HM Manual CH. 18 Laboratory

Question 0

What are the two principal methods of obtaining blood specimens?

Answer 0

Capillary and Venipuncture

Question 1

What is the Laboratory Report Display form?

Answer 1

SF-545

Question 2

Do not leave a tourniquet on for no longer than?

Answer 2

one minute

Question 3

What color top is often used for CBC’s?

Answer 3

Lavender

Question 4

What are the four parts of the microscope?

Answer 4

Arm, Stage, Mechanical, Base

Question 5

What are the three different powers of a microscope?

Answer 5

10x low, 40x high, 100x oil immersion

Question 6

What does a CBC consist of?

Answer 6

WBC, WBC diff, RBC, Hematocrit, Hemogloblin

Question 7

What are the normal values for hemoglobin?

Answer 7

Woman 12-16

Men 14-18

Question 8

What are the normal values for hematocrit?

Answer 8

Women 37-47%

Men 42-52%

Question 9

What are the normal values for WBC’s in adults?

Answer 9

4,800 - 10,800

Question 10

What are five types of WBC’s?

Answer 10

Neutrophil
Basophil
Lymphocyte
Eosinophils
Monocytes

Question 11

What are four growth requirements for bacteria?

Answer 11

Moisture
Oxygen
Nutrition
Temperature

Question 12

What destroys parasites?

Answer 12

Eosinophils

Question 13

A rise in basophils is associated with what?

Answer 13

Inflammation

Question 14

Lymphocytes are produced when?

Answer 14

Viral infection is present.

Question 15

What do monocytes do?

Answer 15

controls microbial and fungal infection and removes damaged cells.

Question 16

Name some common gram positive cocci:

Answer 16

Streptococcus pneumoniae - pneumonia
Streptococcus pyogenes - strep throat
Staphylococcus aureus - boils, furnicles, oseomyeltis, endocarditis, impetigo

Question 17

Name some gram-negative cocci:

Answer 17

Neisseria gonorrhoeae - gonorrhea

Neisseria meningitis - meningitis

Question 18

List some common gram-positive bacilli:

Answer 18

Diphtheria
Clostridium - gas gangrene
Tetanus
Botulism

Question 19

Name some gram-negative bacilli:

Answer 19

yersinia pestis -bubonic plague
brucella abortus - brucellosis
bordetella pertussis - whooping cough

Question 20

What test is used to detect syphlis?

Answer 20

RPR test (usually takes 1-4 weeks)

Question 21

RPR test is reported as?

Answer 21

Reactive or non-reactive

Question 22

What test is designed to detect mononucleosis?

Answer 22

monospot test

Question 23

How is mononucleosis reported?

Answer 23

Positive or Negative

Question 24

What is the frequently used method in detecting fungi?

Answer 24

KOH prep - potassium hydroxide

Question 25

Urine specimens from females are usually contaminated with?

Answer 25

Albumin(protein) | Blood(menstrual discharge)

Question 26

What is the normal daily urine volume for adults?

Answer 26

600-2000ml | avg about 1500ml

Question 27

What color does gram-positive cells turn?

Answer 27

violet(purple)

Question 28

What color does gram-negative cells turn?

Answer 28

pink

Question 29

What shape are coccus?

Answer 29

Spherical | -appears singly, pairs, chains, clusters or packets

Question 30

What shape are bacillus?

Answer 30

Rods | -appear singly, chains, railroad tracks, school fish

Question 31

What are spirochetes shaped like?

Answer 31

Helical, spiral corkscrew | -appears singly

Question 32

What color is urine with the presence of blood?

Answer 32

red or red brown

Question 33

Yellow or brown colored urine usually indicates what?

Answer 33

presence of bile

Question 34

Olive green to brown-black urine indicates what?

Answer 34

phenols

Question 35

Dark orange urine is caused by what?

Answer 35

pyridium

Question 36

What is the specific gravity of urine?

Answer 36

1.015 - 1.030

Question 37

High fluid intake reduces specific gravity to what?

Answer 37

1.010

Question 38

The presence of disease may cause specific gravity to be in what ranges?

Answer 38

1.001 - 1.060

Question 39

What shape are casts and how are they formed?

Answer 39

Cylindrical | formed by coagulation of albuminous material

Question 40

``` What does each WBC present indicates? Neutrophils Basophils Lymphocytes Eosinophils Monocytes ```

Answer 40

``` Bacterial Inflammatory Viral Parasite Microbial and Fungal ```