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CCMCC Phlebotomy
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Term | Definition |
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Occult Blood | Hidden Blood |
Case Law | Determined by court decisions when interrupting existing statutory law |
Plaintiff | Complainer; the burden of proof is on the plaintiff to show the 4 elements of negligence |
Administrative Law | Created by administrative agencies |
Tort | Injury to one person which another person is held legally responsible |
Statutory Law | Created by a legislative branch |
Unintentional Tort | Basis for most medical malpractice suits |
Urine | Most analyzed non-blood specimen |
Malpractice | The delivery of substandard care the results in harm to a patient |
Quality Assurance | Behaviors; part of TQM |
Preanalytic Variables | Phlebotomist have most responsibility for controlling |
Quality Phlebotomy | A set of policies |
Aliquot | Pipetting |
TQM (Total Quality Management) | Set of approaches |
Delta Check | A quality assurance procedure that helps spot ID errors |
Glycolysis | Breaking open of sugar molecules |
Centrifuging | Spins the same at very high speed separating components based on density |
Quality Control | Equipment; part of TQM |
VAD | Vascular Access Device |
Basal State | Bodies state after fasting for 8-12hrs & absence of relaxation/exercise |
Postprandial | "After a meal"; fasting glucose level test |
EPI Tolerance Test | Determines the patients ability to mobilize glycogen from the liver |
TDM (Therapeutic Drug Monitoring) | Used to adjust drug monitoring; FDA monitors this |
Occluded | Blocked |
Sclerosed | Hardened; Scarred |
Lymphostasis | Staying of lymph fluid in one area |
Cold Agglutinins | Antibodies formed in response to infection with mycoplasma pneumonia; a cause of atypical pneumonia 37C for 30 min |
Chain of Custody | Protocol that ensures that the sample is always in the custody of a person legally entrusted to be in control of it |
Blood Smears | Prepared following dermal puncture |