GENERAL CHEMISTRY
Name 3 tests that are affected by hemolysis
What are Potassium, LDH and AST
Positive, Negative and Invalid
What are the possible results for Urine Pregnancy tests?
Name the two QC rules for IA
What are 1) 2- 2SD
2) 1- 3SD?
Serum Protein Electrophoresis, Urine Protein Electrophoresis, Serum Immunofixation, Urine Immunofixation, Free Kappa and Free Lambda tests in Optilite.
What are the Monoclonal Gammopathy screening tests performed in Special Chemistry?
Busulfan, and steroids
What are the tests that are analyzed by Mass Spectrometry?
Name 4 tests that are validated for dilutions.
What are Ferritin, IGE, LDH and PSA.
Needle or rod-shaped crystals-
Intracellular or extracellular
Yellow- aligned parallel with Y-axis and
Blue- aligned perpendicular
What is MSU? (Monosodium Urates)
Name the 7 tests moving to Roche Cobas PRO
What are CEA, CA-125, Serum & Urine B2M, IGF-1, ACTH, GH and Thyroglobulin (TG)?
Can detect inflammation-related proteins (immunoglobulins) in the CSF to help diagnose Multiple Sclerosis and other CNS disorders
What is Oligoclonal banding?
Located in HPLC and 24HR Urine rooms used in chemical emergencies
What are the Safety showers?
Name the methodology for the Architect AFP assay.
What is chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (CMIA)?
Diagnostic test for Cystic Fibrosis
What is Sweat Chloride?
Name 2 creative ways for "Testing" QC validation (Collecting 20 points)
What is 5 points for 4 days
4 points over 5 days
LDL particles, LDL size, HDL particles, HDL size, VLDL particle, and VLDL size.
Approved by FDA
What are the tests included in Lipoprotein panel?
What are LDL particles?
The more serious CAP phase deviation
What is Phase II deficiency?
Patient's Chemistry results
Serum potassium > 6 mmol/L
calcium < 8 mg/dL
What is K2 EDTA contamination?
Used as the back-up for the Clinitek Novus or for QNS, grossly bloody or dark colored samples
What is the Clinitek Advantus Analyzer?
Name the IA test that requires GC test for the calculation of eGFR
What is Cystatin-C Panel?
Methodology for Vantera
What is NMR? Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
P.A.S.S. and R.A.C.E
What are fire emergency acronyms?
Upon request or each occurrence are located
Where the phrases can be found in the GC manual dilution SOP?
Glycosuria
What is the term for the presence of glucose in the urine?
Past infection or Acute infection:
VCA IgG (+)
VCA IgM (+)
EBNA IgG (-)
What is an acute infection?
Patient with monoclonal IgM cryoglobulin and Waldenstrom's disease
What is Type I cryoglobulinemia?
Dr. Claire Auger
Who is the senior staff on-call for this week?