rodaks

Question 1

often preferred to the powdered form because it mixes more easily with blood.

Answer 1

Liquid tripotassium EDTA

Question 2

echinocytic red blood cells [RBCs], spherocytes, necrobiotic leukocytes, and vacuolated neutrophils. room temp at 5hours unacceptable

Answer 2

blood cell artifacts

Question 3

Some patients’ blood under- goes an in vitro phenomenon called _______ when anticoagulated with EDTA

Answer 3

platelet satellitosis

Question 4

occurs when platelet agglutinates are similar in size to WBCs and automated analyzers cannot distinguish the two.

Answer 4

Pseudoleukocytosis

Question 5

counted as WBCs instead of platelets.

Answer 5

platelet clumps

Question 6

probably the easiest to master. It is the most convenient and most commonly used method for making peripheral blood films.

Answer 6

Manual wedge technique

Question 7

used for staining peripheral blood films and bone marrow smears. These are considered polychrome stains be- cause they contain both eosin and methylene blue

Answer 7

Pure Wright stain or a Wright-Giemsa stain (Romanowsky stain)8

Question 8

also contain methylene blue azure

Answer 8

Giemsa stain

Question 9

staining has been performed over a sink or pan with a staining rack. Slides are placed on the rack, film side facing upward

Answer 9

Manual technique.

Question 10

common when a leukemia slide is placed on an automated slide stainer.

Answer 10

Understaining

Question 11

are fast and easy. The whole process takes about 1 minute.

Answer 11

Quick stains

Question 12

convenient and cost effective for low-volume laboratories, such as clinics and physi- cian office laboratories, or whenever rapid turnaround time is essential.

Answer 12

Quick stains

Question 13

if they are present, the specimen should be rejected and another one should be collected.

Answer 13

presence of fibrin strands

Question 14

popular digital cell morphology system.11 It automatically identifies optimal examination areas on a slide, then locates and captures focused images of the cells.

Answer 14

CellaVision

Question 15

assessment of cell size

Answer 15

Redbloodcellmorphology.

Question 16

variability in size

Answer 16

anisocytosis

Question 17

cell color

Answer 17

hypochromia

Question 18

cell shape

Answer 18

poikilocytosis

Question 19

average number of RBCs per oil immersion field in the optimal assessment area.

Answer 19

200

Question 20

provides information about the hematopoietic system,

Answer 20

cbc

Question 21

process of interpreting the CBC test results has two phases.

Answer 21

phase 1 the numbers and descriptions generated by the testing are summarized using appropriate terminology

Phase 2 of interpretation is to recognize a pattern of results consistent with various diseases and to be able to narrow the diagnosis for the given patient or perhaps even to pinpoint it so that appropri- ate follow-up testing or treatment can be recommended.