Clinical Microscopy Flashcards

1
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Moderate hazard. What degree of hazard

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2
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Patient deprived of fluid for 24 hours

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Fishberg test

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3
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Staircase pattern crystal

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Cholesterol

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4
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Gastric tube passed through the nose

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Levin tube

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5
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Term to denote black stool excretion

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Melena

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6
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Tetrahydrobenzoquinoline

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Nitrite reagent strip

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7
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When hands are not visibly soiled

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Apply sanitizer

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8
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Biohazard symbol description

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3 overlapping circles

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9
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Purpose of blueing agent

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To prevent specimen adulteration

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10
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Ealiest form of sperm cell

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Spermatogonium

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11
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Variables in Cockgroft and Gault

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Age, sex, body weight (kg)

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12
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Urine clarity determination

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View through a newspaper print

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13
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Hardening of veins that drain testes

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Varicocele

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14
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hCG is produced by what cell

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Synctiotrophoblast cells of placenta

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15
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Reagent in APT test

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Sodium hydroxide

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16
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Moderately hard renal stone

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Uric acid

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17
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Crystal seen in Fanconi syndrome

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Cystine

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18
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Positive result in MPS test

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Blue color

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19
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No clot formation in the CSF

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Intracranial hemorrhage

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20
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Alternative diluent for sperm dillution

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Chilled (cold) tap water

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21
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Preservation for urine culture

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Refrigeration

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22
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Automated UA stain for DNA

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Phenathridine

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23
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Oval fat bodies are seen in

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Nephrotic syndrome

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24
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Calibration of centrifuge is done every

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3 months

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25
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Limulus Lysate test detects

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Gram-negative endotoxin

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26
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Pellicle or weblike clot formation

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Tubercular meningitis

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27
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Likely cause of milky urine in female

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WBC

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28
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Rubner’s test detects what sugar (s)

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Glucose and lactose

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29
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Soluble in both chloroform and butanol

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Urobilinogen

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30
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Mistaken as Blastomyces in sputum

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Myelin globules

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31
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Brown semen indicates

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Presence of blood

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32
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What is a telescoped sediment

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Variety of casts

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33
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CASA provides determination of

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Sperm velocity and trajectory

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34
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Provide documentation of proper sample ID

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Chain of custody (COC)

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35
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Color of leukocytes in Sternheimer-Malbin

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Pale pink

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36
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Subtract increase WBC for every _____ RBCs

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700

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37
Q

Test for ammonia in the CSF

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Glutamine

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38
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Marker (s) for urinary bladder cancer

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NMP, BTA

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39
Q

Normal string length of synovial fluid

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4-6 cm

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40
Q

First fetal bowel movement

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Meconium

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41
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Convert brightfield to darkfield, replace

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Condenser

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42
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Used to clean optical surfaces of microscope

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Lens paper

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43
Q

S.G of 9% sucrose

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1.034 +/- 0.001

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44
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Positive result in the Resorcinol test

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Orange-red color

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45
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MAO stands for

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Maximum acid output

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46
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Crystalloid concretions in sputum

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Broncholiths / pneumoliths

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47
Q

CSF tube number 4 is sent to

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Serology (or Microbiology)

48
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Term for bright red stool excretion

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Hematochezia

49
Q

Differentiate bacterial from non-bacterial meningitis

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Procalcitonin

50
Q

SSA grading: clumps of protein

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4+

51
Q

Principle of micral test

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Enzyme immunoassay

52
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Normal value for urinary eosinophils

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1% or less

53
Q

Artifact with dimpled appearance

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Starch granules

54
Q

Cigarette butt urine crystal

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Calcium sulfate

55
Q

Color of dead sperm in eosin-nigrosin test

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Red

56
Q

Urine preservative for 5-HIAA

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HCl or boric acid

57
Q

Reagent used in the Florence test

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Iodine crystals + Potassium iodide

58
Q

Deficiency in melanin production

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Albinism

59
Q

Produced by tracheobronchial tree

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Sputum

60
Q

Urine is red when myoglobin concentration is

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25 mg/dL

61
Q

Poison symbol

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Skull with crossed bones

62
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Effect of detergent on glucose reagent strip

