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246 Unit IV Special Procedures LABELING EXERCISE 12-2: SPECIAL HANDLING Use a blue pen or pencil to place a "C" next to the following specimens that must be chill cooning rack. Use a red pen or pencil to place a "W" next to specimens that must be black pen or pencil to place a "P" next to specimens that must be protected from light Tests e kept warm at 37°C. Use a nice su АСТН Ammonia Bilirubin Gastrin Homocysteine Lactic acid PTH Beta carotene Pyruvate Catecholamines Cold agglutinin Cryoglobulin Cryofibrinogen Urine porphyrins Vitamin A to the preanalytical errors that LABELING EXERCISE 12-3: PREEXAMINATION/PREANALYTICAL ERRORS Examples of preexamination/preanalytical errors are listed below. Write "PC next to the preanalytical can happen prior to collection. "TC" next to errors that can happen at the time of collection, "ST" next to that can happen during specimen transport. "SP" next to errors that can happen during specimen processing "SS" next to errors that can happen during specimen storage. Some examples may have more than one correct answer. Preexamination/Preanalytical Error Examples Dehydrated patient Nonsterile site preparion Duplicate test orders Patient stress Evaporation Strenuous exercise Exposure to light Temperature change ou side of defined limit Inadequate fast Underfilled tube Incomplete centrifugation Vigorous mixing Incorrect collection tube Wrong collection time Medications Wrong order of draw 9. Mislabeled aliquot 18. Wrong test ordered

Answer 1

Labelling Excercise 12-2: Special Handling

1) ACTH

Must be chilled in ice slurry (C)

2)Ammonia

Must be chilled in ice slurry (C)

3)Bilirubin

Must be protected from light( P)

4)Beta carotene

Must be protected from light(P)

5)Catecholamines

Must be chilled in ice slurry(C)

6)Cold agglutinin

Must be kept warm at 37 degree Celsius (W)

7)Cryoglobulin

Must be kept warm at 37 degree Celsius (W)

8)Cryofibrinogen

Must be kept warm at 37 degree Celsius (W)

9)Gastrin

Must be chilled in ice slurry (C)

10) Hormocysteine

Must be chilled in ice slurry (C)

11) Lactic acid

Must be chilled in ice slurry (C)

12)PTH

Must be chilled in ice slurry (C)

13)Pyruvate

Must be chilled in ice slurry (C)

14) Urine porphyrins

Must be protected from light (P)

15) Vitamin A

Must be protected from light (P)