Clinical Pathology 3

Question 1

What does POC stand for and what does it mean?

Answer 1

Point of care
-In house blood work

Question 2

What is a reference lab?

Answer 2

Lab that monitors and runs checks on machines daily

Question 3

Do you need ink in your printer?

Answer 3

Yes so you can see advia scatter plots

Question 4

What method do most ProCyte use to quantify cells?

Answer 4

Flow Cytometer

Question 5

If your scatter plot has weird straight lines what does that mean?

Answer 5

Need to be careful

Question 6

What are some benefits of point of care equipment?

Answer 6

-Quicker turn around time
-Technology to ensure maintenance
-Cost-efficent

Question 7

What are benefits to sending off to a reference lab?

Answer 7

-Slower turn around time
-Cost of shipping, case load, teaching setting
-more quality control
-Specialists

Question 8

What are some limitations to labs?

Answer 8

-Electronic controls
-All assays have degree of error
-Understand capabilities and limitation of data
-All instruments are different, values cant be compared directly to other lab

Question 9

If the lab dad doesn’t make sense…

Answer 9

Question it