Lab Safety & Microscopes
_______ is not allowed inside any lab classroom on campus.
What is eating/drinking?
Packed cell volume measures this
What is percentage of cells (including RBCs) in the peripheral blood sample?
An RBC abnormality due to age of sample or inappropriate anticoagulant:blood ratio.
What are echinocytes/crenated cells?
The area on a blood smear where we evaluate cells
What is the monolayer?
Medical term for elevated total white blood cell count
Because of potential zoonotic diseases we wear this equipment when handling patient samples
What are gloves?
TS can be measured using this
What is the refractometer?
This calculated value gives us insight into the size of RBCs
What is MCV?
A mHCT tube should be at least this full before spinning in the centrifuge.
What is 3/4 full/75%?
The most common peripheral WBC in dogs & cats.
What is a neutrophil?
This is the only appropriate place to discard glass slides after use
What is the Sharps container?
These 5 lab tools/instruments necessary for a PCV/TS are:
What are mHCT tubes, clay, centrifuge & PCV reader card, refractometer?
This molecule is responsible for the oxygen carrying capacity of RBCs
What is hemoglobin?
What is the 100% line?
The cell responsible for producing antibodies.
What is a lymphocyte?
Immersion oil can only be used with this objective lens
What is 100X?
Increased PCV could be due to this
What is dehydration?
This RBC abnormality can be due to oxidative damage to hemoglobin; can be seen easily with a supravital stain.
What is a Heinz body?
This stain is an orangey-pink color
What is eosin?
The purpose of a corrected WBC count.
What is to take any nRBCs into account because the CBC machine may have misread them?
The most important step to using a centrifuge
What is balancing it/the samples?
A PCV of 12% tells us this about the patient
This RBC inclusion usually stains blue and looks like a small dot.
What is a Howell-Jolly body?
The Diff-Quik system is an example of this kind of stain
What is Romanowsky?
It's never a...
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