Quick Review Cards for Medical Laboratory Science

Diagnostic Value of a Test Laboratory Operations Review 58 CHARACTERISTIC EXPLANATION True positive (TP) Pos result in patient w ...

Other Components of a QA Program Laboratory Operations Review 59 ACTIVITY EXPLANATION Correlation study Preventive maintenance F ...

Other Components of a QA Programcontinued ACTIVITY EXPLANATION Personnel competency assessment Proficiency testing (PT) Standard ...

CLIA Requirements for Procedure Manuals Laboratory Operations Review 61 A written procedure manual must be available to testing ...

Ethical and Legal Issues Laboratory Operations Review 62 TERM EXPLANATION Confidentiality Protected health information (PHI) Inv ...

Ethical and Legal Issuescontinued TERM EXPLANATION Assault & battery Chain of custody Touching another person without his/he ...

Commonly Used Prefixes in the Metric System Laboratory Operations Review 64 PREFIX DEFINITION Deci- 10 −1 Centi- 10 −2 Milli- 10 ...

General Laboratory Calculations Laboratory Operations Review 65 CALCULATION EXAMPLE F = 1.8°C + 32 Mean = Sx / n Standard Deviat ...

General Laboratory Calculationscontinued CALCULATION EXAMPLE Dilution = Vol. of specimen Vol. of specimen + vol. of diluent Corr ...

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Comparison of Conventional and SI Units for Selected Reference Ranges Clinical Chemistry Review 68 ANALYTE CONVENTIONAL UNITS SI ...

Examples of Patient Variables That May Affect Chemistry Values Clinical Chemistry Review 69 VARIABLE ANALYTES AFFECTED Diurnal v ...

Examples of Preanalytical Factors That May Affect Chemistry Results Clinical Chemistry Review 70 FACTOR EFFECT Use of isopropyl ...

Examples of Preanalytical Factors That May Affect Chemistry Results continued Clinical Chemistry Review 71 Inadequate centrifuga ...

Differences in Analyte Concentrations Clinical Chemistry Review 72 DIFFERENCE ANALYTE(S) Higher in plasma than serum Total prote ...

Photometric Methods Clinical Chemistry Review 73 METHOD PRINCIPLE COMPONENT PARTS OTHER Spectrophotometry Atomic absorption spec ...

Photometric Methodscontinued Clinical Chemistry Review 74 METHOD PRINCIPLE COMPONENT PARTS OTHER Chemiluminescence Turbidimetry ...

Visible Light Clinical Chemistry Review 75 WAVELENGTH (nm) COLOR ABSORBED COLOR TRANSMITTED (COLOR SEEN) 350–430 Violet Yellow 4 ...

Wavelengths Used in Spectrophotometry Clinical Chemistry Review 76 WAVELENGTH (nm) RANGE COMMON LIGHT SOURCE CUVETTE 220–380 Nea ...

Chromatography* Clinical Chemistry Review 77 TYPE COMPONENTS USE OTHER Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) High-performance liquid c ...