When entering a Type and Screen result in VBECS, the ABS testing radio button is changed to this setting:
What is AHG only?
100
Bacteria, WBC, RBC, epithelial cells.
What are the most common items documented in a gram stain?
100
Three instruments used in measuring CBC's from Beckman-Coulter.
What are ACT, LH and GENS?
100
Time it takes from receipt of specimen until resulted in the computer
What is turnaround time?
100
Two areas with ability to tube specimens directly to the lab without a courier.
What are OP lab and Emergency Room?
200
Name the TWO Criteria for using immediate Spin Crossmatch for a patient:
What is 1. No history of an antibody
2. Antibody screens negative on current sample
200
Composed of an Anaerobic and aerobic collection.
What is one set of Blood Cultures?
200
Type of red cell seen in severe burns, megaloblastic anemia and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.
What is a shistocyte?
200
Expansion used when testing Urine MA, MTP
What is NUR?
200
What is the most important facter to regulate when shipping a specimen to a reference lab for testing?
What is the temperature?
300
This diluent is used on the A/B/D gel card.
What is Diluent 2 Plus?
300
A rapid method to detect presence of MRSA in a patient
What is MRSA PCR?
300
HCT x10/ RBC
What is the formula for calculating the MCV?
300
Analyte tested when working up transfusion reactions.
What is Haptoglobin?
300
Responsible for cytospins of all urines recieved in the laboratory.
Who is the Microbiology department?
400
Name the source of red cells used when performing special antigen typing (K,E,etc)
What is the panel?
400
Abbreviation for Greater than 25 PMNS and Less than 10 Epithelial cells used in grading a sputum gram stain.
What is SQN?
400
How often are critical values called for platelets on inpatients?
What is once a day while an inpatient.
400
Analyte tested to help investigate the cause of changes in behavior and consciousness. May also be ordered to help detect and evaluate the severity of a urea cycle defect.
What is Ammonia?
400
The system set up to monitor all the laboratory freezers and refrigerators.
What is Alertron?
500
This Scientist discovered the A, B, C blood groups in 1900.
Who is Karl Landsteiner?
500
The Vendor that supplies Microbiology with its instruments.
Who is Biomerrieux?
500
Name two occasions RBC's can be found in CSF:
What is a traumatic tap or subarachnoid/intracerebral hemorrhage?
500
Name two analytes that will be affected if exposed to light before testing:
What is Bilirubin and Vit. B12
500
Rick and Trevor
Who are two of our three primary instrumentation service techs?