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CCMCC Phlebotomy
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Occult Blood | Hidden Blood |
| Case Law | Determined by court decisions when interrupting existing statutory law |
| Plaintiff | Complainer; the burden of proof is on the plaintiff to show the 4 elements of negligence |
| Administrative Law | Created by administrative agencies |
| Tort | Injury to one person which another person is held legally responsible |
| Statutory Law | Created by a legislative branch |
| Unintentional Tort | Basis for most medical malpractice suits |
| Urine | Most analyzed non-blood specimen |
| Malpractice | The delivery of substandard care the results in harm to a patient |
| Quality Assurance | Behaviors; part of TQM |
| Preanalytic Variables | Phlebotomist have most responsibility for controlling |
| Quality Phlebotomy | A set of policies |
| Aliquot | Pipetting |
| TQM (Total Quality Management) | Set of approaches |
| Delta Check | A quality assurance procedure that helps spot ID errors |
| Glycolysis | Breaking open of sugar molecules |
| Centrifuging | Spins the same at very high speed separating components based on density |
| Quality Control | Equipment; part of TQM |
| VAD | Vascular Access Device |
| Basal State | Bodies state after fasting for 8-12hrs & absence of relaxation/exercise |
| Postprandial | "After a meal"; fasting glucose level test |
| EPI Tolerance Test | Determines the patients ability to mobilize glycogen from the liver |
| TDM (Therapeutic Drug Monitoring) | Used to adjust drug monitoring; FDA monitors this |
| Occluded | Blocked |
| Sclerosed | Hardened; Scarred |
| Lymphostasis | Staying of lymph fluid in one area |
| Cold Agglutinins | Antibodies formed in response to infection with mycoplasma pneumonia; a cause of atypical pneumonia 37C for 30 min |
| Chain of Custody | Protocol that ensures that the sample is always in the custody of a person legally entrusted to be in control of it |
| Blood Smears | Prepared following dermal puncture |