Lab Rats
You're so Vein!
Lab ex"CELL"ence
Lab Safety is Priority!
We're in Lab!
100
Youngest of lab staff
Who is LAWRENCE?
100
First rule in blooddrawing is to make sure you ask for the patient's ____ and date of birth.
What is NAME?
100
The most commonly used specimen in the laboratory.
What is BLOOD?
100
We use this routinely to protect our hands from our samples.
What are GLOVES?
100
A lab test that uses urine samples from patients and check their color/ clarity and sediments.
What is URINALYSIS?
200
Has a large toy action figure collection
Who is MARC?
200
Use a disposable, sharp ______ needle for each blood draw.
What is STERILE? *This is a DAILY DOUBLE. It is worth 400 points.
200
A very important and commonly ordered test to check for patient's hemoglobin/hematocrit and blood counts.
What is COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT (CBC)?
200
Lab professionals wear this to protect us from accidental spills or infectious materials. Often white, this can now come in different colors made of cotton, linen or cotton-polyester blend.
What is LAB GOWN/LAB COAT?
200
Department in the lab that look for bugs/bacteria in your urine or blood.
What is MICROBIOLOGY/ MICRO?
300
Lived in Greece.
Who is SHELLY?
300
What do you call the lab personnel that draws blood?
What is a PHLEBOTOMIST?
300
The part of blood whose cell count will let the doctor know if you are anemic/dehydrated?
What are RED BLOOD CELLS (RBC)?
300
We wear this over our face when working with samples with airborne potential or going into isolation rooms with precaution.
What are MASKS?
300
We collect urine samples from donors using DOT guidelines for Pre-employment purposes. Other reasons for collection can also be Random, Reasonable suspicion, Post-accidents, Return to Duty or Court Ordered.
What is DRUG SCREENING TEST?
400
Spent 16th birthday in the hospital
Who is MEL? *This is a DAILY DOUBLE. This is worth 800 points.
400
A fabric or cloth (instead of cotton) applied with pressure on the wound to stop it from bleeding.
What is a GAUZE?
400
The part of blood whose cell count will let the doctor know if you are have a bacterial/viral/allergic or parasitic reaction.
What are WHITE BLOOD CELLS (WBC)?
400
We wear this to protect our eyes when we work with biological samples.
What are LAB SAFETY GOGGLES?
400
We let donors blow into a mouthpiece to determine if they have been drinking recently. Reasons for this collection are Pre-employment, post-accident or reasonable suspicion purposes.
What is BREATH ALCOHOL TEST/ BREATHALYZER?
500
Goes to bed at 8pm everynight
Who is BRANDIE? *This is a DAILY DOUBLE. This is worth 1000 points.
500
A colored rubber placed around the arm to make the vein more visible.
What is a TOURNIQUET?
500
The part of blood responsible for stopping bleeding.
What are PLATELETS?
500
This is usually a sheet binder for workers and emergency personnel with procedures for handling or working with a substance/chemical in a safe manner, which includes information such as physical data, toxicity, health effects, first aid, reactivity, storage, disposal, protective equipment, and spill-handling procedures.
What is MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS (MSDS)? *This is a DAILY DOUBLE. It is worth 1000 points.
500
We collect buccal swabs from from the mother and child. Separately, we also collect the sample from the alledged father and send all these out for DNA testing.
What is PATERNITY TESTING?