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MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, MLT (ASCP)
EXAMS (LATEST UPDATES STUDY BUNDLE
PACKAGE WITH SOLUTIONS) QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
| GRADE A | 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Thermolabile .....ANSWER.....affected or changed by heat
Basophils .....ANSWER.....WBC with dark purple staining granules
Biological hazards .....ANSWER.....Hazards capable of causing
illness in humans
10% bleach (hypochlorite) .....ANSWER.....Used to clean up
biological spills
Mutagen .....ANSWER.....Substance or physical agent capable of
causing sudden or lasting changes in hereditary features
Dehydration .....ANSWER.....Controlled removal of free water
twenty-five .....ANSWER.....Volume of wax should be at least
_____times the volume of the tissue
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50-60% .....ANSWER.....Raising the fixative temperature to 45*c
may shorten fixation time by?
10-20 times volume of specimen .....ANSWER.....Volume of
formalin for tissue processing should be?
Gooding and Stewart .....ANSWER.....5-25% formic acid in water
with 5% formalin decalcifying acid
clearing .....ANSWER.....Removing alcohol
Helps with tissue transparency
Wax infiltration .....ANSWER.....Holds cells, intercellular matrix,
and cellular structures together while sectioning
Embedding .....ANSWER.....Enclosing the tissue in the infiltration
medium used for processing then allowing to solidify
Microtomy .....ANSWER.....The cutting of thin sections of tissue for
microscopic examination.
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Open tissue processor .....ANSWER.....Mechanically transfers
baskets containing tissue cassettes from one "station" (chemical
bath) to another
Moves the specimen
Closed tissue processor .....ANSWER.....Carry the solutions to
which each specimen basket is exposed by pumping chemicals in
and out of fixed chambers
Microwave processor .....ANSWER.....Microwave tissue/reagents
for faster processing
15* .....ANSWER.....What is the angle to hold/insert the needle
when performing venipuncture?
Hematoma .....ANSWER.....Most common complication of
phlebotomy
21 guage .....ANSWER.....Most common gauge used in
phlebotomy
MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, MLT (ASCP)
EXAMS (LATEST UPDATES STUDY BUNDLE
PACKAGE WITH SOLUTIONS) QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
| GRADE A | 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Thermolabile .....ANSWER.....affected or changed by heat
Basophils .....ANSWER.....WBC with dark purple staining granules
Biological hazards .....ANSWER.....Hazards capable of causing
illness in humans
10% bleach (hypochlorite) .....ANSWER.....Used to clean up
biological spills
Mutagen .....ANSWER.....Substance or physical agent capable of
causing sudden or lasting changes in hereditary features
Dehydration .....ANSWER.....Controlled removal of free water
twenty-five .....ANSWER.....Volume of wax should be at least
_____times the volume of the tissue
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50-60% .....ANSWER.....Raising the fixative temperature to 45*c
may shorten fixation time by?
10-20 times volume of specimen .....ANSWER.....Volume of
formalin for tissue processing should be?
Gooding and Stewart .....ANSWER.....5-25% formic acid in water
with 5% formalin decalcifying acid
clearing .....ANSWER.....Removing alcohol
Helps with tissue transparency
Wax infiltration .....ANSWER.....Holds cells, intercellular matrix,
and cellular structures together while sectioning
Embedding .....ANSWER.....Enclosing the tissue in the infiltration
medium used for processing then allowing to solidify
Microtomy .....ANSWER.....The cutting of thin sections of tissue for
microscopic examination.
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Open tissue processor .....ANSWER.....Mechanically transfers
baskets containing tissue cassettes from one "station" (chemical
bath) to another
Moves the specimen
Closed tissue processor .....ANSWER.....Carry the solutions to
which each specimen basket is exposed by pumping chemicals in
and out of fixed chambers
Microwave processor .....ANSWER.....Microwave tissue/reagents
for faster processing
15* .....ANSWER.....What is the angle to hold/insert the needle
when performing venipuncture?
Hematoma .....ANSWER.....Most common complication of
phlebotomy
21 guage .....ANSWER.....Most common gauge used in
phlebotomy
