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| Instrument validation, calibration, QC, operator training and proficiency testing |
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Glucose, Electrolytes, Blood gases, drugs
Chol / TG, Cardiac markers (troponin), creatinine
Activated clotting time, PT, PTT |
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| Analytical techniques for POCT |
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Spectrometry / Reflectance photometry
/ Paper chromatography/ ISE
Biosensors using micro silicon chips |
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| One section of a lab is automated at a time |
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| Total Laboratory Automation (TLA) |
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| Sample processing (pre-analytical phase), analysis (analytical phase), and report generation and sample storage (post-analytical phase) |
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| Hospital information system (HIS) |
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| hospital-wide system that generates patient reports and orders |
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| Laboratory information system (LIS) |
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Generates test requests and results.
Generates worksheets |
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True or False:
Many analyzers are directly linked to the LIS |
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| 2-way communication between the LIS & any on-line instrument |
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| Computerized monitoring of QC, clot detection, temperature, reagent levels |
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All chemicals are layered onto
a thin slide on a plastic support |
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| How is the shelf life of Dry Slide? |
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| Long shelf life; 6 month calibration possible |
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True or False:
Reagent systems Dry Slide - The only liquid used in the system is patient sample; no plumbing or drains |
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True or False:
Dry Reagent Systems require reconstitution |
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True or False:
Dry Reagent Systems - water quality is very important |
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| How often do Liquid or Wet Reagent Systems require instrument calibration? |
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| What is the disadvantage of Liquid or Wet Reagent Systems? |
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| maximum number of tests that an instrument can perform in a given period of time |
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| Simultaneous Multiple Analyzer |
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| Continuous flow, multiple channels allowed 6 or 12 tests to be run on a single sample; 360 or 720 tests per hou |
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| Automatic Clinical Analyzer (ACA) |
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| Discrete random access analyzer |
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True or False:
The ACA is Able to process different tests simultaneously as they pass through the system (simultaneous multiple analysis) |
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| Dry Slide Technology,Kodak |
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Use micro-volumes of sample and reagents
-Eliminated liquid waste and liquid reagent prep and storage |
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| Samples, standards, controls, diluents and reagents travel through a system of continuous tubing |
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| How were samples separated with continuous flow |
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| What were the past problems with continuous flow |
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| Carryover and wasted reagent |
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| What has helped to reduce carryover? |
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| Teflon tubing & Teflon oil |
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| The list of tests that can be run on an instrument |
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| Designed to perform 1 or 2 tests ONLY |
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| Glucometer is an example of what kind of instrument? |
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True or False:
Separate probes (tips) are used for each sample in Specimen measurement and delivery |
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| How is sample evaporation reduced in automated analysis? |
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| lid covers, sample caps that can be pierced, or cuvette sealing devices |
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| What is the most labor-intensive phase of testing? |
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| Specimen Processing and Identification |
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| What is the most costly phase of testing? |
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| Specimen Processing and Identification |
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| Each sample has its own separate container, tube or cup |
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True or False:
Discrete Analyzers can run multiple tests on one sample |
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True or False:
Discrete Analyzers can run one test on multiple samples |
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| Discrete Analyzers - Random Access Capability allows for what? |
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| STAT out-of-sequence analysis regardless of initial sample loading order |
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| Centrifugal force mixes and transfers samples from chamber to chamber |
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| What are Centrifugal Analyzers used primarily for? |
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| High Volume Batch Analysis |
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True or False:
Centrifugal Analyzers - All test cuvettes are read simultaneously, so cuvettes must be matched |
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