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What is Pku? A hereditary inability to metabolize phenylalnine
It is necessary to control depth of lancet insertion during skin puncture to avoid Bone injury
What is the purpose of warming the site before skin puncture It increases blood flow up to seven times
To make a thick blood smear you should take a large drop of blood and spread it to the size of a dime
Fluid that comes from between tissue cells is known as interstital fluid
A capillary puncture site should not appear bluish from lack of oxygen,a condition known as cyanosis
A good blood smear should exhibit a feathered edge
Billirubin specimen should be protected from light
A microhematocrit tube is primarily ised for manual potassium determinations False
If a patient has cold hands, you should puncture the pinky(or little 5th finger) False
A phlebotomist shoud puncture a finger perpendicular to the fingerprint whorls True
A magnet and flea are used to mix a CBG True
A baby has a huge fleshy toe. You should collect a billirubin specimen from it False
Of the following tests,which is most likely to reult in a fatal consequences for the patient if the specimen is misidentified Type and crossmatch
Which test requires strict skin antisepsis procedures before specimen collection Blood culture
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What type of additive is recommended for collecting an ethonol test specimen Sodium floride
When performing a GTT, the timing should begin When the patient finishes the glucose drink
Which test is used to monitor heparin therapy ACT
At what intervals is the blood blotted during a bleeding time test 30 seconds
Which of the folowing test specimens is collected from patients with fever of unkown origin (FUO) to rule out septicemia Blood Culture
Which of the following should be avoided during a glucose tolerance test (GTT) Chewing sugarless gum,drinking sugar free tea,smoking low tar cigarettes
When collecting a blood culture specimen directly from a butterfly into blood culture bottles,which should be filled first Aerobic
Which of the following tests may require special "chain of custody" documentation when collected Drug screen
I dentify the condition in which a unit of blood is withdrawn from a patient as treatment Hemochromatosis
Which of tube is used to collect blood for a type and cross match non additive red top
An autologous blood transfusion is a transfusion of blood donated by the patient for his or her own use
The most critical aspect of a blood culture collection is Skin antispesis
This test requires a specimen with a 9.1 ratio of blood to anticoagulant Prothrombin timre
Th hormone detected in a positive urine pregnancey test is HCG
Tests that can be preformed using special POCT instruments or test kits include Glucose
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A 2 hour postprandial specimen should be drawn 2 hours after the patient has had a meal
When a specimen is collected for legal reasons a strict __________ method of tracking the specimen is preformed chain of custody
A condition in which a patient has high blood glucose level is known as hyperglycemic
A patient who is properly absorbing D-xylose will have a D-xylose in her blood and/or urine True
A patient who is lactose intolerhant will have a normal glucose curve after ingesting a dose of lactose False
Which fluid is obtained by lumbar puncture Cerebrospinal
Which fluid is aspirated from the peritoneal cavity Ascites
WHat additional info is typically required when labeling a nonblood specimen specimen type and source
This test involves administration of histamine or pentagastrin gastric analysis
Which test is used to diagnose systic fibrosis Sweat chloride
Which of the following tests require a 24 hour urine specimen creatinine clearance
A refridgerated stool sampke would not be suitable for this test ova and parasities
A urine c and s is typically ordered to detect presence of uti
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A first morning specimen is preferred for HCG because it is usually more concentrated
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Which type of specimen must be protected from light Tuberculosis
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a urine specimen collected directly from the bladder through a tube is called catherized
The fluid found around a fetus is known as amniotic
Fluid found around the heart is called pericardial
mucus or phlem from the lungs is called sputum
Cellular components in urine are well preserved and require no preservation False
The process of entering a password and gaining access to a computer is called logging on
To process input data a computer must press the enter key
a bidirectional computer interface allows to go back and forth between systems
which of the following is an example of a computer peripheral keyboard
Applications software refers to programs from software companies
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You have an aquesition that you are unfamiliar with how do you determine what tube to use and how to collect and handle to specimen refer to the user manual
what tests cannot be preformed on a hemolyzed specimen magnesium,most enzyme,potassium
what specimin needs to be chilled ammonia
A potassium specimen would be rejected for testing true
The handling of specimens before tested is the ________ phase preanylitic
Which type of transportaion is acceptable for a cryoglobulin specimen in a 37'c heat block
Which specimen should be centerfuged immediatly when arrived at the lab calcium in green top tube
An Edta specimen should be made within 12 hours of collection
What is the ClSI recommended maxiumum depth of heel puncture 2.0mm
Why are EDTA specimen obtained before other specimens when collected by skin puncture to minimize effects of platelet clumping
which is the safest area for the infant heel puncture lateral plantear surface
skin puncture blood references are higher for glucose
what does calcaneus heel bone
skin puncture blood most closely resembles arterial blood
a skin puncture should be done rather than a venipuncture when a light blue stopper tube is needed
which microcollection container would be used to collect for a CBC lav

Why is the first drop of blood wiped away before the specimen is collected?

Wipe away the first drop of blood because it may be contaminated with tissue fluid or debris (sloughing skin). Avoid squeezing the finger or heel too tightly because this dilutes the specimen with tissue fluid (plasma) and increases the probability of haemolysis (60).

When preparing blood smears at what degree should the spreader slide be?

Thin film (a): Bring a clean spreader slide, held at a 45° angle, toward the drop of blood on the specimen slide.

Why are the blood smears collected first on a capillary collection?

This is to ensure that the blood will not begin to clot before this specimen is collected; clots will affect the accuracy of the blood count.

When performing a capillary puncture it is essential to wipe away the first drop of blood as it is likely to contain Which of the following as a contaminant?

Wipe away the first drop of blood with a dry sterile gauze pad, as it is likely to contain tissue fluids that will contaminate the specimen. 6.