701-835 Flashcards

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  1. Precipitation test for CSF total protein: TCA and SSA
  2. Positive for pellicle clot formation: Tubercular meningitis
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  1. Oligoclonal bonding in CSF bonding but not in serum → Multiple sclerosis, encephalitis, Guillain-Barre syndrome and neurosyphilis
  2. Semen fructose test is not tested within 2 hours: Specimen must be FROZEN
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  1. Reagent used in Florence test which detects choline: Potassium iodide, Iodine
  2. Used to assess sperm cell velocity and trajectory: Computer-assisted semen analysis (CASA)
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  1. Normal volume of synovial fluid: less than 3.5 ml
  2. Normal synovial fluid glucose: <10mg/dl lower than blood glucose
  3. Cells seen in synovial fluid which resembles polished rice macroscopically: Rice bodies
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  1. Type of effusion caused by congestive heart failure: Transudate
  2. Sputum: Not a normal body fluid, tracheobronchial secretions
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  1. Important diagnostic test for Pneumocystic carinii in immunocompromised patients: Bronchoalveolar lavage
  2. Tests for Neural Tube defects: AFP, acetylcholinesterase
  3. Microviscosity test for fetal lung maturity: measured by FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION
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  1. Green amniotic fluid: MECONIUM
  2. Dark red-brown color of amniotic fluid: FETAL DEATH
  3. Normal Gastric fluid appearance: PALE GRAY WITH MUCUS
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  1. Noninvasive test to determine gastric acidity: DIAGNEX TUBELESS TEST
  2. Collagen-like material with concentric striations seen in ovarian and thyroid carcinomas: PSAMMOMA BODIES
  3. Melena: BLACK AND TARRY STOOL
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  1. Laminar flow: Biosafety Cabinet class II
  2. HEPA filter: Removes org > 0.3 um (bacteria, fungi)
  3. Blood culture collection: 2-3 samples (Max. 3 BAILEY’S) at least 1 hour apart in 24 hours
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  1. Grade A milk: <75,000 bacteria per mL when raw, and <15,000 bacteria once pasteurized
  2. Enteric agar: XLD, EMB, HEA
  3. Rickettsial stains: Gimenez, Macchiavello
  4. Concentration of Hydrogen Peroxide as disinfectant: 3% H2O2
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  1. MIO medium: Motility Indole Ornithine
  2. Quaternary ammonium compounds are inactivated by: Organic substances
  3. Fite-Faraco stain: Hematoxylin as counterstain instead of methylene, AFB
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  1. Sodium polyanethol sulfonate: Anti-phagocytic, anti-complement
  2. Bromthymol blue as indicator: HEA, TCBS, Simmon’s citrate agar
  3. Nasopharyngeal swabs: H. influenzae, N. meningitidis, B. pertussis
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  1. Inhibits gram-positive bacteria: Crystal violet and sodium desoxycholate (bile salt)
  2. Inhibits gram-negative bacteria: Sodium azide, phenylethyl alcohol
  3. Detects gram-negative endotoxin: Limulus lysate test
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  1. Protein A: Staphylococcus aureus, coagglutination
  2. Slime layer production: Staphylococcus epidermidis
  3. Protein M: Streptococcus pyogenes
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  1. Colonies with ground glass appearance: Legionella (Mahon)
  2. Increased resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to aminoglycosides: Increased calcium and magnesium
  3. Smallest free-living organism: Mycoplasma
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  1. Benchmarking: Comparison with peers
  2. Histoplasma cross-reacts with: Blastomyces, Aspergillus and Coccidioides
  3. Aman medium stain: Lactophenol cotton blue
  4. Czapek’s medium: Isolation of Aspergillus
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  1. African histoplasmosis: Histoplasma duboisii
  2. Test for Candida albicans that uses serum: Germ tube test
  3. Chlamydospore production of Candida albicans: Cornmeal agar
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  1. Candidiasis infection affecting the oral cavity: Thrush
  2. General isolation media for fungi: Saboraud’s dextrose agar
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  1. Major biologic hazard to laboratory personnel: Coccidioides immitis
  2. Sensitive fungal (fluorescent) dye that binds to cell wall: Calcofluor white
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  1. Chromoblastomycosis: Sclerotic bodies
  2. Rose gardener’s disease: Sporotrichosis
  3. Eosinophilic material due to antigen-antibody reaction in cases of sporotrichosis: Asteroid body
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  1. Largest DNA virus: Poxvirus
  2. Smallest DNA virus: Parvovirus
  3. Largest RNA virus: Paramyxovirus
  4. Smallest RNA virus: Enterovirus (Picornaviridae)
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  1. Cross reactive antigen in all human adenoviruses: Hexon
  2. Gastroenteritis in children during winter months: Rotavirus
  3. Nonbacterial gastroenteritis in adults: Norovirus
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  1. Toxic to HSV: Calcium alginate
  2. Isolation medium for Cytomegalovirus: Human fibroblast cells
  3. True amoeba: GENUS Entamoeba
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  1. Trophozoite with ingested red blood cell: Entamoeba histolytica
  2. Trophozoite with ingested WBC: Entamoeba gingivalis
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  1. Gay bowel syndrome: Giardiasis
  2. Cercaria minus a tail: Schistosomule
  3. Infective stage of Diphyllobothrium latum: Plerocercoid larva
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  1. Resembles Diphyllobothrium latum adult: Spirometra
