Lab Terms
Lab Testing
Lab Hazards
Anything Goes
Anything Goes II
100
Indicates that something must be done immediately
What is stat?
100
Testing categories regulated by the CLIA
What is waived test, moderate complexity and high complexity?
100
Physical hazards in the lab
What is electrical, fire, and mechanical?
100
Give this time in military hours: 7:45pm
What is 1945 hours?
100
Tests performed in the clinical lab are assigned by the FDA based on this
What is potential risk to public health?
200
Known to cause birth defects
What is teratogenic?
200
Four main divisions of the clinical laboratory
What is urinalysis, hematology, chemistry and microbiology?
200
Indicates hazard to health
What is the blue diamond?
200
Give this time in military hours: 10:45 pm
What is 2245 hours?
200
These are types of pipets used to prepare reagents
What are graduated and volumetric?
300
Removed for testing from a well mixed sample
What is aliquot?
300
Testing in this division may be qualitative or quantitative
What is hematology?
300
Indicates radioactivity and special biohazards
What is the white diamond?
300
Involves the study of bacteria, viruses and yeasts
What is Microbiology?
300
This is the most common temperature for an incubator
What is 35-37 degrees celsius?
400
Describes ruptured red blood cells
What is hemolyzed?
400
Division of the clinical laboratory that analyzed blood, CSF, urine, and joint fluid
What is chemistry?
400
Indicates flammability hazard
What is the red diamond?
400
Labs that perform moderate and high compexity test have this inspection schedule
What is every 2 years?
400
Pledge healthcare professionals take to achieve the highest degree of excellence in care given to patients
What is quality assurance?
500
Chemicals added to blood after collection to prevent clotting
What are anticoagulants?
500
Type of test that gives a positive or negative result
What is qualitative?
500
Indicates reactivity or stability hazard
What is the yellow diamond?
500
This machine always has to have an even number of tubes to run efficiently
What is the centrifuge?
500
Directs light through the stage of a microscope
What is the condenser?
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