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Clinical Assistants Services Flashcards

1
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Are healthcare professionals who assist other medical professionals with patient management, basic diagnostic tests, and record keeping.

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Clinical Assistants

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2
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Clinical assistants considered what phase?

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Pre-analytical phase

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3
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The phlebotomy department is usually located in or near, what?

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Laboratory reception area

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4
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Patients may be collecting samples while at the laboratory or collecting the sample at home and returning it to the laboratory.

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Depending on the test

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It is done for culture and sensitivity.

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Collection of Microbiology samples

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6
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Microbiology is usually performed in?

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Operating room or in the Outpatient department

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To avoid contamination, what must be used?

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Sterile

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8
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Give examples of Microbiology Samples.

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  • Swabs
  • Aspirates
  • Skin Scrapings
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9
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Performed primarily for the detection of a streptococcal infection.

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Strep throat

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10
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It is collected using a collection kit that contains a sterile swab in a transport medium collection tube.

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Throat culture

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It is a mucus or phlegm collected from the trachea, bronchi, and lungs and is tested for active tuberculosis and pneumonia.

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Sputum

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12
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What does sputum must be collected?

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To test direct sputum smear microscopy

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13
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A large amount of sputum must be collected

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First-morning sample

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14
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These samples are collected for legal purposes such as paternity testing or involving crimes.

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Buccal swabs

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15
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These cells may be obtained from a buccal cheek swab.

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DNA analysis

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16
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In how many seconds is a buccal cheek swab collected?

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20 seconds

17
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What buccal cheek swab was used?

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Sterile dacron-tipped cotton swab

18
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It can be used to test for HIV antibodies, hormone levels, and drug and alcohol abuse.

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Saliva

19
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This sample can detect chronic use of drugs, alcohol, heavy metals, poisons, and toxins.

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Hair

20
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Hair samples may be used for?

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DNA paternity testing

21
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The presence of Helicobacter pylori, a bacteria that damages the lining of the stomach and causes peptic ulcer, can be detected by?

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C-Urea breath test

22
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A baseline breath sample is collected by breathing into?

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Balloon-like collection device

23
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It can be used to diagnose lactose intolerance, overgrowth of bacteria in the small bowel, and rapid passage of food through the small intestine.

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Hydrogen breath test

24
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Give examples of a collection of culture samples

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  • Collection of Microbiology samples
  • Throat swab
25
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Give examples of a collection of non-blood samples

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  • Sputum
  • Saliva
  • Hair
  • Breath
  • Buccal swabs
26
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Also known as post-mortem examination.

It is a specialized surgical procedure used to determine the cause and manner of death.

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Autopsy

27
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Give an example of an assistant in blood donor processing.

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  • Donor interview and screening
  • Donor identification
  • Donor informed consent
  • Venipuncture
  • Blood product collection
  • Post phlebotomy care
  • Complication management
28
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How many ml of blood are in the blood bag?

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450mL of blood with mixed 63mL of anticoagulant

29
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What anticoagulant is commonly used in blood donation?

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  • Citrate-phosphate-dextrose
  • Citrate-phosphate-dextrose-adenine
30
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It delivers a range of testing services for reference testing of screen reactive blood donors to HIV, Hepatitis B, C Syphilis, and Malaria.

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TTI-NRL

31
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What is the required age for blood donation?

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18-65 years old

32
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What gauge needle was used for the donor collection?

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15-16 gauge needle

33
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In how many hours should place a sterile gauze and bandage over the site and instruct the donor to keep the bandage?

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4 hours

34
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It is the site of red blood cell production.

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Bone marrow

35
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Bone marrow samples are collected by inserting a?

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Jamshidi needle

36
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It is made by gently touching the specimen onto the slide three times to make imprints of the specimen.

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Three to four touch prep slides

37
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The biopsy is then placed in?

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10% formaldehyde

38
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In the separation of serum and plasma, how many hours must be separated?

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2 hours

39
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It is a portion of the sample that is placed in a separate tube.

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Sample aliquoting

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