Clinical Lab Assistant Study Set
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A unit of blood is only good at room temperature for? ½ of an hour. After that is needs to be thrown away.
An average "unit" of a blood product costs? $350
1. Monitoring the temperature of the refrigerator that
stores the blood product.
A CLA will have the responsibility of?
2. do inventory after each shift (depending on the size of
the facility) to determine how many units of O- and O+ are
available for distribution in case of a major disaster.
O- can be given to? any patient; male or female universal donor
male patients or female patients that are outside of child
bearing age. The O+ blood products may interfere with
O+ are only given to?
reproduction and can cause the fetus to have birth defects
and build up antibodies to the mother's blood type.
and will need to be thawed in a warm water bath before
Some blood products may come to this department frozen
being distributed.
Blood typing- for pregnant women and babies. Rh incom-
Blood Banks often perform
patibility cause baby red blood cells to clump together
Were the majority of the tests on a order form are tested? The chemistry department
Inpatient specimens are given a higher priority then out-
Who is given priority when testing specimens? patients. Typically if a person is admitted into a hospital
they are determined to be quite ill.
Once a specimen is processed and distributed to the The MLT or MT will batch their specimens by their priority:
chemistry department. STAT, ASAP, ROUTINE, OUTPATIENT, and INPATIENT.
STAT NOW
ASAP Within 4 Hours
ROUTINE Within 6 Hours
Chemistry Analyzer
, Clinical Lab Assistant Study Set
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Machines mix a reagent with a specimen to produce test
results. Once a specimen has been tested the results are
uploaded from this machine to MLT's or MT's computer. If
the result fits into a specified normal range it is released.
If the result is outside of the normal range it will need to
be tested again and verified by the MLT or MT before it is
released and viewed by the doctor.
This machine runs a specific test that is called "Ionized Cal-
cium". This test requires special handling. If the specimen
What is special about handling the test on an Ionized
comes into contact with air it is rejected. The specimen has
Calcium?
to be collected and processed in an un-opened clot tube
or transferred into a small air-tight, sealed syringe.
Measures Oxygen Carbon dioxide Arterial Stick is neces-
Blood Gas Bench
sary
It measures an average blood sugar over 3 months. This
test is one of the few chemistry tests that is run on a
lavender top tube and on whole blood. This test is usually
What does a Hemoglobin A1C measure
ordered on diabetic patients to measure their blood sug-
ar over a period of time, rather than glucometer testing
which tests the blood sugar for its immediate level.
Print label from lab
Introductions
Check identification of the patient
What are the Phlebotomist steps
Collect specimen
Label Specimen with a computer generated label.
Bring to clinical laboratory and give to a CLA for processing
Information on a specimen label?
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_khx4z
A unit of blood is only good at room temperature for? ½ of an hour. After that is needs to be thrown away.
An average "unit" of a blood product costs? $350
1. Monitoring the temperature of the refrigerator that
stores the blood product.
A CLA will have the responsibility of?
2. do inventory after each shift (depending on the size of
the facility) to determine how many units of O- and O+ are
available for distribution in case of a major disaster.
O- can be given to? any patient; male or female universal donor
male patients or female patients that are outside of child
bearing age. The O+ blood products may interfere with
O+ are only given to?
reproduction and can cause the fetus to have birth defects
and build up antibodies to the mother's blood type.
and will need to be thawed in a warm water bath before
Some blood products may come to this department frozen
being distributed.
Blood typing- for pregnant women and babies. Rh incom-
Blood Banks often perform
patibility cause baby red blood cells to clump together
Were the majority of the tests on a order form are tested? The chemistry department
Inpatient specimens are given a higher priority then out-
Who is given priority when testing specimens? patients. Typically if a person is admitted into a hospital
they are determined to be quite ill.
Once a specimen is processed and distributed to the The MLT or MT will batch their specimens by their priority:
chemistry department. STAT, ASAP, ROUTINE, OUTPATIENT, and INPATIENT.
STAT NOW
ASAP Within 4 Hours
ROUTINE Within 6 Hours
Chemistry Analyzer
, Clinical Lab Assistant Study Set
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_khx4z
Machines mix a reagent with a specimen to produce test
results. Once a specimen has been tested the results are
uploaded from this machine to MLT's or MT's computer. If
the result fits into a specified normal range it is released.
If the result is outside of the normal range it will need to
be tested again and verified by the MLT or MT before it is
released and viewed by the doctor.
This machine runs a specific test that is called "Ionized Cal-
cium". This test requires special handling. If the specimen
What is special about handling the test on an Ionized
comes into contact with air it is rejected. The specimen has
Calcium?
to be collected and processed in an un-opened clot tube
or transferred into a small air-tight, sealed syringe.
Measures Oxygen Carbon dioxide Arterial Stick is neces-
Blood Gas Bench
sary
It measures an average blood sugar over 3 months. This
test is one of the few chemistry tests that is run on a
lavender top tube and on whole blood. This test is usually
What does a Hemoglobin A1C measure
ordered on diabetic patients to measure their blood sug-
ar over a period of time, rather than glucometer testing
which tests the blood sugar for its immediate level.
Print label from lab
Introductions
Check identification of the patient
What are the Phlebotomist steps
Collect specimen
Label Specimen with a computer generated label.
Bring to clinical laboratory and give to a CLA for processing
Information on a specimen label?
