Safety
Phlebotomy/Lab Asst
Blood Bank/UA/Micro
Automation
Specimen Processing
100
The concept tha lab personnel should treat all blood and body fluids as capable of transmitting infectious diseases
What is Universal precautions
100
Where to draw blood the patient have IV on both arms.
What is below the IV site.
100
For these patients, the cultures are not rejected, even if they do not meet screening rejection criteria.
What is Cystic Fibrosis or transplant patients
100
An rbc indexvalue that is a good indication that patient has cold agglutinins.
What is high MCHC (>36)
100
When this test is ordered, tube can not be opened, or it will be rejected.
What is CO2
200
A place with walls and a fire door. When there is one on the floor, vertical evacuation is not necessary.
What is a fire compartment
200
Specimen container for WHOLE blood lactic acid.
What is green top/heparin.
200
The pH range that urine is acidified/adjusted to by adding 1 ml of 6N HCL per 100 ml of urine.
What is pH 1-3
200
Stability for ESR at room temperature.
What is 4 hours from collection.
200
Specimens for most hematology samples are drawn in this colored tube
What is lavander/purple top tubes
300
two acronyms to help staff remember what to do in case of a fire and how to use a fire extinguisher.
What is RACE, PASS
300
With this test, the specimen need to put in the 37 C heat block.
What is cryoglobulin.
300
Crystal that has negative birefringence (yellow parallel, blue perpendicular under polarized light), in synovial fluid.
What is uric acid crystal
300
This is erroneously DECREASED in hemolyzed samples
What is bilirubin
300
The color of the tube for FSP, and where to find these tubes.
What is dark blue top tubes in the hematology refrigerator in the FSP reagent kits
400
Isolation precaution that requires hand washing-degerming is not enough
What is Contact Plus precaution
400
Specimen required for GASTRIN
What is fasting specimen.
400
Possible pathogen that is many tiny gram negative rods in sputum (for respiratory culture).
What is Heamophilus infuenza or H. parainfluenza
400
A genetic disorder that a patient have when hgb is low to normal, MCV is decreased (>70fL), and the rbc count is normal to high.
What is thalassemia.
400
TDM (therapeutic drug monitoring) specimens are normally drawn in what speciemn container.
What is red plain tubes.
500
Time required to rinse, when splashed in the eye, in the eye wash.
What is 15 minutes
500
Process when specimen is rejected and a redraw is required.
What is cancel test, notify provider, document, reorder test and redraw sample.
500
A procedure used to treat patient with TTP, HUS, Sickle cell disease, Myasthenia gravis, Multiple Myeloma, involving removal of unwanted element with the return of remaining elements plus a replacent for the unwanted element. The benefit: removal of plts, WBC's, and plasma which otherwise becomes harmful to the patient.
What is Apheresis or Therapeutic Apheresis
500
Best laboratory test for detecting cystic fibrosis.
What is sweat chloride
500
Order of priority when processing specimens
What is Stats & expedites first, short stability specimens next, then first in, first out.
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