Lab Week
Lab/Phlebotomy History
Wild Card
Vampires
Safety
100
What is the point of Lab Week
To recognize laboratory professionals
100
How was urine tested for diabetes circa 16-1700s
Taste-testing
100
Who can enter a safety event report into the Safety Intelligence system
Anyone
100
Withdrawing blood from a vein is called ____.
Phelebotomy
100
Lab coat, gloves, safety glasses/face shield.
What is PPE?
200
What organization started the first Lab Week?
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS)
200
The Greeks first attributed disease to the imbalance of what?
Bodily fluids called humors
200
What needs to be called by telephone to the patient care location indicated on the electronic order record
Critical value
200
Which of the following is the liquid or fluid portion of the blood?
Plasma
200
What does this symbol mean?
What is a Corrosive?
300
What year was the first Lab Week
1975
300
What profession was trained in the Middle Ages to perform some medical procedures
Barbers (becoming Barber-Surgeons)
300
UConn Health JDH has a Good Catch program for reported Near Miss safety events.
True or False
True
300
Which of the following is the term for red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets?
Formed Elements
300
What does this symbol mean?
What is a Biohazard?
400
2024 marks the ___ year of lab week celebrations
49th
400
What was often used to aid in therapeutic blood-letting in history
Leeches
400
All employees are encouraged to identify Near Misses to help ensure what is considered and implemented.
Process Improvement
400
The description of whole blood is ____.
The total volume of plasma and formed elements
400
An enclosed, ventilated laboratory workspace for safely working with materials contaminated with pathogens.
What is Biological Safety Cabinet?
500
When is Lab Week hosted?
The last week of April
500
When was the ABO blood system discovered?
1901
500
A piece of glassware with volume graduations or Dr. Honeydew's muppet assistant
Beaker
500
Which of the following refers to the rupturing of red blood cells?
Hemolysis
500
Where do you find the Safety Intelligence (SI) reporting system?
On your desktop in the UConn Health apps folder or on the Hub