  2. Passing of proglottids of Taenia: Irritated by ALCOHOL
  3. Taenia spp. eggs: Hexacanth embryo with thick radial striations
  4. Cercarial dermatitis: Schistosomes
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  1. Length of needle in routine phlebotomy: 1.0 – 1.5 inches
  2. Angle of draw in venipuncture: 15 to 30 ° angle (15 degree angle)
  3. The distance of drop of blood from the edge of the slide: 1 cm
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  1. Blood production outside the bone marrow: EXTRAmedullary hematopoiesis
  2. Hematopoietic stem cell marker: CD 34
  3. Common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen: CD 10
  4. Test for Hemoglobin S which uses black line: Dithionate solubility test
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  1. Starry sky pattern under low power imparted by numerous macrophages with apoptotic debris: Burkitt’s lymphoma
  2. Granules (tertiary granules) present in Neutrophil: Alkaline phosphatase
  3. Euglobulin clot lysis time: Screening test for fibrinolysis
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  1. Screening test for PNH: Sugar water screening test
  2. Derived from RBC Histogram: MCV, RDW
  3. Derived from Platelet Histogram: MPV, PDW
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  1. In cyanmethemoglobin method, all hemoglobin are measured, except: Sulfhemoglobin
  2. Color of blood in sulfhemoglobinemia: Mauve lavender
  3. Patient with PNH received blood transfusion: Less lysis due to the presence of normal RBCs transfused
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  1. Positive instrumental errors: Bubbles in the sample, extraneous electrical pulsesand aperture plugs (most common)
  2. Negative instrumental error: Excessive lysing of RBCs
  3. Instrumental error that is either a positive or negative error: Improper setting of aperture current or threshold
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  1. Purplish red pinpoint hemorrhagic spots: Petechiae
  2. Blood escapes into SMALL areas of skin and mucous membrane: Purpura
  3. Blood escapes into LARGE areas of skin, mucous membrane, and other tissues: Ecchymosis
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  1. Primary hemostasis: Vasoconstriction
  2. Outer surface of platelet: Glycocalyx
  3. Contains microtubules that maintains platelet shape: Sol-gel zone
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  1. Platelet estimate of 100,000 to 149,000/µL: Slight decrease
  2. Platelet estimate of 150,000 to 199,000/µL: Low normal
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  1. Labile factors: Factors V and VIII
  2. Prematurely activates at cold temperature: Factors VII FXI
  3. Vitamin K-dependent factors: Factors II, VII, IX, X
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  1. Normal value for TEMPLATE bleeding time: 6 – 10 minutes
  2. Christmas factor: Factor IX
  3. Rosenthal syndrome: Factor XI deficiency
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  1. Platelet estimate of 401,000 to 599,000/µl: Slight increase
  2. Platelet estimate of 600,000 to 800,000/µL: Moderate increase
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  1. A surgical connection between to structures, it usually means a connection that is created between tubular structures, such as blood vessels or loops of intestines: ANASTOMOSIS
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  1. Polyclonal antibodies used in immunohistochemical techniques are frequently derived from: RABBIT
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  1. Most rapid of the common freezing agents: LIQUID NITROGEN
  2. General purpose fixative: 10% neutral buffered formalin
  3. Protein fixation: Neutral buffered formol saline or formaldehyde vapor
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  1. Fixatives for nucleic acids: Ethanol, methanol and Carnoy’s solution
  2. Amount of fixative used has been 10 to 25 times the volume of tissue to be fixed. Recently, the maximum effectiveness of fixation is noted to be 20 times the tissue volume.
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  1. Recommended ratio of fluid to tissue volume for DECALCIFICATION is 20 to 1
  2. Amount of dehydrating agent should not be less than 10 times the volume of tissue
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  1. Dehydration: Low grade to high grade alcohol
  2. Absence of water: WHITE anhydrous copper sulfate
  3. Presence of water: BLUE anhydrous copper sulfate
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  1. Clearing: Dealcoholization
  2. Most rapid embedding technique: Vacuum embedding
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  1. Automated tissue processor: Fix, dehydrate, clear, and infiltrate
  2. Histochemical demonstration of ENZYMES: FROZEN SECTION
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  1. ACRIDINE ORANGE is the most commonly used fluorochrome to demonstrate DNA and RNA in fresh or fixed tissues.
  2. Von Kossa’s silver nitrate method: Calcium salts = black
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  1. Red chromogen for peroxidases: Aminoethylcarbazole (AEC)
  2. Brown chromogen for peroxidases: Diaminobenzidine (DAB)
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  1. Administrative investigation:2 members of board + 1 legal officer
  2. Policies and guidelines for Med Tech Education: CMO no. 14 s. 2006
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  1. Accreditation of clinical lab for training MT interns: CMO no. 6 s. 2008
  2. STAT, STATIM: Immediately
  3. Biodegradable wastes: Green bag
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Basahin 5x para magka-lovelife

Half-life of ecstasy: 8 to 9 hours
Half-life of THC: 1 day after a single use and 3 to 5 days in chronic, heavy consumers

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Half-life of cocaine: 0.5 to 1 hour
Cocaine’s short half-life is a result of rapid hepatic hydrolysis to inactive metabolites.
Half-life of benzoylecgonine: 4 to 7 hours