Chemistry Rotation Final Flashcards
How often do you change the filter for HGB A1C QC (Tosoh)?
Every 400 samples
How often do you change the column for HGB A1C QC (Tosoh)?
Every 2500 samples
When do you change the duck bill on the DXI?
5,000 samples maintenance
When do you clean the probes on the DXI?
10,000 samples maintenance
What 3 tests are important to indicate a myocardial infarction?
CPK, AST, LDH
When will a BHCG do an automatic dilution?
> 1300
What is the formula for urine creatinine clearance?
C (mL/min) = (U x V)/P x (1.73)/(SA pt)
SA pt = surface area of patient
C = clearance in mL/min
V = urine volume in mL
U = urine creatinine
P = plasma creatinine
What does the yellow rack mean?
Remap
What does the blue rack mean?
Routine
What does the white rack mean?
Pre-spun
What does the red rack mean?
STAT
What is LIH and what do the results mean?
LIH = lipemic, icteric, hemolyzed
1 or 2 = slightly hemolyzed
3 or 4 = very hemolyzed; results are heavily affected and request a redraw or take from another tube of same preservative
What values for males and females would there be a CPK w/ MB reflex?
Males: CPK >180
Females: CPK >100
If troponin is increased, what else should also be increased?
MB
What is a pour over?
Increased potassium and decreased calcium due to pour over from K EDTA tube. Caused by potassium in the EDTA and calcium binding EDTA.
When would a direct LDL be ran instead of a calculated LDL?
Triglycerides >400
Gray vs green tops for glucose
Gray top is good for glucose specimens because it does not break glucose down. Contains sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate.
Green top is bad for glucose specimens because it can falsely decrease glucose.
What is the formula for anion gap?
(Na) - (Co2 + Cl)
What does a 0 error mean on the line?
Barcode error
What does a 7 error mean on the line?
Gripper error
What does a 340 error mean on the line?
AU connection error
What westgard rule is a single control outside 2 SD?
1 2s
What westgard rule is a single control outside 3 SD?
1 3s
What westgard rule are two consecutive control results greater than 2 SD?
2 2s
What westgard rule is when there is a 4 SD difference between control values?
R 4s
What westgard rule is when there is 3 consecutive results greater than 1 SD on the same side of the mean?
3 1s
What westgard rule is when there are four consecutive results greater than 1 SD on the same side of the mean?
4 1s
What westgard rule is when there is a trend of 10 on one side of the mean?
10x
What specimens may not be loaded on the automated line?
Troponins, short draws, body fluids, HIV, CSF, ETOH, Cancer center specimens, urine CA/urine PHOS