Bilirubin
Water soluble bilirubin
Bc - conjugated bili
Glucose, Fructose, Galactose, Fucose are examples of what carb class?
Monosaccharides
What is the stat number for emergencies at Akron Children's?
22
Material with known amounts of analytes designed to mimic a patient specimen
Control
What enzymes increase with liver damage?
AST (aspartate aminotransferase)
ALT (alanine aminotransferase)
Bilirubin is the result of degradation of what?
Heme
Degradation of glucose to form Acetyl CoA is called
glycolysis
A carcinogen used frequently in tissue preservation for lab analysis:
Formaldehyde
Highly purified material used to calibrate an assay
Standard
What decreases with liver damage?
Proteins (total protein and albumin)
Total and Direct bili test method
Diazo (azobilirubin)
How many ATPs are formed in the electron transport chain as part of carb metabolism?
34
If you splash blood in your eye, how long do you flush your eyes in the eyewash?
15 minutes
How many sd are in a QC range with 95% confidence limits?
2
This carbohydrate is stored in the liver
glycogen
Increased Bu, increased Bc, increased urine bili, increased urobilinogen (urine) indicates
Hepatic jaundice
The storage form of glucose in animals
glycogen
Where are plastic tubes containing blood specimens discarded?
nonsharps biohazard trash
Chart used to track QC data points over time
Levy-Jennings chart (L-J chart)
What viral liver disease is the highest risk to healthcare workers?
Hepatitis B
Sunlight causes bilirubin levels to
decrease
The break down of fat tissue to produce Acetyl CoA for energy is called
Lipolysis
Wearing lab coat, gloves, or other appropriate PPE, as well as treating all specimens as if they were infectious:
Standard Precautions
Who has really good rules for determining if an assay is out of control?
Westgard
Which hepatitis virus cannot infect you without having an concomitant HBV infection?
Hepatitis D