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Tubes/Order of draw
Other blood chemistries
100
What percentage of plasma is water? 

What is 90% of water 

100

Unconjugated bilirubin is also referred to as?

What is Indirect bilirubin

Conjugated bilirubin - Direct bilirubin 

100

An anticoagulant prevents what from happening?

What is preventing blood from clotting

100
Substances that form as charged particles when dissolved in H2O 

What are electrolytes

200

POCT device used to measure glucose

What is a glucometer

200

The amount of urea in the blood is determined by the amount of ________ in one's diet. 

What is protein. 

Urea is a waste product of protein metabolism (removed from the blood in the kidneys)

200

This anticoagulant is used mainly in hematology collection tubes

EDTA (Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid)

200

This waste product in the body arises from the breakdown of amino acids. High concentrations can be toxic. 

What is ammonia 

300

Individuals with this type of diabetes mellitus are dependent on insulin injections

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus 

300

Marker specific for prostate tissue

What is PSA (Prostate-specific antigen)
300

what does SST stand for?

Serum Separator Tube 

300

This cardiac marker can detect elevated proteins in blood 4-10 days after a patient has suffered from a heart attack. 

What are tropinins 

400

What is the importance of wiping away the first blood drop after a dermal puncture?

To avoid collecting a sample containing tissue fluid and alcohol

400

These types of medication help to dilate blood vessels and lower blood pressure 

What is a Vasodilator 

400

This anticoagulant can be found in tubes for Coagulation tests/studies

What is Sodium Citrate 

400

The thyroid secretes these two hormones. Provide the percentage of each hormone the gland secretes.

What is 90% T4, and 10% T3 

500

Which site(s) are used for a dermal puncture?

The lateral (sides) of the 3rd or 4th finger (middle and ring finger)

500

This type of medication relieves seizure activity, Ex. Dilantin

What is an anticonvulsant 

500

What is the clotting protein that is not present in serum?

What is fibrinogen 
500

The main purpose of this assay is to monitor breast cancer patients after a mastectomy 

What is CA 15-3 

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