Collection Tube additives and Phlebotomy terms
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| centrifugation | An apparatus consisting essentially of a compartment spun about a central axis to separate contained materials
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| immunology | The branch of biomedicine concerned with the structure and function of the immune system,
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| serology | The science that deals with the properties and reactions of serums, especially blood serum.
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| Heparin | Heparin is an anticoagulant commonly used in chemistry and special chemistry testing.
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| Lithium Heparin | currently three salts of heparin,least likely to interfere when performing tests for other ions
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| Lithium Heparin should not be used for: | should not be used for collection of blood for lithium levels
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| Anticoagulant | substance that prevents the clotting of blood
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| Plasma | The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended.
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| Plasma differs from Serum how? | It differs from serum in that it contains fibrin and other soluble clotting elements
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| Calcium Citrate | Calcium citrate is the calcium salt of citric acid,can chelate unwanted metal ions
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| Thrombin | Thrombin quickly clots blood
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| Thromboplastin | is a protein present in subendothelial tissue, platelets, and leukocytes necessary for the initiation of thrombin formation from the zymogen prothrombin
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| EDTA | capable of chelating a variety of divalent metal cations: as a salt used as an anticoagulant, antioxidant, blood cholesterol reducer, food preservative; as a calcium-disodium salt used in the treatment of lead and other heavy-metal poisonings.
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| Viral Load Testing | The viral load test measures the amount of HIV virus in the blood.
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| Sedementaion Rate | a non-specific measure of inflammation that is commonly used as a medical screening test. The ESR is decreased in sickle cell anemia, polycythemia, and congestive heart failure.
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| HLA Tissue Typing | determine whether donor tissue is compatible for transplant into another person.
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