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