Chapter 14

Question 1

A health care worker should do this before using reagent strips and/or controls in point-of-care testing

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

What is troponin T

Answer 2

A protein that is used to detect heart damage

Question 3

Which term is synonymous with POCT

Answer 3

Near-patient testing

Question 4

Most rapid methods for glucose testing require

Answer 4

Skin puncture blood

Question 5

Refers to the term hematocrit

Answer 5

Hct, crit

Question 6

Blood assays that can assist in the diagnosis and evaluation of anemia

Answer 6

Hemoglobin

Question 7

In point-of-care testing, this condition can cause erroneous results in glucose testing

Answer 7

All of the above

Question 8

In terms of quality control procedures, SD stands for

Answer 8

Standard deviation

Question 9

This is released from the pancreas and has a major effect on blood glucose levels

Answer 9

Insulin

Question 10

Interpretation of a quality control chart is based on the fact that for a normal distribution

Answer 10

99% of the values are within 3 SD of the mean

Question 11

Na+, C1, HCO3, and K+ are usually referred to as

Answer 11

Electrolytes

Question 12

The SureStepFlexx meter is used to test

Answer 12

Glucose

Question 13

All POCT analyzers require

Answer 13

Gloves

Question 14

Control material should be analyzed how many times in order to determine the mean and SD

Answer 14

20 to 30

Question 15

In POCT quality control, tolerance limits are determined by pooling the data obtained during which test period

Answer 15

30-day test period

Question 16

Which of the following is recommended to use to routinely clean the POCT instruments

Answer 16

5% bleach solution

Question 17

The blood pH determined whether the blood

Answer 17

Is too acidic or too alkaline

Question 18

The Cholestech LDX system measures

Answer 18

Total cholesterol

Question 19

Bad cholesterol

Answer 19

LDL cholesterol

Question 20

A QC chart in the clinical laboratory is based on the fact that for a normal distribution, what percentage of the values about the mean should be within +/- 2 SD

Answer 20

95%

Question 21

The CoaguChek System measures

Answer 21

PT

Question 22

PCV stands for

Answer 22

Packed cell volume

Question 23

A less normal number of erythrocytes in a patient is referred to as

Answer 23

Anemia

Question 24

The hemoglobin A1c assay is used to monitor a patients

Answer 24

Blood glucose level

Question 25

Measures a cardiac monitoring analyte

Answer 25

TROPT Sensitive rapid assay

Question 26

The PT and INR testing is used in glucose monitoring

Answer 26

False

Question 27

A cardiac POCT is the ROCHE TROPT rapid assay

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Hct is the same as packed cell volume

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Hematocrit values are obtained to aid in the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus

Answer 29

False

Question 30

High density lipoprotein is referred to as the “good cholesterol”

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Triglycerides are fatty acids and glycerol that circulate in the blood

Answer 31

True

Question 32

A test for the maintenance of blood glucose levels is the troponin T test

Answer 32

False

Question 33

Hemoglobin is the same as hematocrit

Answer 33

False

Question 34

The purpose of EQC is to test the electronics of a POCT instrument

Answer 34

True

Question 35

Diabetes mellitus is an acute disease, not a chronic disease

Answer 35

False

Question 36

Bedside testing is also referred to as ________, or point-of-care testing

Answer 36

POCT

Question 37

Diabetes mellitus is a disease in which the _______ cannot produce enough insulin

Answer 37

Pancreas

Question 38

________ causes the glucose to be absorbed from the blood into the body tissues

Answer 38

Insulin

Question 39

The HemoCue beta-glucose analyzer can obtain fast results from capillary, venous, or _______ blood

Answer 39

Arterial

Question 40

Glucose-monitoring instruments must be monitored with quality control materials for accuracy and _______ of patients tests results

Answer 40

Reliability

Question 41

Some POCT instruments have EQC which stands for

Answer 41

Electronic quality control

Question 42

pCO2 stands for _______

Answer 42

Partial pressure of carbon dioxide

Question 43

The abbreviation Na+ stands for

Answer 43

Sodium

Question 44

PT stands for ________

Answer 44

Prothrombin Time

Question 45

The ROCHE TROPT rapid assay is a _______ point-of-care test

Answer 45

Cardiac