Safety
Treating all samples as potentially infectious.
What are Routine Practices?
When used with the calibration mark, ensures a volume is correctly measured.
What is a Meniscus?
A device designed to separate plasma from blood.
What is a centrifuge?
What is Accessioning?
The substance that is dissolved in a solution.
What is the Solute?
Fitting a job to a person.
What is ergonomics.
Glassware is labelled with this when it is calibrated to hold a certain amount of liquid.
What is To Contain?
A workspace designed for working with materials such as alcohol or xylene.
What is a fume hood?
The department in a complete blood count is performed.
What is Hematology?
The most important component of WHMIS.
What is Education?
Used to remove substances splashed into the eyes.
What are eye wash stations?
Pipette used in the preparation of controls and calibrators.
What is a volumetric pipette?
The type of filter used to remove infectious aerosols in a biological safety cabinet.
What is HEPA?
The department that performs testing for ova and parasites.
What is Microbiology?
Describes the maximum concentration to which workers can be periodically exposed for a period of up to 15 minutes without adverse health effects.
What is short term exposure limit?
Material used for PPE when working with corrosive chemicals.
What is rubber?
Refers to the limits of error.
What is Tolerance or Accuracy?
A device used to mix solutions in a quick, whirling motion.
What is a vortex?
Storage of patient samples falls into this portion of the laboratory workflow.
What is Post-Analytical?
Unit of concentration to describe Acids and Bases.
What is Normality?
Class of fire extinguisher that is suitable only for fires involving ordinary combustibles.
What is Class A?
The temperature at which most glassware is calibrated to.
What is 20 degrees Celcius?
This device measures hydrogen ions activity within a solution.
What is a pH Meter.
The study of antigen-antibody reactions.
This solution, commonly used in histology stains becomes impact sensitive and may explode if allowed to dry.
What is Picric Acid?