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When is light emitted in fluorometry?

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When the molecule has returned to the more stable ground state

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Principle of mass spectrometry

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Based on fragmentation and ionization of molecules using a suitable source of energy

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4 basic disciplines of analytic methods

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1 Spectrometry
2 Luminescence
3 Electroanalytic methods
4 Chromatography

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Spectrometry

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Spectrophotometry
Atomic absorption
Mass spectrometry

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Type of optical methods

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Absorption
Emission
Polarization
Scattering

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Examples of emission methods

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Flame emission spectrophotometry
Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
Fluorescence energy transfer spectroscopy
Fluorometry
Luminometry (light emission from a bioluminescent, chemiluminescent, or electrochemiluminescent reaction)
Phosphorimetry
Time-resolved fluorometry

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Luminescence

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Fluorescence
Chemiluminescence
Nephelometry

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Examples of polarization methods

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Fluorescence polarization spectroscopy

Polarimetry

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Examples of scattering methods

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Nephelometry

Turbidimetry

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It describes the radiant energy with wavelengths visible to the human eye

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Light

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Short wavelength

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Gamma rays

X-rays

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Longer wavelength

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Radio

Microwave

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400 nm wavelength

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Violet

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700 nm wavelength

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Red

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Human eye

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380-750 nm

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Measures shorter (uv) or longer (infrared) wavelength

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Photometric apparatus

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Short wavelength, high frequency

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High gamma rays

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T or F. When light is absorbed, it is transmitted.

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F. When light is not absorbed, it is transmitted.

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Used to select the incident wavelength

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Filters (photometers)

Prisms or gratings (spectrometers)

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UV at 200-380 nm

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Near UV

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Examples of absorption methods

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Atomic absorption
Densitometry
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
Photometry
Spectrophotometry
Reflectance photometry
X-ray spectroscopy
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UV at < 220 nm

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Far UV

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Silica used to make cuvets transmits light effectively at wavelengths _______

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> /= 220 nm

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Principle of spectrophotometry

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Measurement of the light transmitted by a solution to determine concentration of light-absorbing substances in solution

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May either be single-beam or double-beam

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Spectrophotometer

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Instruments used in spectrophotometry

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Filter photometers

Spectrophotometers

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What is a single-beam spectrophotometer?

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It makes one measurement at a time at one specified wavelength.

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What does Beer’s law state?

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The concentration of a substance is directly proportional to the light absorbed or inversely proportional to the logarithm of the transmitted light.

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Light source of a spectrophotometer

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Incident light

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It determines the color of light seen by the eye

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Wavelength of light

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Types of incident light used by a spectrophotometer

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1 Continuum
Deuterium (< 300 nm)
Tungsten (400-800 nm)
Xenon
Change in intensity
Adapt

2 Light
Cathode lamp
Does not adapt

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Selects wavelength in a spectrophotometer

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Monochromator

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Types of monochromator

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Colored glass filters
Interference filters
Prism
Diffraction grating

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What is a double-beam spectrophotometer?

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It splits monochromatic light into two components and records absorbance of a sample directly.

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Most common material used in making cuvets

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Silicate

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Affect the results when present in the sample holder

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Scratch

Alkaline

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Types of sample holder

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Square or round
Glass
Quartz

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Parts of a spectrophotometer

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Light source
Collimator
Monochromator
Slit
Sample holder
Photodetector
Read-out system
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Range detected by glass cuvets

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Visible range

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38
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Detected by quartz cuvets

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UV Radiation

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Types of read-out system

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Moving needle

Digital display of output

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Function of a collimator

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Limits stray light

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Chromatography

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Gas
Liquid
Thin layer

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Function of an external slit

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Limits the band pass

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Examples of photodetectors

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Photocell
Phototube
Photomultiplier
Photodiode

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45
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Applications of atomic absorption spectrophotometry

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Electrolytes (Na, K, Ca, H, Cl)

Dissolved gases

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It converts transmitted radiant energy into an equivalent amount of electrical energy

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Photodetector

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Light source of atomic absorption spectrophotometers

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Hollow cathode lamp

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Function of beam choppers of atomic absorption spectrophotometers

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Used to modulate the light source

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48
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It converts ions to atoms in atomic absorption spectrophotometry

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Chopper

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Special application of atomic absorption spectrophotometry

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Detects small elements when concentration is too low

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It excites a molecule at the ground state Eo lebel to a higher excited energy level E1

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Light absorption

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Requirement of mass spectrometry before a compound can be detected and quantified

