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| The MOST Important procedure for prevention of transmission of disease in hospitals is: |
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Which of the following is NOT an accepted protocol after the exposure of blood or body fluids:
A. Report to employee health service or ER
B. Unless symptoms develop, do not worry about it
C. Flush mucous membranes with water
D. Flush wound with soap and water |
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| B. Unless symptoms develop, do not worry about it |
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Why is maintenance performed on all lab equipment?
A. Gvt agencies requirement
B. State regulatory agencies requirement
C. Ensure accurate and precise results
D. Keep up warranty
E. All of the above |
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Match the following situations with the best course of action to take:
A. Call result to nursing station or doctor
B. Report results routinely
C. Repeat/Further Testing
D. Get pathologist or Supervisor Review
New patient with 35 suspected blasts. Other counts normal |
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| D. Get Pathologist or Supervisor Review |
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Match the following situations with the best course of action to take:
A. Call result to nursing station or doctor
B. Report results routinely
C. Repeat/Further Testing
D. Get pathologist or Supervisor Review
Pancytopenia on a chemotherapy inpatient |
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| B. Report Results Normally |
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Match the following situations with the best course of action to take:
A. Call result to nursing station or doctor
B. Report results routinely
C. Repeat/Further Testing
D. Get pathologist or Supervisor Review
Marked Schistocytes on a patient in intensive care |
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| A. Call result to nursing station or doctor |
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Match the following situations with the best course of action to take:
A. Call result to nursing station or doctor
B. Report results routinely
C. Repeat/Further Testing
D. Get pathologist or Supervisor Review
MCH and MCHC of 41 pg and 44% respectively |
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| C. Repeat/Further Testing |
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Match the following situations with the best course of action to take:
A. Call result to nursing station or doctor
B. Report results routinely
C. Repeat/Further Testing
D. Get pathologist or Supervisor Review
Confirmed platelet of 2,000 / microliter on an ER patient |
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| A. Call result to nursing station or doctor |
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Match the following situations with the best course of action to take:
A. Call result to nursing station or doctor
B. Report results routinely
C. Repeat/Further Testing
D. Get pathologist or Supervisor Review
Hemoglobin of 6.1 g/dL on an obstetrical patient (indices okay) |
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| A. Call result to nursing station or doctor |
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Match the following situations with the best course of action to take:
A. Call result to nursing station or doctor
B. Report results routinely
C. Repeat/Further Testing
D. Get pathologist or Supervisor Review
Cells that look like Pelger-Huet cells on a new admission |
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| D. Get Pathologist or Supervisor Review |
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Match the following situations with the best course of action to take:
A. Call result to nursing station or doctor
B. Report results routinely
C. Repeat/Further Testing
D. Get pathologist or Supervisor Review
PTT of 90 seconds on an outpatient with lipemic plasma |
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| C. Repeat/Further Testing |
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Match the following situations with the best course of action to take:
A. Call result to nursing station or doctor
B. Report results routinely
C. Repeat/Further Testing
D. Get pathologist or Supervisor Review
PT of 19 seconds on a Coumadin patient |
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| B. Report Results Normally |
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Match the following situations with the best course of action to take:
A. Call result to nursing station or doctor
B. Report results routinely
C. Repeat/Further Testing
D. Get pathologist or Supervisor Review
PT of 50 seconds on a Coumadin patient |
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| A. Call result to nursing station or doctor |
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Match the following situations with the best course of action to take:
A. Call result to nursing station or doctor
B. Report results routinely
C. Repeat/Further Testing
D. Get pathologist or Supervisor Review
Confirmed malaria organisms on ER patient |
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| A. Call result to nursing station or doctor |
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Match the following situations with the best course of action to take:
A. Call result to nursing station or doctor
B. Report results routinely
C. Repeat/Further Testing
D. Get pathologist or Supervisor Review
Hematocrit of 31% on a post surgical patient |
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| B. Report Results Normally |
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The normal control is greater than +2SD from the mean for WBC and the abnormal control is acceptable.
Is this an example of random or systemic error? |
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The normal control is greater than +2SD from the mean for WBC and the abnormal control is acceptable.
