Quality control – Answer A process that monitors the accuracy and
reproducibility of results through the use of control specimens.
Shift – Answer What demonstrates an abrupt change from the established average
value of the control for 3 days in a row?
Proficiency testing – Answer A means by which quality control between
laboratories is maintained.
Provider-performed microscopy (PPM) – Answer What are specific microscopic
tests (wet mounts, potassium hydroxide (KOH) preparations, fern test) performed
by a physician for his or her own patients?
Category A – Answer What category of bioterrorism agents has the following
characteristics?
Pathogens that are rarely seen in the United States, these agents have the highest
priority; organisms in this category pose a risk to national security because they
can be easily disseminated or transmitted from person to person, result in high
mortality rates and have the potential for major public health impact.
Category B – Answer What category of bioterrorism agents has the following
characteristics?
These agents have the second highest priority and include pathogens that are
moderately easy to disseminate, results in moderate morbidity rates and low
mortality rates, and require specific enhancements of the CDC’s diagnostic
capacity and enhanced disease surveillance.
Category A. – Answer Agents anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, tularemia,
filoviruses, and arenaviruses are classified as
Electric equipment. – Answer Class C fire extinguishers are used for
Infectious waste – Answer OSHA has defined _ as blood and blood
products, contaminated sharps, pathology waste products, and microbiological
waste.
2013 – Answer All employees who work with hazardous chemicals will be
required to be trained about the new labels and the elements of the Safety Data
Sheet (SDS) by December 1 of __.
Safety Data Sheets – Answer Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) are now
called:
Pictograms – Answer The GHS brings with it a new chemical labeling standard
using __.
Spectrophotometry. – Answer The chemistry methodology that is based on the
fact that substances of clinical interest selectively absorb or emit electromagnetic
energy at different wavelengths is
Material safety data sheet (MSDS). – Answer Reference materials about the
individual chemical are provided by all chemical manufacturers and suppliers by
means of
20 mL – Answer How many milliliters (mL) of 0.25M NaOH are needed to make
100 mL of a 0.05 M solution of NaOH?
9/5 (Celsius degrees number+ 32) – Answer convert Celsius to Fahrenheit?
Flourescent. – Answer The microscope commonly used in cellular biology that
has the ability to distinguish between living and dead cells and monitor activity
within living cells is the
40X objective. – Answer The objective that should never have oil used on it is the
450 – Answer If a 10 X eyepiece is used with a 45 X objective, the total
magnification is
Blood culture (aerobic), blood culture (anaerobic), blue, red, green stopper,
lavender, and gray – Answer What is the order of draw of multiple evacuated
tubes?
Peripheral (or capillary) blood and venous blood – Answer What are the two
general sources of blood for clinical laboratory tests?
Blood gases, slides/smear, EDTA tubes, other additive minicontainers, and serum
containers – Answer Order of draw for capillary specimens:
a hematoma. – Answer Failure to apply sufficient pressure to the venipuncture site
could result in
. Hemolyzed specimens – Answer What would cause the constituents, including
enzymes acid phosphatase, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and aspartate
aminotransferase (AST) to significantly elevate the value obtained for these
substances in serum?