Administration
Environmental Sciences
IT & LI
Newborn Screening
CTAT & Hermachemistry
OCME
BTEP
Virology/Serology
200
Dr. Shonetta Smith, Quality Assurance Manager
200
Type of bacteria tested for in water
Coil form or E. Coli
200
Definition of LIMS
Laboratory Information Management System
200
Where blood is drawn to collect newborn screening specimen
Baby’s Heel
200
An analyte CTAT test for
toxic metals [arsenic, barium, beryllium, cadmium, mercury, thallium, uranium], cyanide, tetramine, nerve agents, ricinine, VOCs, HNPAA
200
Definition of OCME
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
200
Definition of BTEP
Bioterrorism and Emerging Pathogens
200
This viral disease has five types: A, B, C, D, E
Hepatitis
400
SLPH Facility Manager
Blake Doiron
400
The US banned this heavy metal from paint in 1977
Lead
400
Submission of an IT problem
TARS ticket
400
Age cutoff for Newborn Screening Specimen
6 Months
400
The bodily fluid tested in hermachemistry
Blood
400
The drug & that mixed with alcohol produces Cocoaethylene after ingestion.
Cocaine
400
The use of biological materials as weapons
Bioterrorism
400
The SLPH Virology/Serology detected the first case of this in NC in March 2020
COVID-19
600
Mark Jackson, Warehouse Supervisor
600
Too much of this inorganic ion can cause mottled teeth in children
Fluoride
600
Extension 78888
IT Help Desk
600
The analytical tool that measures mass to charge (m/z) for molecules in a sample
Mass Spectrometry
600
Temperature for shipment of blood lead specimens
Room temp/Ambient temp (20-22C)
600
A toxic chemical produced in the body after ingesting apricot kernels containing amygdalin
Cyanide
600
Biological agent used as weapon by mailing letters
Anthrax
600
SLPH is the only diagnostic testing site in NC for this zoonotic vurus
Rabies
800
Biosecurty/Biosafety Officer
Anna Liddicoat
800
Environmental drinking water analyze historically used as rat poison
Arsenic
800
Number of regional laboratory consultants
4
800
Condition caused by the body’s production of too much mucus
Cystic Fibrosis
800
CTAT tests for Anthrax (True or False)
False
800
The NC OCME Toxicology Laboratory is the only postmortem laboratory in the entire state and it reached a record number of submissions in 2022. 10,000 cases, 12,500 cases or 15,000 cases
15,000
800
Poison found naturally in castor beans
Ricin
800
Rabies submissions are this specimen type
Animal head
1000
Identify all the signatures required to publish a new SOP
Supervisor, Manager, QA Manager (Dr. Shonetta Smith), Assistant Director (Dr. Dee Pettit or Dr. William Glover), Lab Director (Dr. Scott Shone)
1000
Drinking water contaminant that shares its name with a Roman god and the smallest planet in our solar system
Mercury
1000
Lab Director for CLIA contract program
Tracey Shives
1000
3 Labs that comprise the Newborn Screening department
MS/MS, FIA-SC, Molecular
1000
Definition of ICP-MS
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer
1000
Chemical found in blood after consumption of certain types of nail polish removers
Acetone
1000
Disease caused by Yersinia Pestis
Plague or “Black Death”
1000
This STI is the highest volume test in the virology/serology unit
HIV