Chapter 6 Vocab Flashcards
Processing Specimens
A laboratory that is outside a patient care facility and can perform many more types of testing than are available at the average hospital’s laboratory.
Reference Laboratory
At or near the patient or at the patient’s bedside.
Point of Care (POC)
A laboratory test result outside of the expected reference range that can be life-threatening.
Critical Value
To divide specimens into smaller portions.
Aliquot
A solution (such as water or saline) that reduces the concentration of a specimen.
Diluent
A device that spins laboratory specimens at high speeds to separate the samples into their components for testing purposes.
Centrifuge
Also known as biohazard; any biological risk to organisms.
Biologic Hazard
Sensitive to high temperatures.
Thermolabile
An abnormal reaction to or a change resulting from exposure to light.
Photosensitivity
An evaluation of urine by physical, chemical, and microscopic testing methods.
Urinalysis
A chemical substance that reacts in specific, predictable ways to detect or synthesize other substances in chemical reations.
Reagent
A method of urinalysis involving the use of plastic strips with pads containing a substance that causes a specific chemical reaction.
Chemical Reagent Strip Testing
A method of transportation and distribution of laboratory test results and other documents.
Pneumatic Tube System
The chronological documentation (paper trail) showing the acquisition, custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of specimens that provide evidence.
Chain of Custody
Samples of legal value in a civil criminal case.
Forensic Specimens
