Name that Tube
What additive does the "purple/pink" tube have?
EDTA
Convert 500mcL to mL
.5mL
What gram stain morphology is Staphylococcus aureus?
gram positive cocci
What mutation occurs in sickle cell anemia?
B6 glu-> Val
What factors are affected by Vitamin K
II, VII, IX and X
What is the ratio of blood to additive required in a Sodium Citrate tube?
9:1
What 2 methods does the AU480 use?
Spectrophotometry and electrophoresis
What is the most recovered UTI bacteria?
Escherichia coli
What WBC is increased in bacterial infections?
Neutrophils
What urinalysis crystal looks like an envelope?
Calcium oxalate
What common tube color is also the tiger top tube?
gold
What diagnostic test can be performed for Cystic Fibrosis and what's the diagnostic value?
Sweat Chloride test with a value over 60 mmol/L
What organisms fall under ESKAPE? (genus only)
Enterococcus, Staphylococcus, Klebsiella, Acinetobacter, Plesiomonas, Enterobacter
What thalassemia is incompatible with life?
alpha major thalassemia
What transfusion reaction occurs based on bacterial contamination of the unit? What blood product does this most occur in?
TAS (Transfusion associated sepsis); platelets
What tube colors contain gel barriers?
gold, tiger, light green
A patient presents to the doctor complaining about abdominal pain. Their record shows a history of chronic gallstones. Urine results show an increase of bilirubin and chalky stools were present. What does this patient have?
Post hepatic jaundice
What organisms require a Beta-Lactamase test for identification?
Staphylococcus aureus, Neisseria meningtidis, Haemophilus influenzae b, Enterococcus faecalis
Name the RBC inclusion that is most associated with Iron?
Pappenheimer bodies
What are the two regions of an antibody called?
Fab(x2), Fc
What collection requirement is needed for a bilirubin test?
Protect from light/have special tube (light protectant tube)
Name the six hormones that come from the anterior pituitary? What hypothalamic hormones regulate them?
ACTH- CRH
TSH- TRH
Prolactin - dopamine
FSH & LH- GnRH
GH- GHRH
Where is the lumbar puncture performed exactly?
Between the L3 and L4 vertebrae.
What cell does the CFU-GEMM progenitor cell NOT make?
Lymphocytes
What is the most noninvasive way of assessing if HDFN is occurring in a fetus?
Middle cerebral artery- peak systolic velocity