Quick Review Cards for Medical Laboratory Science

Commonly Used Anticoagulants/Additives Laboratory Operations Review 18 ANTICOAGULANT/ ADDITIVE STOPPER COLOR MODE OF ACTION EXAM ...

Recommended Order for Drawing Evacuated Tubes & Filling Tubes From a Syringe Laboratory Operations Review 19 TUBE STOPPER OR ...

Recommended Order for Filling Microcollection Tubes From Capillary Punctures Laboratory Operations Review 20 TEST/TUBE RATIONALE ...

Special Situations in Phlebotomy Laboratory Operations Review 21 SITUATION APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION IV Fistula Indwelling li ...

Special Test Requirements Laboratory Operations Review 22 REQUIREMENT EXAMPLES* COMMENTS Fasting Chilling Warming Protection fro ...

Phlebotomy Sources of Error Laboratory Operations Review 23 ERROR POSSIBLE EFFECT Misidentification of patient Drawing at incorr ...

Phlebotomy Sources of Errorcontinued ERROR POSSIBLE EFFECT Short draws Inadequate mixing of anticoagulant tube Hemolysis from al ...

Guidelines for Specimen Handling & Processing* Laboratory Operations Review 25 Transport blood specimens carefully to avoid ...

Centrifuges Laboratory Operations Review 26 TERM EXPLANATION Relative centrifugal force (RCF) rpm Radius (r) Horizontal-head cen ...

Examples of Criteria for Specimen Rejection* Laboratory Operations Review 27 Missing or inadequate label Collected at wrong tim ...

Types of Glass Laboratory Operations Review 28 TYPE CHARACTERISTICS Borosilicate glass (Kimax, Pyrex) Aluminosilicate glass (Cor ...

Types of Plastic Laboratory Operations Review 29 TYPE CHARACTERISTICS Polypropylene Polyethylene Polycarbonate Polystyrene Polyv ...

Glassware Inscriptions Laboratory Operations Review 30 INSCRIPTION EXPLANATION A 20 °C TC TD Class A. Meets high standards for a ...

Volumetric Glassware Laboratory Operations Review 31 GLASSWARE DESCRIPTION/USE Beaker Erlenmeyer flask Florence flask Volumetric ...

Glass Pipets Laboratory Operations Review 32 PIPET DESCRIPTION/USE Volumetric Ostwald-Folin Serological Mohr Micropipet Transfer ...

Mechanical Micropipets Laboratory Operations Review 33 Types Air displacement Positive displacement Calibration Uses suction to ...

Grades of Chemicals Laboratory Operations Review 34 GRADE CHARACTERISTICS/USE Analytic reagent grade Ultra pure Chemically pure ...

Purified Water Laboratory Operations Review 35 CLSI C3-A4, 2006 TYPE USE Clinical laboratory reagent grade (CLRW) Special reagen ...

CAP Reagent Labeling Requirements Laboratory Operations Review 36 REQUIRED NOT REQUIRED Content Concentration Storage requiremen ...

Brightfield Microscopy Laboratory Operations Review 37 TERM EXPLANATION Achromatic objective Aperture diaphragm Binocular micros ...