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| A Complete Blood Count is indicated for: |
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Definition
-Diagnostic evaluation of any and all disease states
-Pre-surgical screening
-Well animal screening |
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| Blood tube should be filled to... |
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Definition
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| Advantages to in house automation. |
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Definition
-Sample is always fresh
-Immediate information
-Easy to follow the progression or regression of a disease
-Standardization
-Potential income intake |
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| Disadvantages to in house automation? |
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Definition
-Cost of the Equipment
-Cost of supplies
-Training of the technician
-Upkeep of the equipment |
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| Four types of CBC equipment? |
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Definition
-Hematocrit tube and blood film micro evaluation
-Quantitative buffy coat analyzers
-Impedence Analyzers
-Flow Cytometry |
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Term
| How does a Quantitative buffy coat analyzer work? Simple |
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Definition
-Uses measurements from an expanded buffy coat.
- Stains agran.'s green and gran's orange/yellow
-Can only do a simple diff.
-Gives agran and gran %'s only |
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Term
| Advantages to a buffy coat analyzers? |
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Definition
-easy to operate
-compact size of the machine
-low maintenance
-minimum consumables to track
-service is relatively inexpensive |
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Term
| Disadvantages to a buffy coat analyzers? |
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Definition
-Requires live specimens
-highest cost per test
-slow turn around time - 10mins
-No quality control
-limited diagnostic application |
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Term
| How does the impedance method/coulter counter principle work? Simple |
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Definition
| -cells are passed through an opening containing electrical current created by two electrodes. Each cell that passes through the electrodes creates an interruption/impedance which is measured by the machine. The machine is set to measure within a certain threshold/range. |
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| Advantages to an impedance method machiens |
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Definition
-simple to use and maintain
-entry level units are very affordable
-low cost per test
-fast turn around |
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| Disadvantages to impedance method machines |
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Definition
-RBC/PLT overlaps
-Physical size of the instrument
-relatively expensive to service
-most inventory is dated like solutions and other consumables |
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Term
| How does a flow cytometry machine work? |
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Definition
| Cells pass as a single stream in front of a laser to determine the size and density of the cell. Some dyes can be added to detect immature cells |
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Term
| List some abnormals not found on an auto CBC |
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Definition
-NRBC's
-mega platelets
-polychromasia
-any type of abnormal rbc morphology
-basophils
-etc etc etc...... |
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