Peripheral Blood Components
These cells circulate in the blood for approximately 120 days.
What are RBCs?
A common screening test for colorectal cancer.
What is the Fecal Occult Blood test?
The laboratory technician role in the lab is associated with this level of education.
What is an Associate's degree?
Gram negative bacteria stain pink due to this.
What is the increased lipid content in their cell walls?
This organism is the frequent cause of sore throats, especially in children.
What is Streptococcus pyogenes?
This peripheral blood component is responsible for coagulation.
What are platelets?
This test reflects the average glucose concentration over the last 3 months.
What is Hemoglobin A1C?
A physician orders lab tests on this document.
What is a laboratory requisition?
A gram stain slide containing material directly from the patient.
What is a direct smear?
The cellulose tape method is used to identify this parasite.
What is Enterobius vermicularis?
(aka the pinworm)This cell is involved in anaphylaxis.
What is the basophil?
This is the main form of storage lipid.
What are triglycerides?
Healthcare workers are encouraged to be vaccinated against this virus.
What is Hepatitis B?
The agent able to carry microorganisms from an infected person to another person.
What is a vector?
Tetanus is neurotoxicity caused by this organism.
What is Clostridium?
This cell type has a marginating pool and a circulating pool.
What is the neutrophil?
This term describes glucose being converted to glycogen.
What is glycogenesis?
Software that manages and stores laboratory data.
What is the LIS?
(aka Laboratory Information System)
An organism that prefers to grow between 20-40C.
What is a mesophile?
These are a group of fungi that affect the hair, nails, and skin.
What are dermatophytes?
This cell can develop into a macrophage.
What is a monocyte?
Using a spectrophotometer, the absorbance of the 200 mg/dL standard was .141 nm; the absorbance of the patient specimen was .114. What is the concentration of the patient's glucose?
What is 162 mg/dL?
This type of exposure occurs when blood or other potentially infectious materials comes in to contact with non-intact skin, mucous membranes, or cuts or puncture wounds.
What is parenteral contact?
Microorganisms that only grow in the presence of oxygen.
What are obligate aerobes?
This organism causes syphilis.
What is Treponema pallidium?