What is the average blood in human?

Composition of blood

Treat all specimens such as blood, body fluids, and unfixed tissue to be ______

Most effective way of breaking the chain of infection?

Handwash at least _____

The process of destroying pathogenic microorganisms in inanimate object is?

Bleach (sodium hypochlorite) dilution is?

all are correct order of draw except:

I. yellow II. orange III. green IV. lavender and pink V. gray which of the ff. needs 8 inversions

What is the preferred concentration of anticoagulant in oxalate?

What is the preferred concentration of anticoagulant in citrate?

What is the preferred concentration of anticoagulant in fluoride?

What is the preferred concentration of anticoagulant in heparin?

Tourniquet should be applied _____ above the venipuncture site.

_____ is used for sample collection for blood alcohol measurement

What should be done if the patient refuses the venipuncture procedure?

Skin is performed in: I. pediatric patients II. adults who are severely burned III. pregnant woman IV. elderly patients

Capillary puncture should not be more than _____ deep

Hemoglobin is composed of _____ heme and _____ globin chains

what is the hemoglobin count at birth?

what is the hemoglobin count of adult women?

what is the hemoglobin count of men?

It is also known as modified drabkin's reagent

to shorten the reaction time in cyanmethemoglobin method, sodium bicarbonate is replaced by

_____ donates cyanide to hemoglobin

sodium bicarbonate is replaced by KH2PO4 and shortens the reaction time from 15 minutes to _____

What wavelength does cyanmethemoglobin method is using?

All are measured in modified drabkins reagent except:

It only measures the functional hemoglobin

Also know as Van Slyke Method

In Blood Oxygen Capacity (Van Slyke Method) 1g of Hb carries _____ of oxygen

Hemoglobin iron content = 100g of Hb = _____ of Fe++

It is a method used for blood donor screening

also known as copper sulfate method

If the hemoglobin is equal to or more than _____, the blood will sink in within _____ and the donor is accepted

the specific gravity of the copper sulfate solution is _____

In the copper sulfate method (gravimetric method), the drop of blood should be added from a height of _____

acid hematin is also known as

reagent for acid hematin

HbF is alkali _____

Destruction of all forms of microbial life including spores

It is a combination of hemoglobin with carbon monoxide and unable to transport oxygen

In carboxyhemoglobin the affinity for carbon monoxide is _____ greater than for oxygen

carboxyhemoglobin color and peak absorbance

methemoglobin can cause _____ discoloration of the blood

peak absorbance in methemoglobin

when ferrous ion has been oxidized to ferric state it is called

sulfhemoglobin causes a _____ discoloration of the blood and has a peak absorbance at _____

It is the volume of packed RBCs that occupies a given volume of whole blood

hematocrit at birth

hematocrit in females

hematocrit in males

microhematocrit tube is _____ long with an internal bore of _____ and can hold _____ of blood

microhematocrit centrifuge is capable of _____ RCF _____ minutes

K2-EDTA whole blood is more preferred than K3-EDTA whole blood

In microhematocrit method incomplete sealing will lead to falsely increase results

In microhematocrit method, inadequate centrifugation will lead to falsely increased result

In microhematocrit method, allowing the tube to stand longer than several minutes leads to falsely increased result

overanticoagulation in microhematocrit method will lead to LOW hct and HIGH esr

Increased amount of trapped plasma is found in: I. macrocytic II. microcytic III. spherocytosis IV. thalassemia V. dacrocytosis VI. hypochromic VII. sickle cell

equipment used in the macrohematocrit method

length and size of internal bore in wintrobe tube

rule of three is only applies in _____

normal rbc count for newborns

normal rbc count for females

normal rbc count for males

whole blood is diluted with isotonic diluting fluid to facilitate counting and prevent the lysis of RBCs

wbc count for adults

wbc count for newborns

wbc count for 1 year of age

wbc count procedure: statement 1: allow the dilution to sit for 10 minutes to ensure that the red blood cells (RBCs) have lysed statement 2: leukocytes counts should be performed within 2 hours of dilution

diluent for wbc counting 1% ammonium oxalate 3% acetic acid 1% HCl

diluent for rbc counting isotonic saline

diluent for platelet count 1% ammonium oxalate

size: 10-15 um nucleus: segmented in 2-5 lobes (2-4 lobes) cytoplasm: stains light pink due to the presence of secondary granules, and purple because of a few primary granules

size: 10-15 nucleus: sausaged shape, elongated curve cytoplasma: identical to segmented neutrophil

size: 12-17 um nucleus: dark purple, band shaped or segmented with only two lobes cytoplasm: contains large, spherical granules that stain orange-pink

size: 10-14 um nucleus: light to purple staining, usually difficult to see due to overlying granules, bilobed cytoplasm: densely stained, dark violet granules

size: 12-20 um nucleus: round, horseshoe-shaped or lobulated, usually folded or with convolutions cytoplasm: abundant cytoplasm with gray-blue containing indistinct granules giving it a ground glass apppearance

size: small (6-8 um), medium to large (8-12 um) nucleus: deep purple, compact, densely packed clumps, may be round or oval, or indented cytoplasm: stains pale to bright sky blue, may contain a few prominent reddish (azurophilic) granules (a.k.a robin's egg blue cytoplasm)

if the differential count shows the presence of immature granulocyte, it is termed _____ and may be found in disorders like leukemia and bacterial infections

It refers to an increased number of hypersegmented neutrophils (megaloblastic anemia)

It indicates the average volume of RBCs in femtoliters (fL)

An expression of the average concentration of hemoglobin in red blood cells

It indicates the average weight of hemoglobin in the red blood cells

RDW is

_____ is the true increase of MCHC

reference range of MCHC

reference range of MCH

reference range of RDW

what is the MCV, MCHC and RBC morphology of the following diseases/conditions IDA, thalassemia, sideroblastic anemia, defective iron use, chronic infection/inflammation

what is the MCV, MCHC and RBC morphology of the following diseases/conditions hemolytic anemia, aplastic anemia, acute blooad loss anemia

what is the MCV, MCHC and RBC morphology of the following diseases/conditions liver disease, myelodysplasias, megaloblastic anemia

coverslip technique is the most common and most convenient technique for blood smear

the size of the blood drop in blood smear must be _____

statement 1: a drop of blood that is too large can cause a short and thin smear statement 2: a drop of blood that is too small can cause a short and thick smear

In manual wedge technique the angle must be _____

All factors can affect the thickness of a wedge smear except: I. pressure II. viscosity of blood III. angle IV. size of blood V. glass slide VI. speed