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Final Exam Review
Ch 51/52/54/55
Question | Answer |
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The most effective means of preventing infection is the use of latex gloves. | False |
Urine is the most commonly analyzed body fluid in the clinical laboratory. | True |
The Clinitest is performed as a screening for glycosuria. | True |
Normally the medical assistant will document the presence of foam on a urine specimen. | False |
Ovulation testing measures the level of HCG in the blood stream. | False |
A portion of a well-mixed sample removed for testing is a (n):? | Aliqout |
Involves the study of bacteria,fungi,yeasts,parasites,and viruses. | Microbiology |
Laboratory tests performed in a physician's office are most likely to be categorized as: | Waivedand moderate-complexity |
Which of the following is not a waived test? | Gram staining |
A blood Culture and sensitivity (C&S) test is most likely performed in which division of the clinical laboratory? | Microbiology |
Which of the following is least likely to prevent the spread of infection in a laboratory? | Using sterile cups in urine collection |
A medical assistant instructs a patient to collect a first morning specimen for which of the following tests? | Pregnancy testing , Culturefor bacteriuria Quantitative protein determination |
If a urine specimen cannot be analyzed within 30 minutes, the best course of action is to: | Refrigerate the specimen |
When instructing a female patient for a clean-catch midstream urine specimen, how Many antiseptic towelettes should you instruct her to use? | Three |
One of the first detectable signs of liver disease is? | Bilirubinuria |
Which of the following is always present in a small quantity in normal urine? | Urobilinogen |
In the microscopic observation of urine sediment, years most resemble: | Red blood cells |
A urine pregnancy test result in positive: | From implantation of fertilized egg through delivery. |
Platelets: | None of the above |
The ESR test results | Vary greatly between genders and as people age |
A person with type O blood has: | Anti-A and anti-B antibodies in circulation |
Hormones detected in a thyroid panel include: | All of the above |
Both bacteria and fungi can be: | Unicellular |
An infection acquired in the hospital is called | nosocomial |
Collection of a throat culture requires a: | Culturette transport system |
Colletion of a urine culture requires a: | sterile CCMS container |
Collection of a blood culture requires a: | Yellow-topped Vacutainer tube |
Diagnosis of a helminth infection requires a: | stool sample for O&P examinaton |
An anaerobic organism is most likely isolated from a(n): | abscess |
An organism that is unlikely to be transmitted by sexual contactis: | Clostridium botulinum |
A urinary tract infection can be diagnosed if an organism isolated from a CCMS specimen in found in pure culture and is present in a quanitity greater than____per milliliter of urine. | 100,000 |
The sugar most commonly found in urine is | Glucose |
The pigment_________is the responsible for the color of urine | urochrome |
_____________is the study of poisonous substances and their effects on the body | Toxicology |
_____________cells are the most numerous type of agranular leukocytes and function to stimulate the activity of other T Lymphocytes | helper T |
The amount or strenght of anitbod present at a given time in a person's serum is called the? | Titer |
_________cholesterol is Known as "good" cholestrol because a high level of it seems to protect the body against heart attack | HDL |
Organisms that require special growth factores to reproduce on artifcial media aresaid to | Fastidious |
a blood-sucking insect such as a mosquito is known as a(n) | Arthropod |
The metric unit of measurement used to report the size of bacteria and viruses is the | Nanometer |