARA concept implies that:

a. any radiation dose that can be reduced without major difficulty, great expense, or inconvenience, should be reduced or eliminated. b. if a radiation dose cannot be reduced without major difficulty, great expense, or inconvenience, then no radiographs should be exposed. c. radiation dosages slightly above the acceptable level of risk are acceptable only in emergency treatment situations. d. fewer radiographs should be taken only if a radiation dose cannot be reduced due to major difficulty, inconvenience, and great expense.

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The type of movement shown by letter F in the picture is ____. 



A. abduction
B. adduction
C. flexion
D. dorsiflexion
E. extension

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