Microbiology
This is another name for pertussis. It is marked by a severe hacking cough followed by a high-pitched intake of breath.
What is Whooping cough?
These hemoglobin condition affects the shape of red blood cells, which carry oxygen to all parts of the body.
What is Sickle Cell Anemia or Sickle Cell Disease?
This antibody isotype is detectable during acute viral infection and wanes over time.
What is IgM?
This is its chemical formula: NO2-
What is nitrite?
The North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health is regulated by this agency for clinical testing.
What is Clinical laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)?
A kind of E. coli that cause disease by making a toxin. The bacteria that makes these toxins are called STEC for short.
What is "Shiga toxin-producing" E. coli.?
Individuals with this condition cannot covert galactose to glucose, and should eliminate milk from their diet.
What is galactosemia?
As influenza travels through communities around the world, it undergoes spontaneous changes called "antigenic drift." Bigger antigenic drifts are known as this.
What are "antigenic shifts"?
Test results for drinking water analyses are reported as the presence or absence of both of these.
What is Total Coliform and E. coli?
True or False: In high complexity testing, the technical supervisor is responsible for the execution of the QA plan.
What is false?
Legionella was discovered after an outbreak in 1976 here.
Where is a Philadelphia convention of the American Legion?
Newborn screening specimens are submitted to NCSLPH on this type of device.
What is a filter paper card?
This antibody is generated following vaccination or natural infection and tested for as a marker of Hepatitis B immunity.
What are HBsAb (Hepatitis B Surface Antibody)?
This is produced naturally in the upper atmosphere when cosmic rays strike nitrogen molecules in the air.
What is Tritium?
Name 3 basic Quality Indicators.
What is Turnaround Time, Corrected Reports (Errors), and Unsats?
This is the nontreponemal test performed in this laboratory for syphilis.
What is Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR)?
This is a rare inherited disorder that causes the amino acid phenylalanine to build up in the body.
What is Phenylketonuria, or PKU?
Rabies DFA testing must include tissue from this part of the brain.
What is brainstem?
This type of ingredients play key roles in pesticide effectiveness that includes acting as a solvent to help penetrate leaf surfaces , ease of application, and extending shelf life.
What are inert ingredients?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! This process used to evaluate an employee’s ability to perform assigned tasks. How often & by whom are they performed?
What is Competency? 6-12 month after initial training by technical supervisor, annually thereafter by general supervisor as delegated.