Lab Week
What is the point of Lab Week
To recognize laboratory professionals
What teams do NOT manage over 180 complex associated contracts and purchasing of high demand capital equipment? (a) Human Resources, (b) Strategic Sourcing, (c) Lab Finance team
(a) Human Resources
When spinning blood down, what is the yellow-ish fluid called
Serum/plasma
Anesthesia Labs (saving lives/reduced expenses)? (a) 236, (b) 436, (c) 1236, (d) 2436 cell savers
(d) 2436 cell savers
Which department might you find a CBC test?
Hematology
What organization started the first Lab Week?
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS)
Which Lab area provide inherited disease testing, chromosome analysis, and inborn errors of metabolism testing? (a) Molecular diagnostic labs, (b) Pharmacogenomic labs, (c) Genetics labs
(c) Genetics labs
What is the technical name of the bacteria that caused the plague
Yersinia pestis
Blood Bank, UED, and CICU (prepared/dispensed blood products) (a) 2627, (b) 6722, (c) 7622, (d) 10000 blood products
(c) 7622 blood products
Which department would use Gram Staining?
Microbiology
What year was the first Lab Week
1975
How many cents per dollar are spent on all outpatient services? such as claims from ambulatory surgery centers, LABS, dialysis or at-home care. (a) 7.1, (b) 27.1, (c) 57.1, (d) 77.1
(a) 7.1 cents
What specimen is used for the Guiac test
Stool
Immunology? (a) 222k, (b) 322k, (c) 422k, (d) 522k
(b) 322k
In which department would you perform a DAT?
Blood Bank
2025 marks the ___ year of lab week celebrations
50th Anniversary
What's the innovative approach to tailoring disease prevention and treatment that takes into account differences in people's genes, environments, and lifestyles? Its goal is to target the right treatments to the right patients at the right time.
Precision/Personalized Medicine
What specimen is used with a dipstick?
Urine
Microbiology? (a) 216k, (b) 316k, (c) 416k, (d) 516k
(d) 516k
Which Department would test for ALT, BMPs, and Thyroid function?
Chemistry
When is Lab Week hosted?
The last week of April
What lab took a decade and over $150 billion to build?
The International Space Station is a monument to scientific research and international cooperation, where scientists conduct cutting-edge microgravity research while hurtling through orbit at 17,227 mph.
What specimen requires four tubes of fluid and involves multiple departments to process?
CSF
Autopsies? (a) 357, (b) 537 , (c) 753, (d) 777
(a) 357
In which department would you be testing for DIC
Coagulation