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Unit 4

Chapters 16 & 17

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Once a cap is removed from a blood tube, what happens to the pH? It may increase
Routine specimens should be delivered to the lab within _______ minutes of being drawn. 45
No more than _____ hours should pass between draw and separation (centrifuge). 2
Aliquot Small portions of a specimen transferred into separate containers for distribution to a variety of lab departments
Specimens must be maintained at _________ degrees celsius during handling, such as cold agglutinins and cryofibrinogen 37
Handheld hemoglobin analyzer gives a readout whose units are in __________ grams per deciliter
Cold agglutinins and cryofibrinogen samples should be __________ before collection and transported warmed warmed
Why should a centrifuge be balanced? The rotor may spin out of center, which can damage the centrifuge and cause samples to break
Name a light-sensitive analytes bilirubin, b12, carotene, folate, urine porphyn
What is the purpose of chilling a specimen? Slows metabolic processes and keeps analytes stable during transport and handling
What test provides information as to whether a patient has had a heart attack? Cardiac TnT
Point of care test to monitor heparin therapy ACT or APPT
Before dipstick testing, what two pre-testing conditions must be met? Specimen must be at room temperature and well mixed
How are infant bilirubin tests transported in amber-colored microtubes
Which tubes can be centrifuged immediately after collection? Sodium Citrate Tubes
What is the major risk of stopper removal? Aerosol
Specimen used for occult blood Feces
Test to screen for colon cancer Occult Blood
Test to screen for pregnancy hCG
Complete clotting may take _________ minutes at room temperature 30-45
What identifies a patient specimen in the lab Accession Number
Which of the following specimens would not be rejected? A cold agglutinin sample transported in a heel-warmer packet
Which is NOT recommended during transport Carrying the specimen at a 45-degree angle
What Streptococcus group is detected when performing a rapid strep test on a throat culture? Group A
The percentage of packed red blood cells in a volume of blood is known as the Packed Cell Volume
Hemolysis can be minimized by keeping the tube upright
Serum specimens should be completely clotted before centrifugation
_________ can be centrifuged immendiately Plasma
Samples with clot activators clot within _______ minutes 30
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