What is the point of Lab Week
To recognize laboratory professionals
My favorite day is filled with mature caterpillars with wings
Phlebotomy
How many days/hours do we have before we are required to do a full differential on a patient with confirmed blasts?
3 days/ 72 hours
Lab coat, gloves, safety glasses/face shield.
What is PPE?
What organization started the first Lab Week?
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS)
I want to tell you a joke but you wouldn't guess what type it is?
Transfusion Medicine
What critical value needs to be called to the nurse/doctor in our lab, specifically
ECMO platelet <100
What number do we call in case of emergency?
*500
What year was the first Lab Week
1975
Microbiology
How many minutes do we centrifuge our APTT and PT samples and what is the RPMs?
3 minutes and 7500 RPM
What does this symbol mean?
What is a Biohazard?
2025 marks the ___ year of lab week celebrations
50th
Enjoy your vacation off, I hope you have a blast!
Hematology
What color urine is associated with burn patients
Purple
An enclosed, ventilated laboratory workspace for safely working with materials contaminated with pathogens.
What is Biological Safety Cabinet?
When is Lab Week hosted?
The last week of April
Every one we need to evacuate. Please get in a single file line!
Flow Cytometry
What cells group differs in body fluids depending on the type of fluid that is being worked up?
Monocytes/ Macrophages
What does the Acronym F.A.S.T stand for?
F- Face
A- Arm
S-Speech
T-Time