Bio med-1
An over-the-counter pregnancy test is an example of?
Rapid Diognostic
As a healthcare worker, you can protect yourself from the spread of infectious diseases by treating ALL patient specimens as what?
Biological hazerds
What part of the human body would be the most appropriate to use in DNA fingerprinting?
Hair Root
The Latin term Mortis means what?
death
What is the least invasive sample to test for drugs and heavy metals in the body?
Hair
Over-the-counter tests like cholesterol tests are regulated by?
FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
What law was passed in 1988 that developed technical standards and laboratory practice guidelines?
Medical Laboratory Improvement Amendment
Human DNA is more than ______% similar to chimpanzee DNA.
95%
What is a "diener"?
A helper- mortuary assistant
How can the approximate age of a victim be determined?
Teeth
What is the best method to assure accurate results from lab tests?
SOP(Standard Operating Procedures)
1- What are the steps in a urinalysis test?
2- Bar codes given as patients check in to the hospital help to:
1- Visual exam, Chemical test, if abnormal- microscopic exam
2- automate record keeping, confirm that they have the right patient, right medication, and right dose
What are the two types of autopsies and describe when each would be used.
Forensic- some type of crime
Clinical- medical reason
1- What can affect the speed of body decomposition?
2- A non-invasive nuclear medicine test to help to identify disorders early is a:
1- Temperature and Humidity
2- MRI, PET, CT,
1- How can gender be determined from skeletal remains?
2- What type of test should be used on someone who is experiencing sore throat, difficulty swallowing and fever?
1- Pelvic Bone
2- Rapid Diagnostic
1- What does a doctor use to evaluate a lab test to determine if a patient's results are normal?
2- How many pairs of chromosomes does a human have?
1- Reference Range
2- 23 chromosomes
1- The law passed in 1988 not only ensures the accuracy of diagnostic testing but also what for employees?
2- What are the short, three to four nucleotide sequences of DNA that repeat over and over in DNA called?
1- Training for employees
2- Short tandem repeats (STRs)
1- How would knowing the contents of a deceased person's stomach help establish facts of the death?
2- What is karyotyping?
1- create a timeline and time of death
2- picture of all the chromosomes
1- A victim has been found on the street in a prone position, the upper body is contracted or stiff but not the lower body. The abdominal region is darker than the rest of the body, approximately how long has this person been dead?
2- Describe the technique of Gel Electrophoresis.
1- (6 hours)
2- separate DNA by (+) and (-) to compare
1- If poisoning is a possibility in a forensic case, who would you call to help determine this?
2- What is the difference between sensitivity and specificity in diagnostic tests?
1- Toxicologist
2- Sensitivity- measures how often a test will detect a condition when the condition is present-------------Specificity- measures how often the test results are negative when the patient does not have the condition being tested
1- When trying to determine the most effective antibiotic what lab tests should be used?
2- What are the four different nucleotides that makeup DNA?
1- Cultures
2- Adenine-Thymine, Cytosine-Guanine
1- The study of how genes respond to certain medications is known as:
2- What does the GINA act of 2008 do?
1- Pharmacogenomics
2- Prevents discrimination based on genetic testing result
1- What part of a forensic exam would an entomologist be helpful?
2- Why is Polymerase Chain Reaction important in DNA profiling?
1- look at bugs and create a timeline
2- Increase the number of DNA to test
1- A family can protests having an autopsy on their loved ones unless:
2- What do microarrays show us?
1- needed by law
2- Similarities and Differences of DNA
1- What is a limitation to using hair samples in forensic testing?
2- What type of test would be best for someone who needs constant monitoring at home because they cannot get to the clinic?
1- The hair picks up a lot of substances/particles
2- Home medical test