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Must be isolated by another method (GC or HPLC)

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53
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Applications of Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

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Gold standard for drug testing

Proteomics

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Classification methods

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Separation
Qualitative
Quantitative

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Major steps in mass spectrometry

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1 Conversion of parent molecule into ions
2 Separation of the ions by mass/charge ratio
3 Measurements of current produced when the ions strike a transducer

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Principle of fluorometry

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Measures the amount of light emitted by a molecule after excitation by electromagnetic radiation

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Electroanalytic methods

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Electrophoresis
Potentiometry
Amperometry
Voltammetry

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Vibrational energy losses

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Collisions

Heat losses

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59
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These molecules can fluoresce

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Organic molecules with conjugated double bonds

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Components of a fluorometer

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Light source
Monochromator
Detector
Read-out system

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Light sources of fluorometers

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Mercury arc discharge lamp

Xenon arc tube

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62
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Forward light scatter nephelometry

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Rayleigh-Debye type

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Examples of monochromators of fluorometers

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Diffraction grating

Filter

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Examples of detectors used in fluorometry

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Phototube

Photomultiplier tube

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Principle of atomic absorption spectrophotometer

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Measures the absorption of light of a unique wavelength by atoms in the ground state

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Types of monochromator used in fluorometry

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Primary or grating filter

Secondary filter

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It allows passage of light of the proper wavelength for absorption of molecule

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Primary filter or grating

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It transmits light of the specific wavelength emitted by the sample

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Secondary monochromator

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70
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Factors that affect fluorescence

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pH changes
Temperature
Length of time of exposure
Concentration

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Clinical application of fluorometry

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Measurement of porphyrins, magnesium, calcium, and catecholamines

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Application of chemiluminescence

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Immunoassays

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73
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Advantages of chemiluminescence

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Subpicomolar detection limits
Speed
Ease of use
Simple instrumentation

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Disadvantage of chemiluminescence

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Impurities can cause background signal that degrades sensitivity and specificity

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Examples of photodetectors used in chemiluminescence

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Photomultiplier tube

Luminometer

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It is taken as the signal in chemiluminescence

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Integral of the entire peak

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Principle of chemiluminescence

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The chemical reaction yields an electronically excited compound that emits light as it returns to its ground state or that transfers its energy to another compound which then produces emission

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Organic compounds in chemiluminescence

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Luminol
Acridium esters
Dioxetanes by oxidants hydrogen peroxide, hypochlorite or oxygen

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It involves oxidation of an organic compound characterized by a rapid increase in intensity of emitted light followed by a gradual decay

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Chemiluminescence

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Application of nephelometry

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Measurement of Ag-Ab reactions

81
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It comes from the species

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Chemiluminescence

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Produced as part of the chemical energy generated and decay to a ground state with the emission of photons

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Excited intermediates

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No excitation radiation is required and monochromators are not needed

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Chemiluminescence

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Emitted radiation is measured with a photomultiplier tube and the signal is related to the analyte concentration

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Chemiluminescence

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Components of a nephelometer

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Light source
Collimator
Monochromator
Simple cuvet
Stray light trap
Photodetector
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Principle of nephelometry

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Measurement of the light scattered by a particulate solution

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It detects light that is scattered at various angles and the signal that the scattered light yields is amplified

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Nephelometry

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Dependent on wavelength of incident light and particle size

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Light scattering

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Wavelength if light > particle diameter

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Symmetrical

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Wavelength of light < particle diameter

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Forward

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Wavelength of light = particle diameter

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More forward

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Diameter of most Ag-Ab complexes

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250-1500 nm

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Wavelengths used for most Ag-Ab complexes

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320-650 nm

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Sorbent of paper chromatography

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Whatman paper

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Principle of turbidimetry

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Measures reduction in light transmission due to particle formation

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It detects light transmitted in the forward direction

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Turbidimetry

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It is dependent on the specimen concentration and particle size

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Amount of light absorbed by a suspension of particles

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Instruments used in turbidimetry to measure solutions for quanitification

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Visible photometers

Visible spectrophotometers

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Applications of turbidimetry

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Protein measurement in CSF and urine
Detection of bacterial growth in broth cultures
Measurement of antibiotic sensitivities
Detection of clot formation

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Principle of electrophoresis

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Separation of charged compounds based on their electrical charge

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Components of electrophoresis instrument

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Electrical power
Support medium
Buffer
Sample
Detecting medium
101
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Factors affecting rate of migration in electrophoresis

