PREANALYTICAL
These are the three main reasons for quality
What are Accurate, timely and reliable?
A chart used to plot QC results on
What is a Levey-Jennings chart?
Results which must be called to a doctor or nurse
What are critical values?
The act of overseeing all activities and tasks needed to take place to maintain a desired level of excellence.
What is quality management?
The universal donor
What is O Rh Negative?
Technical term for collecting blood
What is phlebotomy?
A machine used in the laboratory to run complex blood sample tests
What is an analyzer?
Detailed document describing how to perform a task
What is a standard operating procedure?
There must be two witness signatures when collecting this type of sample
What is blood bank sample collection
The universal recipient
What is group AB Rh Positive?
High bilirubin concentration in blood
What is icterus?
Forms for maintenance duties not yet filled out are an example of this
What is document?
A document which is permanent and can not be changed
What is a record?
An antigen-antibody reaction which results in the clumping together of RBC's
What is agglutination?
What blood clots are held together by
What is fibrin?
When collecting blood from a patient you must wear gloves and a lab coat. This is the reason why.
What is universal precautions?
A set of samples, ranging from high to low results, used to verify a test works properly
What is quality control?
An event which has a negative impact
What is an occurrence?
The middle value of a set of numbers
What is the median?
These white blood cells can be made in other areas besides the bone marrow
What are lymphocytes
An area of the laboratory where samples are processed before analysis
What is accessions?
The time it takes for the results to get back for a certain test
What is turnaround time?
D-M-A-I-C stands for
What is Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control?
How close values are to the correct value
What is accuracy?
The cells that produce antibodies
What are B lymphocytes?