Hematology/Coag
What are the 4 types of body fluids?
CSF, synovial, serous, and seminal
What is the maximum number of electrons the third energy shell of an atom may contain?
18
What is the minimum amount of specimen collected for each bottle in a two-bottle blood culture resulting in a final recommended dilution ratio of 1:10 on an adult patient?
10 ml
The use of reagent A1 and B red cells to detect anti-A and anti-B is known as
Serum Testing
Oncogenic viruses cause:
Cancer
How do you result a blue top for platelet count and what comment do you enter?
Multiply result by 1.1 and add comment [BLUE]
When acids and bases react in a reaction called neutralization, what besides water is formed?
Salt
Which organism is the causative agent of whooping cough and is the primary pathogen of the genus Bordetella?
What reagent is used for detecting attachment of antibodies to antigens in vivo or in vitro that do not produce agglutination?
Anti-human globulin (AHG)
Which finger of an infant do you not use for a skin puncture and why?
Pinky; the skin is too thin
What anemia is due to a complete failure of the bone marrow to produce RBCs, WBCs, and platelets?
Aplastic
Made of solely carbon and hydrogen, which compounds form the basis of all organic compounds?
Hydrocarbons
Which miscellaneous gram-positive cocci are important to the food and brewing industries, and used as a flavor enhancer in processed vegetables and soy products?
Pediococcus species
What system of antibodies are associated with cold agglutinin diseases, mixed-type autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and infectious mononucleosis?
I/i antibodies
The specimen of choice in a case of suspected epiglottis is collected from the:
Blood
The most common type of leukemia in the Western hemisphere, where the WBC count is usually 20.0 to 200.0 × 109 /L and the blood film shows 60 to 95 percent small mature lymphocytes, is
Chronic lymphocytic
What else do you have to include when loading an A1C reagent on the Atellicas?
Pretreatment
Which characteristic is typical for Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae?
H2S positive in KIA
What system of antibodies are notorious in severe hemolytic transfusion reactions, especially delayed HTRs?
Anti-Jka and anti-Jkb antibodies
Crystals in urine that resemble "coffin lid"
Triple phosphate
What platelet function test involves a uniform 2 to 4mm cut on a patient's forearm?
Ivy Bleeding
Which analytes can you calibrate with TOX CAL?
Acetaminophen, ETOH, Salicylate
Which is the most virulent strain of vibrio that causes the most serious wound infections and primary septicemia due to the consumption of seafood, especially raw oysters?
V. vulnificus
A 24 yr old "A negative" female was transfused with approximately 65 cc of an "A positive" RBC unit. How many vials of Rh Immune globulin should this woman receive?
5 vials
Secretion of high levels of hCG in the range of 5k to 6mIU/mL may indicate:
Trophoblastic tumors