This term refers to additional testing that is automatically performed in response to certain abnormal results and allows the physician to receive additional information in a timely manner.
What is Reflexive Testing (p. 125)
100
This term means that red blood cells have been damaged and broken.
What is Hemolysis
100
This item used in collection of microbial specimens provides nutrients to microorganisms when grown in the laboratory environment.
What is Media (p. 219)
100
This occurs when blood becomes sticky from increased amounts of globulin and fibrinogen, the red cells become stacked on each other and cause the ESR result to be elevated.
What is Rouleaux
100
This is the process of blood clotting and involves the process of clot formation.
What is Coagulation (p. 314)
200
These are two of the most often used acceptable patient identifiers
What is Name and Birth Date (p. 125)
200
This color tube is the last tube to draw in the order of draw for venipunctures.
What is Gray
200
Two special types of bottles are used for the blood culture collection and encourage unique growth of two types of microorganisms. These two types of organisms are which are the same name as each bottle type.
What is Aerobe and Anaerobe (p. 228)
200
This "closed system is the most commonly used to test an erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
What is the Westergren method
200
This color tube is used for coagulation testing
What is Light Blue
300
This is sometimes used during blood or urine collection in situations when the test results may be used as legal evidence.
What is Chain of Custody (p. 129)
300
Some patients experience light headedness, dizziness, or fainting during or immediately after blood collection. The term for this is
What is vasovagal syncope (p. 184)
300
This type of urine collection involves placing a needle through the abdomen directly into the bladder.
What is Suprapubic aspiration
300
This term is another name for "packed cell volume" and is a common test to determine the percentage of red blood cells as compared to the entire blood volume in a sample of whole blood.
What is Hematocrit (p. 292)
300
The secondary coagulation process involves a clotting cascade. the clotting cascade occurs using two pathways. These two pathways are.
What is The intrinsic Pathway and Extrinsic Pathway
400
These tests may be ordered to determine the level of drugs in the body and are drawn when the drug is at the lowest of highest level in the body.
What is Peak and Trough Levels
400
this forms as a result of blood leaking into the tissue from a vein
What is Hematoma (p. 185)
400
This type of timed urine collection is used to test various substances in the urine such as Urea Nitrogen, Urine Potassium and Sodium.
What is 24 hour urine collection
400
This comprehensive test provides partitioners with important information about all the formed elements in the circulating blood and is the most commonly ordered hematology test.
What is a CBC, Complete Blood Count (p. 266)
400
Two common laboratory tests used to diagnose and monitor coagulation are
What are PT (Prothrombin Time) and PTT (Activated Partial Prothrombin Time ) (p. 318-324)
500
This test has several steps and is only ordered if the fasting, postprandial, and challenge test are abnormal. It involves the patient fasting and drinking a solution, and then blood is drawn every half hour for 3 to 6 hours.
What is Glucose Tolerance Test (p. 126)
500
Once a peripheral blood smear has been prepared, it will dry and must be stained. This is the name of the common stain often used for peripheral blood smears.
What is Wright Stain
500
When refrigeration is not possible for certain timed urine collections, this chemical preservative is used.
What is Boric Acid or dilute Hydrochloric Acid
500
These 5 types of cells play an essential role in the immune response of the body. (Name all 5)
What is leukocytes (WBC). Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Eosinophils, Basophils (p. 264)
500
This test is performed to evaluate how well platelets function to form a plug and may detect deficiencies in von Willebrand's factor