Rusheka received 3 specimens for an ED OB patient. She received a ROM, FERN and AMinsure. The ROM is the only specimen that has orders. The other specimens have chart labels, and no orders were placed. What should Rusheka do?
Receive the ROM and deliver all 3 specimens to manual hematology.
Nurse from CVICU calls lab and asks what container she should use to collect Plt Map and what the minimum amount is.
Nahep
4mL
Who eats a pound of ground beef at least once a week?
Chris
What was the last post in our LABradoodles channel?
International relaxation day
What date is our CAPS inspection on?
What is our required PPE?
August 11th
lab coat and gloves
(using face shields when necessary, long hair is tied and out of the way)
Which department processes JAK2V617F?
WB or plasma/serum?
Molecular
WB
"Live Laugh Love"
Annalynn
Where are the closest fire extinguishers located?
By the door in chemistry where we drop off the 24hr Urines and by the electrophoresis department across from specimen processing.
Explain the processes for adding a CBC/ auto diff to a resulted HH stored in the AOB
retrieve the sample from the AOB and front load on the Sysmex
Dionne is working the middle bench - she tracks in a 10mL lav for a CMV PCR from OP. She creates an aliquot and pours off the required amount for the test but has plasma leftover. What should Dionne do with the remaining plasma?
Reprint the mother label, pour off the plasma and place the tube in the extra rack.
Leftover cells are placed in the cell rack
Explain the process of receiving a Cryoglobulin
make sure it gets sent with a warm pack
receive
give to chemistry WB with warm pack
Who has the most ear piercings on our shift?
Graciela
What does ACT stand for?
When is it utilized?
A - ACKNOWLEDGE/APOLOGIZE
C - CORRECT
T - THANK
Taking ownership is the first step, then use ACT, our service recovery model to fix the situation.
Zyarienne is placing an NCE for the chemistry department because an ED troponin that was placed in the manual ED rack did not get loaded in a timely manner and delayed results by an hour. What is the correct "Department Category" and what would she place the "Pre Analytical Error" as?
Clinical Lab
Delay in Specimen delivery: LAB S.P to Bench
A formalin kit is received for a Gastrointestinal Parasite Panel PCR. One of the containers is properly labeled but the other one is not. How would this sample be processed?
Both containers would have to get recollected.
"Hey, not too much now"
Rusheka
Chris received 1 SST (test code LIVNAFLz) + 1 LAV (test code PLT LFz). These were the test processing instructions
Based on the instructions what must Chris do to properly process this test?
Create an aliquot for the SST, pour off then freeze and give the lavender top to hematology so they can process the platelet count.
Who has their niece on their badge?
Nicole