Phlebotomy: computers and special handling and processing

A test sample that is not recommended to be sent in a pneumatic tube is

The process of entering a password and gaining access to a computer is called

Which specimen can be centrifuged immediately upon arrival in specimen processing?

A specimen would most likely be accepted for testing dispite the following problem

Which of the following blood specimens should be transported in an ice slurry?

Most POC analyzers are interface capable, but the decision to do so is based on the

Which of the following would be omitted from a lab-generated computer label?

preanalytical error happening during specimen processing is

Which of the following would NOT be considered a preanalytical error?

Which of the following represents improper aliquot preparation?

Which of these is a source of preanalytical error that occurs before the specimen is drawn?

Required PPE when processing specimens would exclude

Bar coding in this area of health care is unlikely at the present time

Which of the following is used by the laboratory to identify a specimen throughout testing

All blood specimens transported by a courier must be

Transporting blood specimens with the stopper up has nothing to do with

Which is best to prepare routine blood specimen tubes for transportation to an offsite lab?

Which of the following specimens are least likely to require special handling?

Which of the following specimens would be acceptable for testing?

According to CLSI, the maximum time limit for separating serum or plasma from cells is

Which of the following is least likely to take place in central processing or triage?

Which federal agencies regulate the transportation of biological specimens off site?

A barcode is a

A pneumatic tube is a 

A panic value is an/an

Which of the following specimens can be centrifuged immediately

Which organization develops standards for specimen handling and processing?

Computer networking caused Congress  to eliminate patient confidentiality violations by

Logging on to most computer systems requires the use of a/an

Critical values are also called

A serum aliquot has a fibrin clot in it. the most likely cause is the specimen was

After obtaining a specimen for a cold agglutinin test, blood must be transported

A permanent computer memory that instructs the computer to carry out requests

Which of the following specimens needs to be chilled?

CLSI and OSHA guidelines do NOT require specimen transport bags to have

Which of the following specimens should be protected from light?

The difference between bar codes and radio frequency identification is

As a general rule serum or plasma should be removed from the cells within

Application software called middleware

After arriving in the laboratory, all specimens are immediately

Which of the following test specimens can be analyzed without being centrifuged?

use of one of the newer technologies, RFID, is emerging in healthcare as a

What type of specimens must be processed before routine specimens?

Which is a machine used to separate the serum or plasma from blood cells in the sample?