Phlebotomy Essentials
Phlebotomy Essentials
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781451194524
Author: Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)
Publisher: JONES+BARTLETT PUBLISHERS, INC.
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A nurse is establishing IV access in a patient when she accidentally sticks herself with the needle used to insert the catheter. She removes her gloves and pushes blood out of her finger, then washes her hands. She is embarrassed that the event occurred and decides not to report the needlestick to her manager or Employee Health. The patient is discharged the next day. Twelve weeks later, the same patient returns and is under the nurse’s care again. The patient is jaundiced and has hepatomegaly and dark urine. The physician orders laboratory work. The nurse reviews the results when they are posted to the patient’s chart. The nurse notices the following results:

   

Reference Range

Bilirubin

35 mg/dL

0.1–1.2 mg/dL

AST

350 U/L

10–40 U/L

ALT

475 U/L

7–56 U/L

ALP

145 U/L

45–115 U/L

HBsAg

Neg

Neg

IgM anti-HBc

Pos

Neg

IgG anti-HBc

Neg

Neg

1. What is concerning about these laboratory results? 

A. There are no concerns; the patient's results are normal.

B. The patient has a chronic hepatitis B infection.

C. The patient has a recent hepatitis B infection.

D. The patient is immune to hepatitis B.

2. The nurse becomes very concerned about her needlestick accident 12 weeks prior. Did her accident involve a route of transmission for hepatitis B? 

A. No

B. Yes

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