Laboratory
You use this tube to run a CBC
lavender top
What instrument do you use to determine a urine concentration?
refractometer
The 5 rights of medication administration are
right patient, drug, dose, frequency, route
) How do you administer Mometamax 5 drops AU BID x 14 days?
both ears twice daily
KVP stands for
kilovolts-strength
PCV stands for
Packed cell volume
Plasma, buffy coat, packed red blood cells, clay plug are all visible in this tube
microhematocrit capillary tube
The doctor writes an Rx of amoxicillin 100mg capsules, but they just expired one month ago, if it OK to fill the Rx?
no-questionable efficacy
You are to apply Neo-Poly-Bac OS TID, which means
both ears twice daily
T/F: It is OK to have your hand in the primary beam, as long as you are wearing all of your protective equipment?
false-never!
what should you write on a urine tube prior ro sending the sample to the lab
patient name, date, test, collection method
When using a SST, how long should you wait to centrifuge the blood sample?
(20-30 min-->no longer than 1 hour
Pill vials are sized using what unit of measure?
DRAMS
True or False: The FDA regulates Frontline and Advantix?
false
You only need to include the patient name and date on an x-ray?
false-also include hospital name and address, XR #
true or false, it a fecal flotation is set-up properly, it can be read under the microscope at any time
False- 15 minutes
If you push whole blood through a 25guage needle, this can happen
hemolysis
How do you administer a transdermal medication?
topically-apply where directed
If you are told to give 2 Tsp of Lactulose PO, how many mls will you give?
10mls, 1tsp=5ml, 1tbsp=15mls
X-ray cassettes should be cleaned after every x-ray?
False
What intestinal parasite can be diagnosed while packaging a fecal sample to be sent out to the lab
tapeworm/ possibly roundworm
Blood serum that looks like yellow milk is both what?
icteric and lipemic
If you need to fill the following Rx, how many pills will you dispense
Clavamox 125mg 1 tab PO BID x 14 days (#28)
True/False: Should you wear gloves while handling medication in the pharmacy?
True
may have drug sensitivity, could be absorbed through skin (methimazole-hypothyroid ) or chemotherapy drugs (Lysodren for adrenal tumor- carcinogen/mutagen) or antibiotics (Chloremphenacol-aplastic anemia...aplastic anemia/bone marrow suppression)
What position would you place an animal for a DV thorax?
Sternal Recumbency