MTLE refresher notes Flashcards
Hand-held device that aids in visualization prior to phlebotomy
AccuVein
Blood to anticoagulant ratio in black-top tubes
4:1
Blood to anticoagulant ratio in light blue-top tubes
9:1
Anticoagulant used for trace elements and toxicology determination
Sodium heparin
Anticoagulant used for fragility testing and Blood Gas Analysis
Heparin
Disadvantage of using Serum Separator Tubes (SSTs)
It interferes with (TDM) Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Clotting time for:
Tubes with activator, with gel separators, and without anticoagulant
With gel: 30 mintues
With clot atvator: 5 mins
w/o anticoagulant: 60 mins
arterial puncture order of preference
- Radial artery 2. Brachial artery 3. Femoral artery
Test prior to radial artery puncture
Modified Allen Test
Amount of anticoagulant for arterial puncture
0.05 mL of liquid heparin or 1,000 u/mL
Blood Gas Collection for Newborns
Indwelling Umbilical Artery Catheter
Order of draw for catheter liines
- Discard 2-5 mL of blood and discard.
- Blood culture
- Anticoagulated tubes
- Serum tubes
Order of draw for capillary puncture
- Tubes for blood gas analysis
- Smear/Slide Preparation
- EDTA
- Other anticoagulated tubes
- Serum tubes
Order of Draw for Venipuncture
- Yellow top
- Light Blue top
- Red top (serum tubes)
- Green top
- Lavender top
- Gray top
Size of the drop of blood in wedge smears
2-3 mm
How to make a thin smear
Increased pressure
Decrease the (ASS) Angle, Speed, and Size of blood drop
How to make a thick smear
Derease the pressure
Increase the (ASS) Angle, Speed, and Size of blood drop
Physiological factors that may lead to pre-analytical variations
Position - increase values of large molecules
Diurnal variation- increase (WBCs) eosinophils in the afternoon
Stress - increase WBC count
Smoking - Increase WBC hematocrit, RBC count and hemoglobin
Exercise - increase WBC count
Diet- Affects hemoglobin and coagulation tests
Prolongged tourniquet application results to?
hemoconcentration
Light senstitive substances
Bilirubin, Vitamin A, Beta-carotene, porphyrins, Iron
Samples to be chilled
Ammonia, Gastrin, PTH, Lactic Acid
Blood films from EDTA should be made within how many hours
2-3 hours
EDTA-containg tubes
Lavender
Pink
Tan
White
Royal Blue
Automated smear-making and staining system (wedge type method)
Sysmex SP-10
Automated staining system (dip-batch staining)
MIDAS III
Automated staining (propelled towards two rotating plantars)
HemaTek
RBCs with blunt or pointed protrusions that are evenly spaced
Echinocytes
Macroscopic appearance of a well-stained smear
Purple/Pink-colored film
Macroscopic appearance of a stained film obtained from blood samples with INCREASED PROTEIN LEVELS
Blue color
Macroscopic appearance of stained film obtained from blood samples with INCREASED LIPIDS
Has holes
Macroscoopic appearance of a stained film obtained from blood samples with INCREASED WBC AND PLATELETS
Bluish lateral edges
Macroscopic appearance of a stained film obtained from blood samples with RBC aggregates
Grainy appearance
Objective used to estimate bone marrow cellularity
LPO
Objective used for WBC estimates
HPO
May be confused with plasma cells/plasmablast
Osteoblast
May be confused with megakaryocyte
Osteoclast
Objective used for WBC differential count, platelet estimates, and cell morphology
OIO
RBC per OIO field viewed in the correct are of the film
200-250 RBCs per OIO field
Number off WBCs to be differentiated when WBC count is >40 x 109/L
200-cell differential count
Number of WBCs to be differentiated when WBC count is >100 x 109/L
300 or 400-cell diifferenntial count
Number of WBCs to be differentiated when WBC count is <1 x 109/L
50-cell differential count
Increased number of bands or cells younger than bands in the PBS
Shift to the Left
Is the first immature neutrophil normally found in the peripheral blood
Band/Stab/Staff cell
SIte for bone marow syntesis in adults and children more than 2 yrs old
