MedCa Questions and Answers;(perfect guide for your final)

Pathology - The study of nature and the cause of disease How many liters of blood does the body contain? - 5 liters Erythrocytes - Red blood cells Leukocyte - White blood cell Thrombocytes - Platelets 120 days - How long does mature red blood cells live once they enter blood stream Hemoglobin - Iron containing pigment of red blood cells Pre-analytical phase - Phlebotomist are primarily responsible for this phase of lab testing Blood collected in neonatology department - This is Done for patients who are hours to a few days old Pharmacy department - Primary consultant on timing for collecting blood for drug levels Where blood cells begin formation - Lymph nodes and bone marrow Flowchart - Used in quality improvement methodologies and designed to assist in breaking out components into diagram to understand a processQuality improvement for specimen collection involve - -Phlebotomist technique -Recollection rates -Frequency of hematomas Pareto charts - Designed to assist in making bar charts that show frequency of problems