Specimen Processing And Handling Updated Actual Questions And Correct Answers

SPECIMEN PROCESSING AND HANDLING UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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1. Labeling
Answer:
All specimens should be properly labeled according to standard guidelines

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2. Packaging of all specimens
Answer:
Should be appropriately packaged in leak proof containers

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3. Centrifuging tubes in a centrfuge
Answer:
Spins the specimen to separate the contents based on density, with less dense components, such as
plasma or serum forming the top layers

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4. Aliquoting for specimens needing to go to various labs
Answer:
Aliquots are transferred into separate containers before transport

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5. Types of Point of Care testing (POCT)
Answer:
Urinalysis; Hemoglobin; Hematocrit; Coagulation; Chemistry panels;Glucose; Pregnancy; ECG or
EKG; RSV; Influenza A and B; Group A Streptococcus; H.Pylori and EBV

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6. When performing point of care (POC) procedures
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it is important to know normal range values for the specific test being performed. Results that are
significantly too high or too low compared to this range should be documented and reported to the
nurse or physician immediately.

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7. Report results and critical values for point of care procedures
Answer:
Results that are significantly too high or too low compared to this range should be documented and
reported to the nurse or physician immediately

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8. Deliver specimens to the laboratory appropriately