Laboratory Testing
Infection Control
The Circulatory System
POCT
Specimen Handling
100
The laboratory department that identifies abnormalities of the blood and blood forming tissues.
What is the Hematology Department?
100
Respirator for Phlebotomist when collecting a specimen from a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis.
What is N-95 Respirator?
100
Medical term for Red Blood Cells.
What is Erythrocyte?
100
In this test, blood is wicked from the site of puncture every 30 seconds to assess platelet function.
What is a Bleeding Time?
100
Decreased chemistry test results due to a prolonged, greater than 2 hours, processing time.
What is glucose?
200
Minimum amount of whole blood necessary to yield 2.5 mL of serum.
What is 5 mL?
200
Mode of transmission occurring from touching contaminated bed linens?
What is indirect contact?
200
Referred to as delivering chambers of the heart.
What are ventricles?
200
Where POCT is performed.
What is the bedside?
200
CLSI and OSHA require that specimen transport bags carry this logo.
What is a biohazard logo?
300
The time limit for making a blood smear from blood collected in EDTA.
What is 1 hour?
300
A laboratory procedure that requires the use of goggles to prevent exposure from sprays or splashes also requires this protective attire.
What is a face mask?
300
The composition of capillary blood most resembles this.
What is arterial blood?
300
Type of specimen needed for a guaiac test.
What is feces?
300
Handling that slows down metabolic processes.
What is cooling?
400
Tests in this laboratory department are most affected by tissue thromboplastin contamination.
What is the coagulation department?
400
When standard precautions should be followed.
What is at all times?
400
This substance is present in plasma, but absent from serum.
What is fibrinogen?
400
Relative to time, a major advantage to point-of-care testing.
What is turn around time?
400
A Vitamin B12 requires this special handling.
What is protection from light?
500
Blood typing that identifies the A and B antigens present on the red blood cells.
What is ABO Blood Typing?
500
An infection in a patient in the ICU of the site of a catheter.
What is a nosocomial infection?
500
The major structural difference between arteries and veins.
What is arteries are larger in diameter?
500
Hormone detected with POCT pregnancy test.
What is HCG?
500
By transporting tubes in this way encourages clot formation and reduces agitation caused hemolysis.
What is stopper up?
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