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Net electric charge of the molecule
Size and shape of the molecule
Electric field strength
Nature of the supporting medium
Temperature of operation
102
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Produced by the flow of ions when a voltage is applied to a salt solution

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Electrical current

103
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Supporting media used in electrophoresis

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Paper electrophoresis
Starch gel
Cellulose acetate*
Agarose gel*
Polyacrylamide gel*
104
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Separates by surface charge and molecular size

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Starch gel

105
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Separates by molecular size

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Cellulose acetate

106
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Separates by electrical charge and does not bind protein

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Agarose gel

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Neutral supporting media

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Agarose gel

Polyacrylamide gel

108
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Used to study isoenzymes

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Polyacrylamide gel

109
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Neutral; separates on the basis of charge and molecular size

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Polyacrylamide gel

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Stains for visualization of fractions in electrophoresis

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Amido black*
Ponceau S*
Oil red O
Sudan black*
Fat red 7B*
Coomassie blue
Gold/silver stain
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It measures the absorbance of the stain on a support medium

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Densitometer

112
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Components of a densitometer

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Light source
Monochromator
Optical system
Photodetector

113
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Principle of densitometry

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Signals detected by the photodetector are related to the absorbance of the sample stain on the support, which is proportional to the specimen concentration

114
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It is a modification of electrophoresis

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Isoelectric focusing

114
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Principle of isoelectric focusing

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Charged proteins migrate through a support medium that has a continuous pH gradient

115
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Applications of isoelectric focusing

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Detects oligoclonal immunoglobulin bands in CSF

Detects isoenzymes of CK, ACP, ALP in serum

116
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It follows the Nernst equation

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Potentiometry

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Principle of potentiometry

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Concentrations of ions in a solution can be calculated from the measured potential difference between 2 electrodes (reference and indicator electrode)

118
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What does potentiometry measure?

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Electrical potential due to the activity of free ions (change in voltage indicates activity of each analyte)
Differences in voltage (potential) at a constant current

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What is amperometry?

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Measurement of the current flow produced by an oxidation-reduction reaction

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Applications of amperometry

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Determination of pO2, chloride, and peroxidase

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Advantages of voltammetry

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Sensitivity and capability for multi-element measurements (most important)
Consumes minimal analyte

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Method in which a potential is applied to an electrochemical cell and the resulting current is measured

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Voltammetry

123
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Measures heavy metals like lead

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Anodic stripping voltammetry

124
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Application of coulometry

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Measurement of chloride ion in serum, plasma, CSF, and sweat samples

125
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Faraday’s law

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Q=It=znF
Where
z= the number of electrons involved in the reaction
n= the number of moles of analyte in the sample
F= Faraday’s constant (96,485 C/mol of electrons)

127
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What is chromatography?

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A separation method based on different interactions of the specimen compounds with the mobile phase and with the stationary phase as the compounds travel through a support medium

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2 forms of chromatography

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Planar

Column

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Examples of planar chromatography

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Paper

Thin layer

130
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Examples of column chromatography

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Gas

Liquid

131
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Sorbent of thin layer chromatography

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Thin plastic plates impregnated with a thin layer of silica gel or alumina

132
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Application of thin layer chromatography

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Drug screening

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Advantage of isoelectric focusing

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It can resolve mixtures of proteins

134
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Application of paper chromatography

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Fraction of sugar and amino acid

135
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It measures the quantity of electricity (in coulombs) needed to convert an analyte to a different oxidation state

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Coulometry

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Application of gas chromatography

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Separation of steroids, barbiturates, blood, alcohol, lipids

137
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Useful for compounds that are naturally volatile or can be easily converted into a volatile form

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Gas chromatography

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Types of stationary phases in gas chromatography

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Gas-solid

Gas-liquid

139
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Separation occurs by differences in absorption at the solid phase surfaces

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Gas-solid chromatography

140
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Separation occurs by differences in solute partitioning between gaseous mobile phase and liquid stationary phase

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Gas-liquid cheomatography

141
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Most widely used liquid chromatography

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HPLC

142
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Based on the distribution of solutes between a liquid mobile phase and a stationary phase

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Liquid chromatography

143
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Advantages of liquid chromatography over gas chromatography

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1 No need for chemical derivatization of organic compounds
2 Use of lower temperature for separation
3 Easy recovery of a sample

144
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Bases of separation in chromatography

