Sample Collection and Preparation
Quality Control
Limitations of Procedure
Normal range/Reference Values
Testing the Control Cuvette
100
Purpose of test procedure
What is measure of absorption and calculation of the concentration of the hemoglobin in the cuvette.
100
The HemoPoint H2 AutoCheck performs this every time the cuvette holder is opened.
What is internal check of the photometer's optic system
100
The microcuvette sample can be measured with in what time.
What is immediately or within 10 minutes at the latest
100
Adult Males
What is 13.0 – 18.0 g/dL
100
If the original control cuvette is lost or damaged this should be done.
What is the photometer must be checked for proper calibration and a new control cuvette must be assayed
200
The HemoPoint H2 Photometer can be used with these
What are capillary, venous, or arterial blood
200
The control cuvette supplied with the photometer can be used for this
What is simple check of the photometer's calibration.
200
Inadequate filling of the microcuvette cavity causes this.
What is air bubbles in the optical eye
200
Adult Females
What is 11.0 – 16.0 g/dL
200
The calibration of the photometer and the re-assay of a new control cuvette
What is the critical and extensive process.
300
Use these to avoid dilutional effects
What are EDTA, heparin or heparin/fluoride as anticoagulants, preferably in solid form.
300
Use of external controls to assures this.
What is the microcuvettes and the photometer are performing correctly
300
All results above 23.5 g/dL or equivalent must be what
What is confirmed by laboratory methods
300
11.0 – 16.0 g/dL
What is Children (2 yrs to teenage)
300
Open the cuvette holder completely and wait until
What is the photometer displays “Add Cuvette”
400
Time that samples may be used once blood is collected.
What is not more than 24 hours old and the samples have been stored refrigerated 35 – 46F (2-8ºC).
400
How controls help
What is help a laboratory evaluate whether a given procedure is performing with acceptable accuracy and precision
400
A form of hemoglobin found in the blood in trace amounts that contains an irreversibly bound sulfur molecule that prevents normal oxygen binding
What is Sulfhemoglobin
400
Infants (post-natal)
What is 10 – 14 g/dL
400
If the Hgb result falls outside the range of the control cuvette
What is there is evidently a problem
500
Prepare stored samples for measurement with these steps.
What are remove sample tube from the refrigerator and bring it to room temperature, and mix the sample tube well.
500
We recommend the use of Stanbio HemoPoint® H2 Hemoglobin Controls because of this.
What is to assure that the microcuvettes and the photometer are performing correctly
500
A stable complex of carbon monoxide and hemoglobin that forms in red blood cells when carbon monoxide is inhaled, and hinders delivery of oxygen to the body, formed in carbon monoxide poisoning or tobacco smoking
What is Carboxyhemoglobin
500
The highest hemoglobin concentrations are usually measured in this
What is neonates
500
What must be done once the results have been collected
What is record the control result
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