DAT - Answers What antiglobulin test is a one step test to detect red cells sensitized with antibody or
complement in vivo (in the body)?
Indirect (test manipulated environment) - Answers What antiglobulin test is a two step method to
determine antibody reacts with antigen in vitro?
EDTA - Answers What specimen tube would you use to perform an antiglobulin test?
chelates calcium and stops complement - Answers Why would you use an EDTA tube to perform an
antiglobulin test?
Coombs Control check cells - Answers What reagent helps tell you that AHG was added and it was active
and the washing was adequate in the antiglobulin test?
LISS - Answers What potentiator reduces ionic strength so agglutination between antigen and antibody
uptakes at a faster rate?
PEG - Answers What potentiator removes water molecules in the test environment to allow for
antigen/antibody attraction?
Rh, Kidd, Lewis, P1, I - Answers Proteolytic enzymes enhances these antigens?
Duffy, MNS, Xga - Answers Proteolytic enzymes destroys these enzymes?
Monoclonal-Polyclonal Blend - Answers What D reagent is used more often that is a hybridoma
produced with IgM blended with human polyclonal IgG?
High Protein Anti-D - Answers What D reagent is highly viscous and enhances agglutination and must use
a Rh negative control with it?
ensures test was not false negative (test was valid) - Answers What does check cells do for us?
A1 - Answers What red blood cell antigen does the lectin Dolichos biflorus bind to?
H - Answers What red blood cell antigen does the lectin Ulex europaeus bind to?
N - Answers What red blood cell antigen does the lectin Vicia graminea bind to?
M - Answers What red blood cell antigen does the lectin Iberis amara bind to?
contamination, expired, storage conditions - Answers The quality control for Anti-D reagent has started
to decrease in potency, what could cause this to happen?
IAT (ab screen, ab id, xm, antigen typing) - Answers What antiglobulin test is the most versatile?
Monospecific - Answers What reagent uses complement or IgG singly and is used for multiple tests?
, Polyspecific - Answers What reagent contains IgG and complement and is used for DAT?
No agglutination (indicating that the test isn't valid and something was forgotten) - Answers The tech
was interrupted in the AHG test when the phone rang. He forgot to add the AHG reagent and when he
added the check cells what would happen?
negative - Answers You have added IgG sensitized red cells to the negative IAT test result, you observe
agglutination in the tube. Is the screen positive or negative?
Lectins - Answers Reagent that is derived from plants used to distinguish group A1 from group A2 red
cells?
ABO antisera - Answers Reagent used to determine the ABO antigenic composition of a patient's red
cells?
screen cells - Answers Reagent to detect the presence of red cell antibodies?
Panel cells - Answers Reagent to identify the specificity of a red cell antibody?
A1/B cells - Answers Reagent used in the identification of the ABO antibodies?
hemolysis - Answers What can happen to a PRBC unit if it goes below the temperature of 1 degree Cel?
bacteria growth - Answers What can happen to a PRBC unit if it goes above 4 deg Cel?
Proficiency test - Answers The CAP survey is an example of this?
Audit - Answers Systematic evaluations to determine whether procedures are being followed?
QC - Answers Testing to determine the accuracy and precision of reagents and equipment?
calibration - Answers Process of standardizing an instrument against a known value?
Recall - Answers Removal of products from the market that might compromise the safety of the
recipient?
accuracy - Answers Degree of measurement represents the true value?
validation - Answers Establishing that a specific process produces an expected result?
competency (assessment) - Answers Evaluation of an employee's ability to perform a specific skill?
Root cause (analysis) - Answers Investigation and identification of the factors that contributed to an
error?
preventive maintenance - Answers Maximizes the duration of equipment and increases the reliability of
the equipment?
change control - Answers The System to plan and implement changes to prevent problems?