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Case Study vocab 2
Case Study vocbulary 2
| Abbreviations | What it stands for |
|---|---|
| ABY | Antibody screen ( a blood bank test ) |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| Anat or Clin Path | Anatomic or clinical pathology |
| APTT | Automated partial thromboplastin time |
| BILI, Dir and Total | Bilirubin, Direct and Total |
| BMT | Bone marrow transplant |
| BP | Blood Pressure |
| CAP | College of American Pathologist |
| CBC | Complete Blood COunt |
| Cl- | Cloride (ionic) |
| CLIA | Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment-the law that regulates human testing |
| CO2 | Carbon Dioxide |
| DIFF | A differential blood smear |
| dL | Deciliter= 100ml or 0.1 liter |
| EDTA | Ethylenediamine Tetra-acetic Acid: the anticoagulant in Lavender top tubes, used in CBC |
| EMLA | Eutectic Mixture of Local Anesthetics (an emulsion that can be applied to skin to deaden pain |
| FFP | Fresh frozen plasma |
| FUo | Fever of unknown origin |
| G force | Gravitational Force |
| GLUC | glucose |
| GTT | Glucose Tolerance test |
| HbG or HB | Hemoglobin-carries oxygen inside the red blood cells |
| HBV | Hepatitis B virus |
| HCG | Human Chorionic Gonadotropin=hormone secreted in pregnancy |
| HCT | Hematocrit=%of packed RBCs per 100ml whole blood |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act-protects the security & confidentiality of electronic health information |
| Hrs PP | Hours post-pranial (after eating) |
| HTLV | Virus associated with AIDS |
| IV | Intravenous-within the veins |
| JVAHO | "joint Commission" regulated hospitals and provides standards |
| K+ | Potassium (ionic) |
| LYTES | Electrolytes (Na, K, CL, CO2 are the major four) |
| MI | Myocardial infarction= heart attack |
| mL | Milliliter=1/1000 liter |
| MONO | Infectious Mononucleosis |
| MSDS | Material safety Data Sheets |
| Na | Abbreviation for Sodium |
| Na Citrate | Sodium Citrate=an anticoagulant in blue top tubes |
| Na Fluoride | Sodium Fluoride=an anticoagulant that inhibits glycolysis |
| Na Heparin | Sodium Heparin=an anticoagulant in green top tubes |
| Na Oxalate | Sodium Oxalate=an anticoagulant in black top tubes |
| CLSI | Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute-recommends quality standards and guidelines for clinical laboratory procedures |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration that regulates safe work practices |
| Packed RBCs | Red Blood Cells with the plasma removed as much as possible |
| pH | a number that indicated how much a chemical solution is acid or base nature; the lower the number, the more acid. Water is 7=neutral Ammonia is above 7 |
| PLT | Platelet=cellular component of blood that forms a plug needed to stop bleeding in humans |
| POCT | Point of Care testing=testing performed at the patient's side rather than sent off to a lab (e.g. sugar, urinalysis, cholesterol) |
| POL | Physican office laboratories |
| PPE | Personal Protective Equipment |
| ProTime | Prothrombin Time/test extrinsic coagulation factors |
| PTT | Partial thrombosplastin time= like APTT |
| QA | Quality Assurance=systemic method for insuring accuracy and validity in testing |
| QC | Quality Control=practices that are used as part of the overall QA effort |
| QNS | Quantity Not Sufficient=there is not enough blood to do the test |
| RBC | Red Blood Cell=the cell that uses its hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the tissue |
| RCF | relative centrifugal force=what a centrifuge measures in "G" or gravitational units; the force exerted from the center out... |
| RhoGam | RhO gamma Globulin= given to women of childbearing age after delivery or abortion if they are Rh-, to prevent them from forming Rh antibodies that might harm future pregnancies |
| RT | Room Temperature |
| Type & Xmatch | Type and Crossmatch=the act of determine the ABO group and Rh type of a patient , and finding units of blood that are compatible |
| UA | Urinalysis |
| UTI | Urinary tract infection |
| WBC | White blood cells=the cellular component of blood that fights infection |
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