Hematology & Coag
This lab department counts and identifies blood cells and cells in body fluids.
What is hematology?
In spectrophotometry, this law states that absorbance is directly proportional to concentration.
What is Beer's Law?
This urine collection method usually yields the most sterile sample.
What is a catheterized urine specimen? or What is a suprapubic?
This type of agar shows hemolysis patterns such as alpha, beta, and gamma.
What is sheep blood's agar?
This federal agency is responsible for enforcing workplace safety regulations in the laboratory.
What is OSHA?
These tiny cell fragments come from the cytoplasm of a megakaryocyte.
What are platelets?
This part of the spectrophotometer is the readout device that shows the measured signal.
What is the galvanometer?
This condition means red blood cells are present in the urine.
What is hematuria?
This microscope, using special dyes, is used to help diagnose viral diseases such as rabies.
What is the fluorescent microscope?
These sheets provide information on chemical hazards, PPE, spill cleanup, and exposure procedures.
What are Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) or Safety Data Sheets (SDS)?
This common coagulation test evaluates the extrinsic and common pathways and is used to monitor patients taking Coumadin (warfarin).
What is the prothrombin time (PT)?
A bell-shaped curve on a frequency distribution is another name for this type of curve.
What is a Gaussian (normal) curve?
On the urine dipstick, this test pad helps detect the presence of bacteria that can convert nitrate to nitrite.
What is the nitrite test?
This virus is associated with infectious mononucleosis.
What is Epstein–Barr virus?
This term means germ-free or sterile and is used to describe a state free from contamination.
What is asepsis?
This plasma protein is converted into fibrin by thrombin during clot formation.
What is fibrinogen?
In quality control, this term describes a single control value that falls outside ±2 standard deviations of the mean.
What is an outlier?
This frequently seen urine parasite is a flagellated organism often associated with vaginal infections.
What is trichomonas vaginalis?
This serology test detects antinuclear antibodies and is commonly used in the work-up of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
What is the antinuclear antibody test?
When a blood specimen has no patient name or ID, mismatched labels, or was collected in the wrong tube, lab policy says you must do this.
What is reject the specimen and request a new collection?
This ion is required at all stages of the coagulation cascade in order for clotting to occur.
What is calcium?
This is the best type of wavelength to choose when performing spectrophotometry—where absorbance is highest and transmittance is lowest for that test.
What is the wavelength of maximum absorbance?
This clear body fluid is found in the ventricles of the brain, the central canal of the spinal cord, and the subarachnoid space.
What is CSF?
The immune system defends the body by helping you recover from infections and providing protection from future infections through this general process.
What is immunity (or an immune response)?
This basic infection-control concept assumes that all patient specimens may be infectious and requires the use of PPE.
What is universal precautions?