What should be done to correct the problem? |
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Repeat control once;
If In, Continue with Run;
If Out, Dilute a new control |
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Both coagulation controls have shifted up 1.5 SD above the mean.
Is this an example of random or systemic error? |
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Both coagulation controls have shifted up 1.5 SD above the mean.
What should be done to correct the problem? |
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Check reagents for lot number, expiration date;
Check Instrument |
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The RBC count, Hct, and Plt counts are low on both controls.
White counts and Hgb are Okay.
What is the most likely explanation? |
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The WBC Count and Hgb are above the upper testing range for both controls.
Other values are Okay.
What is the most likely explanation? |
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What does the following DOT Hazard Classification signage/label stand for?
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What does the following DOT Hazard Classification signage/label stand for?
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What does the following DOT Hazard Classification signage/label stand for?
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When working with hazardous materials, the technologist should look in the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) to find all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Identification of substance
B. How to make the substance
C. Emergency Protocols
D. Physical Data |
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| B. How to make the substance |
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| What is the CORRECT procedure for handling sharps? |
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| Do NOT Recap Needles, place them immediately in the Sharps Container |
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Which of the following is NOT a part of quality control?
A. Making sure reagents are NOT outdated
B. Calibrating manual pipettes
C. Wearing proper protective wear
D. Running a high control and low control |
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| C. Wearing proper protective wear |
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| A technologist ran a total of 10 tests on the cell counter before noticing that the controls had not been run for the day. When controls were finally run, they were out of range. What should the technologist do? |
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| Take corrective action; rerun controls and all 10 patient's samples/results |
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All of the following are part of the pre-analytical QA testing EXCEPT:
A. Patient Idenification
B. Sample Handling
C. Sample transport and storage
D. Interpretation of results |
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| D. Interpretation of results |
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| With Whom should standard precautions be used with? |
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Four patients in a row had a PT of over 35 seconds.
What is likely the explanation for this occurrence? |
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These results are probably not correct.
Check the Instrument |
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Use the following charts to answer the following QC terms:
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B[image]
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Shift |
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Use the following charts to answer the following QC terms:
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B[image]
C[image]
Normal Distribution |
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Use the following charts to answer the following QC terms:
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B[image]
C[image]
Trend |
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Use the following charts to answer the following QC terms:
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B[image]
C[image]
Ideal QC Chart |
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Use the following charts to answer the following QC terms:
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B[image]
C[image]
Violates 10x Westgard Rule |
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Use the following charts to answer the following QC terms:
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Violates 2-2s Westgard Rule |
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Use the following charts to answer the following QC terms:
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Violates 1-3s Westgard Rule |
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| Which test parameter in hematology is actually the coefficient of variation? |
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| What is the calculation for CV? |
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| What are paired T test used for in the lab? |
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| Determines how great the difference between 2 means must be in order to be judge significant. |
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| What is an example for when a paired T test may be used in the lab? |
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| Comparing of a new method which gives the same mean as a reference method |
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Which of the following is considered an EARLY Step in QA:
A. Identify a problem prone high impact problem
B. Correcting a problem
C. Monitoring compliance with solution
D. Determine is solution was effective |
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| A. Identify a problem prone high impact problem |
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| Define the term specific as related to hematology testing. |
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| Results patients to specific condition |
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| Define the term sensitive as related to hematology testing. |
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| Detect all who have disorder |
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| Give an example of a test which is Specific, but NOT Sensitive |
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LE Prep
All people who have + LE Prep have SLE, but NOT all people with SLE have a + LE Prep |
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| Give an example of a test which is Sensitive, but NOT Specific |
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ANA
All people with SLE have + ANA, but NOT all people with + ANA have SLE |
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| What is a delta variance? |
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| Comparing a patient result with his/her previous results |
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| What is a good example of delta variance's use in the lab? |
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| If a patients Hct went from 20% to 26% in 1 day, you would want to make sure it was the same patient and find out if the patient had recently been transfused. |
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| The moving average QC method for hematology involves what parameters? |
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| One control value exceeding +/= 2 SD will on average occur how often even with a normal distribution? |
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