introduction to vet leb

Question 1

what are the different types of labs

Answer 1

in house, referral

Question 2

what are the advantages and diadvantages of referral labs

Answer 2

adv:high quality equiptment and specially trained staff- better validity of results
-can perform difficult/ unusual teste
-lab often employ veterinary pathologies who can give more medical information from test results
disadvantage:
-takes longer time to get results, delays diagnosis
-storage and transportation measures needs to be considered
-may not be readily available
-often more expensive for client

Question 3

advantages and disadvantages of in house testing

Answer 3

adv:
-get results fast, reach diagnosis fast
-samples fresh when examined so less artidacts or unusable material
-good revenue for clinic
-often cheaper for clinics
disadv:
-equiptment expensive to purchase
-requires staff to be trained to run and maintain equiptment
-need dedicated space to be allocated for machines

Question 4

what affects quality of results

Answer 4

Quality of sample (Pre-analytical)
-Sample collection, handling, storage, dispatching

2. Quality of analysis (Analytical)
   -Instruments/Equipments –maintained, calibrated?
   -Reagents
   -Lab technique- protocol, operator skill
   Suitability for species
3. Quality of patient’s lab records (Post-analytical)
   -Transcription errors when reporting

Question 4

equiptment for running heamatology tests

Answer 4

-blood tubes
-centrifuge machine (spin down blood to seperate blood into its compoents)
-haematology machine (to run CBC)
-microhamatocrit tubes (calculate packed cell volume and total protein)
-SNAP test (to test for various diseases)

Question 5

equiptment for running blood biochemistry test

Answer 5

-blood tubes
-centrifuge machine
-automated biochemsitry machine (test for organ funtion)
- glucometer

Question 6

red collection tube function (no additive)

Answer 6

biochemsitry

Question 7

lilac blood collection tube function (edta)

Answer 7

haematology

Question 8

green blood collection tube (lithium heparin) function

Answer 8

biochemistry

Question 9

gold blood collection tube (gel) funtion

Answer 9

serum seperation, biochemistry

Question 10

blue blood collection tube (sodium citrate) function

Answer 10

coagalation testing

Question 11

grey blood collection tube function )sodium fluoride and potassium oxalate)

Answer 11

glucose testing

Question 12

equiptment for faecal analysis

Answer 12

-faecal loop
-fealcal flotation solution (sodium nitrate)
-glass slide
-cover slip

Question 13

what are the three dofferent methods for skin testing

Answer 13

skin scraping,skin impression smear,fungal cuture

Question 14

material needed for skin scraping

Answer 14

Scalpel blade
Gauze
Glass slides
Cover slip
Paraffin oil

Question 15

material needed for skin impression smear

Answer 15

-sticky tape
-glass slide
-diff quick stain

Question 16

material needed for fungal culture

Answer 16

-fungal culture plate
-haemostats