Hematology/ESR
Coagulation
Chemistry
Glucose
Hematocrit/Smears
100
The most common blood/tube used in the Hematology department
What is whole blood collected in a purple top tube?
100
The body's ability to stop bleeding
What is hemostasis?
100
The "good" cholesterol
What is HDL? BONUS: What is the "bad" cholesterol?
100
The disease in which the body does not produce enough insulin or is unable to use insulin properly
What is diabetes mellitus?
100
The layer in the middle of a microhematocrit tube, between the plasma and the RBCs
What is the buffy coat? BONUS: What cellular components make up the buffy coat?
200
Another name for White Blood Cell
What is leukocyte?
200
Thrombocyte
What is the cellular portion of the blood responsible for clot formation?
200
The fat in your blood that causes lipemia
What is triglycerides?
200
Hypoglycemia
What is a condition of low blood glucose?
200
A test that is an estimate of a patient's RBC volume and the blood's oxygen carrying capacity
What is hematocrit?
300
Arthritis or any kind of non-specific inflammation
What causes an elevated ESR result?
300
Coumadin
What is a blood thinning medication responsible for decreasing a patient's risk of stroke or blood clot formation?
300
8-12 hours
What is the recommended time to fast for a lab test?
300
The POCT device used by health care providers and patients to check blood glucose levels
What is a glucometer?
300
The tubes used to collect the specimen for a microhematocrit test
What are capillary tubes?
400
The type of blood cell that is most numerous in the blood
What are Red Blood Cells or erythrocytes?
400
Sodium Citrate
What is the anticoagulant found in a light blue top tube?
400
A group of tests that evaluate a particular organ system
What is a panel or profile? BONUS: Name the profile for kidney function. DOUBLE BONUS: Name the profile for liver function.
400
A blood test that monitors average blood glucose over a period of weeks
What is Hemoglobin A1C (HgbA1C)?
400
Duplicate microhematocrit readings from two tubes should be averaged and should agree within this range
What is +/- 2%? BONUS: How do you figure out the average between two numbers?
500
The department of the lab responsible for ABO and Rh typing and determining the compatability between donor and recipient blood transfusions
What is Blood Bank? BONUS: What color tube is used in the Blood Bank? DOUBLE BONUS: What anticoagulant is inside of a Blood Bank tube?
500
9:1
What is the ratio of blood to anticoagulant in a light blue top tube?
500
The normal range of a substance as determined by measuring the level of the supstance in a portion of the general population
What is a reference range?
500
The hormone, produced in the pancreas, that lower blood glucose
What is insulin?
500
Wright's stain
What is used to stain a blood smear?
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