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False-positive

63
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AER in microalbuminuria

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20-200 ug/min

64
Q

Cause of decreased sperm motility with clumping

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Male antisperm antibodies

65
Q

Flammable chemicals should be stored in

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Explosion-proof refrigerator in a remote area

66
Q

It supplies blood to the kidneys

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Renal artery

67
Q

Convert 2 mg/dL urobilinogen into Ehrlich units

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2 Ehrlich units (EU)

68
Q

Clinical significance of a cylindroid

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Same significance as casts

69
Q

Other name for apatite

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Calcium phosphate

70
Q

Branching / staghorn calculi

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Triple phosphate / struvite stone

71
Q

11th reagent strip pad

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Ascorbic acid

72
Q

% of lymphocyte population in the BAL

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1-15%

73
Q

Test to identify unknown body fluid as CSF

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Electrophoresis (prealbumin + tau transferrin)

74
Q

Synovial fluid appearance in septic arthritis

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Cloudy, yellow-green

75
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Normal appearance of gastric fluid

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Pale gray, slightly mucoid

76
Q

Length of sperm cell tail

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45 um

77
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Effect of proteinuria on PT-kit result

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False-positive

78
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Effect of p-aminosalicylic acid on UBG

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False-positive

79
Q

Reading time for blood reagent strip

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60 seconds

80
Q

Best fire extinguisher for electric fire

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Halon foam (halogenated hydrocarbon)

81
Q

Benedict’s test: yellow-orange color and ppt

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3+

82
Q

The 4th CSF tube is sent to

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Serology (or Microbiology)

83
Q

Positive result in foam stability index

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Foam / bubbles / effervescence

84
Q

Cloudy of milky synovial fluid

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Crystal-induced arthritis

85
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Buffer used in protein reagent pad

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Citrate buffer maintained at pH 3.0

86
Q

Abstinence period for seminalysis

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2-7 days

87
Q

% population in macrophages in BAL

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56-80%

88
Q

Normal synovial WBC count

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<200 uL

89
Q

Effect of radiographic dye in SSA

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False-positive

90
Q

Effect of highly alkaline urine in SSA

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False-negative

91
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Elevated in congenital erythrocytic porphyria

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Uroporphyrin and coproporphyrin

92
Q

Myoglobin concentration causing red urine

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25 mg/dL

93
Q

Reagent used in Ropes test

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2-5% acetic acid

94
Q

Gestation period for Down syndrome assessment

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15th to 18th week

95
Q

TAG level in pseudochylous effusion

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<50 mg/dL

96
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Function of histamine in gastric analysis

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Gastric stimulant

97
Q

Is empty urine container biohazard

A

No

98
Q

Red precipitate forms after adding ammonium sulfate [(NH4)2SO4)]

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Hemoglobin

99
Q

1+ protein strip is equivalent to

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30 mg/dL

100
Q

Benedict’s test: green or yellow precipitate

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1+

101
Q

4+ protein strip is equivalent to

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More than or equal to 2,000 mg/dL

102
Q

How to quantitate bacteria in UF-1000i

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Use of histogram and scattergram

103
Q

Performs secondary magnification

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Oculars or eyepiece

104
Q

Accepted biohazard label color

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Fluorescent orange

105
Q

Renal threshold for sodium

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120 mmol/L

106
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Renal threshold for ketones

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70 mg/dL

107
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Renal threshold for potassium

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None

108
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Definition of nocturia

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Excretion of >500 mL urine at night

109
Q

Urine volume needed by urinometer

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10 to 15 mL

110
Q

Highly refractile RTE cell

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Oval fat body

111
Q

2nd most prevalent CSF protein

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Prealbumin

112
Q

Urine SG in acute tubular necrosis

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1.010 (isosthenuric)

113
Q

How to differentiate hemothorax and hemorrhagic effusion

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Run hematocrit on the fluid

114
Q

Why is Guiaic preferred in FOBT

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To avoid false-positive reactions

115
Q

QC in UA laboratory must be done every

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Beginning of the shift, or every day