Posterior Superior Iliac Crest
Site for bone marrow aspirate collection for children less then 2 years old
Tibia
Alternative sites for bone marrow aspirate collection in adults
Sternum
spongy bone spicule of vertebrae
Other red marrow containing sites
Bone marrow sample management
- direct smears
- Anticoagulated smears
- Crush preparation
- Touch print technique
- Concentrated bone aspirate
Used for the evaluation of the morphology and distribution of hematopoietic cells (immature)
Bone marrow aspirate
Used when patients are suspected of focal lesions
Bone marrow core biopsy
Staining technique for bone marrow core biopsy
H & E staining
1 ml of bone marrow in heparin is used in
Cytology studies & Flow Cytometry Techniques
Most common erythrocytic stages found in the normal marrow
Polychromatophilic & Orthochromatophilic normoblasts or erythroblasts
What are the reagents used in Drabkin’s solution
- Potassium ferricyanide - converts hemoglobin to methemoglobin
- Potassium cyanide - converts methemoglobin to cyanmethemoglobin at 540 nm
- Sodium carbonate
- Surfactant
Used to assess the erythropoietic activity of the bone marrow
Reticulocyte count
What is the relationship of ESR to plasma viscosity?
Inversely proportional
What is the relationship of ESR to the RBC mass?
Directly Proportional
Passage of more than one cell a time through the aperture
Coincidence
Measures the pulse generated by the resistance of the cell as it passes through the current within the aperture
Electrical impedance
Measures the rate of conductivity
Radiofrequency
The principle in flow cytometers
Optical scatter & Immunofluorescence
Principle of Optical scatter
Uses laser beam to differentiate between different blood cell types
Principle of Immunofluorescence
Uses immunophenotyping
Uses fluorescent-labeled monoclonal antibodies
Combination of forward-low and forward-high scatter. A principle employed by Siemens system
Differential scatter
Represents excess signals at the lower threshold region of the WBC histogram
R1
Coulter’s technology of five-part WBC differential
VCS technology
MAPSS technology and three-color fluorescence
Abbott Celldyne Sapphire
Peroxidase-staining absorbance and light scatter
Siemens Advia
Detection of forward and side scattered light and fluorescence
Sysmex XN-1000
RBC in TAILS
(Thalassemia, Anemia of Chronic Disease, Iron deficiency anemia, Lead Poisoning, and Sicke Cell disease)
Microcytic
RBC in Vit. B12 deficiency, folate deficiency, and pernicious anemia, Steatorrhea, sprue, D. latum infection
Macrocytic
Test involving the formation of Holly Leaf appearance
Sodium Metabisulfate
Screening test for hemoglobin S solubility
Sodium dithionate
Forward light scatter measures
cell volume
Side-angle scatter measures
internal complexity
Falsely high ESR
Heat from the back of refrigerator
Vibrations from opening and closing the refrigerator
Falsely low ESR
Cool air from refrigerator
Decreased ESR is caused by the what
Poikilocytes
Thalassemia
Over-anticoagulation
Bubbles
Delayed reading
Increased ESR is caused by what
Multiple myeloma
Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia
Anemia
Bacterial infection
Carcinoma
Pregnancy
Menstruation
High room temperatures
Tilting
A fluid used for the determination of eosinophil count
Pilot’s fluid
Three components of the Pilot’s fluid
- Phloxine B - stains eosinophil bright red
- Propylene glycol - lyses RBCs
- Heparin - prevents leukocyte aggregation
Diluting fluids for WBC count
Turk’s and HCl
The most commonly used RBC count diluting fluid
Formol citrate
Color of Wright-stained red cells may be adjusted by?
Adjusting the buffer
Causes of excessively pink smears
Thin smears
Acidic buffer
Prolonged washing
Insufficient staining time
Old fixative
Causes of excessively blue smears
Think smears
prolonged staining
Insufficient washing
Alkaline buffer
Heparinized sample
Characterized by increased Osmotic Fragility Testing
Shperocytes