CC QUIZ 2 Flashcards
(30 cards)
The ff. will increase in smoking?
a. Glucose and TAG
b. Cortisol
c. Growth hormone
d. AOTA
AOTA
The right transport requirement for the ff. analytes: carotene, erythrocyte protoporphyrin, CK, and Vitamins
a. Warm transport
b. Cold transport
c. Collected in the morning
d. NOTA
d. NOTA
NOTE
Should be protected from light
Test results that indicate a potentially life-threatening situation
a. All electrolytes
b. Total bilirubin
c. Ethanol
d. Lactic acid
Total bilirubin
Tubes with gel are not used for the ff. test/s because the gel tend to absorbed the analyte of interest?
a. Immunology and serology
b. Blood banking
c. Trace metals and Therapeutic drugs
d. AOTA
AOTA
Which among the tube is a not a clot activator?
a. White
b. Royal blue
c. Tan (plastic)
d. NOTA
NOTA
NOTE:
*All tubes written have EDTA
This tube color is used both in microbiology and paternity test?
a. Yellow
b. Light blue
c. Tan
d. Royal blue
Yellow
NOTE:
Yellow – for Blood bank (plasma), Microbiology (serum), and HLA phenotyping
Yellow - Sodium Polyanethol sulfonate (SPS) – inhibits the Neisseria
Yellow - Acid Citrate Dextrose (ACD) - WBC preservative
A reliable source for patient identification?
a. Relative
b. Nurse
c. Doctor
d. ID bracelet
ID bracelet
NOTE:
*All are reliable but the best is ID bracelet
Arm numbness, electric shock, and burning sensation are all
a. Postphlebotomy complication
b. Symptoms of nerve puncture
c. Signs of arterial puncture
d. AOTA
Symptoms of nerve puncture
NOTE:
A – Diaphoresis,Seizure,Pain, and Nerve damage
C – Jet-like pulsating bright red blood
All but one is improper technique in venipuncture?
a. Puncturing below 3-4 inches below the tourniquet
b. Palpation of the vein using two fingers
c. Back and forth cleansing of the skin for 30 seconds
d. Probing for the patient’s vein, which is difficult to hit
Probing for the patient’s vein, which is difficult to hit
What is proper action to do when a patient is nauseous during venipuncture?
a. Have the patient raise his feet
b. Apply cold compress on his forehead
c. Do nothing, proceed with the puncture
d. Give water
Apply cold compress on his forehead
In pediatric venipuncture, what percent of blood loss is fatal?
a. 5%
b. 8%
c. 10%
d. 3%
10%
NOTE:
* Pediatric venipuncture – 10% loss of blood can lead to shock and cardiac arrest
The following is/are part of TQM
a. QP
b. QI
c. QA
d. AOTA
AOTA
Standard operating procedure (SOP) is a set of _________ for methods used in the laboratory
a. Qualities
b. Standard
c. Operations
d. Instructions
Instructions
Repeat Request
a. Costs of Nonconformance: Internal Failure Costs
b. Costs of Conformance: Appraisal Cost
c. Costs of Nonconformance: External Failure Costs
d. Costs of Conformance : Prevention Costs
Costs of Nonconformance: External Failure Costs
NOTE:
Prevention Costs
1. Training
2. Calibration
3. Maintenance
Appraisal Cost
1. Inspection
2. Quality Control
Internal Failure Costs
1.Scrap
2. Rework
3. Repeat runs
External Failure Costs
1. Complaints
2. Service
3. Repeat Request
Which is not true about Lean
a. designed to eliminate non–value-adding steps
b. elimination of duplication, excess, and barriers for a more optimized flow
c. improvement by eliminating process variation
d. The major measurement for Lean is generally time
improvement by eliminating process variation
NOTE:
C- six sigma
A patient urine sample was positive for drug using Thin layer chromatography method, to confirm it, the follow up test should be
a. Sensitive
b. Accurate
c. Precise
d. Specific
Specific
It is a comprehensive program involving statistical analysis of control materials, which are analyzed with a batch of patient samples to determine acceptability of the run
a. Intralab
b. Interlab
c. Proficiency testing
d. Linearity check
Intralab
NOTE:
B - A quality program in which specimens are submitted to laboratories for analysis and the results of an individual laboratory are compared with the results for the group of participating laboratories
C- Specimens that have known concentrations of an analyte for the test of interest. The testing laboratory does not know the targeted concentration when tested
D - determines the lowest and highest values that can be accurately measured by a particular method.
All but one is systematic error
a. Calibrator reconstitution
b. Arises from unpredictable variations
c. Outlier
d. R4s
Outlier
NOTE:
A - random error
B - random error.
C - Outlier can also be systematic error
D - random error
Prolonged tourniquet
a. Preanalytical error: Before collection
b. Preanalytical error: During collection
c. Preanalytical error: After collection
d. Analytical error
Preanalytical error: During collection
Which among the ff. will cause a high SD and CV?
a. Expiring reagent
b. Improper calibration
c. Aging calibrators
d. voltage fluctuation
voltage fluctuation
The plot identifies within-laboratory and between laboratory variability?
a. Twin plot
b. CUSUM
c. Levey-jennings
d. Gaussian curve
Twin plot
Control values are: 50, 54, 55, 56, 59, and 64
a. Sample evaporation
b. Reagent is expiring
c. Machine is improperly calibrated
d. AOTA
Reagent is expiring
2 consecutive controls differ by >4s creating a 4 standard deviation spread?
a. R4s
b. 41s
c. 22s
d. 12s
R4s
NOTE:
100 mg/dL (diluted specimen value) x 5 (reciprocal of dilution) = 500 mg/dL
One control exceeds 1s, what is the primary response to this result?
a. Do nothing
b. Check the other control values for violation
c. Report
d. Reject
Check the other control values for violation
