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4. Laboratory Considerations Flashcards

1
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Polychrome stains used to stain slides of peripheral blood and bone marrow

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Wright or Wright-Giemsa (Romanowsky-type stains)

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2
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Fixative in Wright-Giemsa

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Methanol

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3
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Cellular components stained by eosin

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Basic elements:

  • Hgb
  • basic proteins
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4
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Cellular components stained by methylene blue

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Acidic elements:

  • cell nuclei
  • immature cell cytoplasm
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5
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Counting chamber used for manual cell counting

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Hemacytometer

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6
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Area of 1 square (out of 9 squares) of a hemacytometer

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1 mm^2

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7
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Total volume accomodated by a hemacytometer

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0.9 mm^3

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8
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Total area of a hemacytometer

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9 mm^3

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9
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Volume of packed RBCs occupying a specific volume of whole blood

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Hematocrit (Hct)

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10
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Hct is expressed in

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  • percentage

- liters per liter

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11
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Sample of blood used for retic counting

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EDTA whole blood

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12
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Type of stain used in retic counting

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Supravital stain

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13
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Stain used in retic counting

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New methylene blue

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14
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Cellular constituents that take up the supravital stain

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  • RNA

- residual organelles

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15
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Ocular used in retic counting

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Miller ocular

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16
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What is thprinciple used in sickle cell testing?

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Difference of solubility properties of various Hgb

17
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Hgb seen in sickle cell disease

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Hgb S

18
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Reagents used in sickle cell testing

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  • lysing agent

- dithionite solution (reducing agent)

19
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Positive reaction in sickle cell testing

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Precipitation/cloudy

20
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More definitive tests for sickle cell testing

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  • Hgb electrophoresis
  • HPLC
  • Isoelectric focusing
21
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Screening test for screening/monitoring various inflammatory states

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Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)

22
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Manual methods for determining ESR

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Westergen

Wintrobe

23
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2 principles used in cell counters

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Impedance

Optical

24
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Cell counter principle based on changes in electrical charge as cells (have low conductivity) move through an electrically conductive fluid to determine cell count

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Impedance

25
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The number of pulses in impedance counters corresponds to

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Cell count

26
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The pulse size in impedance counters correspond to

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Cell size

27
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Cell counter principle where it uses light scatter to determine the size and complexity of cells present as a single cell moves through a focused light source

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Optical counts

28
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Reagent used in Hgb measurement

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Cyanmethemoglobin

29
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Usual collection site for bone marrow samples

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Posterior superior iliac crest

30
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Bone marrow sample used to assess morphology and perform a diff count and M:E ratio

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Aspirate

31
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Normal range for M:E ratio

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2:1 to 4:1

32
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Bone marrow sample used to determine bone marrow cellularity

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Core biopsy

33
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An automated method of sorting cells

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Flow cytometry

34
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Factors that cause normal ranges to vary

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  • Age
  • Gender
  • Population
  • Geographic distribution
35
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Used in flow cytometry to determine cell size

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Forward scatter

36
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Used in flow cytometry to determine complexity of a cell

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Side scatter

37
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Electronic boundaries in flow cytometry to separate a specific population of interest

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Gating

38
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Flow cytometry; cell in suspension move through sheath fluid in a single-file line, allowing each to individually pass through a laser light

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Hydrodynamic focusing

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