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1 rate of diffusion
2 solubility of solute
3 nature of solvent
4 sample volatility/solubility
5 distribution between 2 liquid phases
6 molecular size
7 hydrophobicity of the molecule
8 ionic attraction
9 differential distribution
10 selective separation of substances
11 differences in absorption and desorption of solutes
145
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Separation mechanisms in liquid chromatography

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Gel or molecular sieve
Ion exchange
Partition
Affinity
Adsorption
146
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Separates molecules based on differences in size and shape

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Gel or molecular sieve chromatography

147
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Uses immobilized biochemical ligands as the stationary phase to separate a few solutes from other unretained solutes

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Affinity chromatography

148
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Other term for hydrophilic gel

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Gel filtration

149
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Application of gel filtration

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For separation of enzymes, antibodies, proteins

150
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Examples of hydrophilic gel

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Dextran and agarose

151
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Exchange of sample ions and mobile-phase ions with the charged group of the stationary phase

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Ion exchange chromatography

152
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Application of gel permeation

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Separation of triglycerides and fatty acid

153
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Separation of compounds is based on their partition between a liquid mobile phase and a liquid stationary phase coated on a solid support

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Partition chromatography

154
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Example of hydrophobic gel

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Sephadex

155
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Separation is based on differences between the adsorption and. Desorption of solutes at the surface of a solid particle

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Adsorption chromatography

156
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Reagents involve

A

Handling, preparation, storage
Proportioning
Dispensing

157
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Application of partition chromatography

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Separation of therapeutic drugs and their metabolites

158
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Applications of affinity chromatography

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Separation of lipoproteins, carbohydrates, and glycated hemoglobins
Separation and preparation of larger quantities if proteins and antibodies for study

159
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Factors that serve to drive laboratory automation

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1 turnaround time (TAT) demands
2 specimen integrity
3 staff shortages
4 economic factors
5 less maintenance, calibration, downtime
6 faster start-up times
7 24/7 uptime
8 throughput
9 computer and software technology
10 primary tube sampling
11 increasing number of different analytes/methods on a system
12 reducing laboratory errors
13 number of specimens
14 types of fluids
15 safety and environmental concerns
160
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Types of analytical error

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Random
Systematic
Total
Idiosyncratic

161
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Refers to assay errors from all sources

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Analytical errors

163
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Application of ion exchange chromatography

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Separation of amino acids and nucleic acids

164
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Monitor and maintain required temperatures during incubation

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Electronic thermocoupler

Thermistor

165
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Not predictable error

A

Random

166
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One direction error

A

Systematic

167
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Random and systematic error

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Total

168
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Focuses on sample and specimen processing

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Pre-analytic stage

168
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Advantages of automating laboratory testing

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1 increasing the quality of pre-analytic steps
2 reducing error rates
3 reducing operator exposure to potentially hazardous biologic materials
4 eliminating repetitive stress injuries

169
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Pre-analytic stage before

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Brought to the laboratory by blood drawers

170
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Pre-analytic stage at present

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Use of pneumatic tubes

172
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Nonmethodologic error

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Idiosyncratic

174
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Tasks in the analytic stage of laboratory testing

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1 sample introduction and transport to cuvet/cup
2 addition of reagent
3 mixing of sample and reagent
4 incubation
5 detection
6 calculations
7 readout and result reporting
175
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Incubation in automated analyzers

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Heating air, water, metal

176
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Data processing by computers in post-analytic stage

A

Data acquisition
Calculations
Monitoring
Displaying data

178
Q

Mixing in automated systems include

A 
1 magnetic stirring
2 rotating paddles
3 forceful dispensing
4 use of ultrasonic energy
5 vigorous lateral displacement
179
Q

Sources of problems in sample introduction

A

Formation of clot attached to probe
Inadequate or short sample
Carry-over

180
Q

Stages of laboratory testing errors

A

Pre-analytic (61.9%)
Analytic (15%)
Post-analytic (23.1%)

180
Q

Material of probes used in sample introduction

A

Thin, stainless steel

181
Q

Computers can

A

1 perform corrections on data, subtract blank responses, determine first-order linear regression for slope and intercept
2 monitor results against reference values
3 test control data against established QC protocols
4 display patient results, QC data, maintenance and instrumentation operation checks
5 be linked to other computers

181
Q

Examples of instruments used in sample introduction

A

Peristaltic pumps

Positive-liquid displacement pipets

181
Q

Only manufacturer’s reagents

A

Closed reagent system

Clinical Chemistry Lecture 2 (4 decks)

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