Assisting in Clinical Lab / Chapter 45
A term used to describe a blood sample in which the red blood cells have ruptured is:
hemolyzed.
If a urine specimen cannot be analyzed within 1 hour, the best course of action is to:
What is refrigerate the specimen?
In which illness or condition are dehydration and subsequent electrolyte imbalance of particular concern when the disorder occurs in children?
Diarrhea
This is a waste product excreted by the lungs
Carbon dioxide
A record or recording of electrical impulses of the heart produced by an electrocardiograph.
ECG and EKG
Laboratory department that studies bacteria, fungi, yeasts, parasites, and viruses is:
chemistry.
Using a urine dipstick test on a urine specimen from a female with a UTI, which tests will most likely be positive?
What is nitrite and leukocytes esterase?
The first dose of MMR vaccine should be administered at what age?
12 months
An upper chamber of the heart is the:
atrium.
Use of ultrasonic waves directed through the heart to study the structure and motion of the heart is:
ECHO.
Laboratory tests performed in a physician’s office are most likely to be categorized as CLIA-
waived and moderate complexity.
What is hematuria?
What method of evaluation is used to detect microcephaly?
Measurement of the head circumference
An abnormally rapid heartbeat
What is Tachycardia?
Oxygenated blood leaves the heart through the:
aorta.
What is a CLIA-waived test?
A turbid urine sample means that the specimen is:
cloudy.
Which common medication is not recommended for children, because it has been linked to a sometimes fatal disease?
Aspirin
An abnormal heartbeat is a/an:
arrhythmia.
Which structure is created from the repolarization of the ventricles?
T wave
This is an example of a qualitative laboratory test result
What is a positive or negative test?
What is proteinuria?
A middle ear infection is called:
otitis media.
Breathlessness is:
SOB.
Shortness of breath (SOB) is a breathlessness.
_____ represents atrial depolarization.
P wave