CLG Exam 1 Review questions and answers
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Light Blue Cap Tube
ANSWER - citrate anticoag --> plasma
Red w/gel (SST/Gold/Tiger) Cap Tube
ANSWER - no anticoag --> separated serum & cells
Red Cap Tube
ANSWER - no anticoag, no gel --> serum & cells separated but can be mixed if
tube shaken or left too long
Green Cap Tube
ANSWER - heparin anticoag --> plasma
Lavendar/pink Cap Tube
ANSWER - EDTA anticoag --> plasma
Gray Cap Tube
ANSWER - fluoride w/oxalate anticoag
(fluoride = glycolysis inhibitor)
Yellow Cap Tube
ANSWER - ACD (anticoag) solution (for blood typing) --> plasma
Dark Blue Cap Tube
ANSWER - no anticoag --> serum
specially treated to permit accurate measurement of trace heavy metals
Order of collection (tubes)
ANSWER - Blood cultures
Light blue (coagulation testing)
, ESTUDY
SST/Gold/Tiger (serum separating)
Red (chemistry testing)
Green (chemistry testing)
Lavendar/Pink (hematology testing)
PPV (precision)
ANSWER - TP/(TP+FP)
NPV
ANSWER - TN/(TN+FN)
Sensitivity
ANSWER - Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN)
Specificity
ANSWER - Specificity = TN / (TN + FP)
Accuracy
ANSWER - (TN + TP)/Total
Thrombocytopenia
ANSWER - <150,000 /µL
Mild thrombocytopenia
ANSWER - 50,000-100,000 /µL
severe thrombocytopenia
ANSWER - <50,000 /µL
CBC fishbone
ANSWER -
MCV normal range (normocytosis)