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| List the types of nonblood specimens: |
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- Urine
- Amniotic Fluid
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
- Gastric Fluid/Gastric Analysis
- Nasopharyngeal Secretions
- Saliva
- Semen
- Serous Fluid
- Sputum
- Sweat
- Synovial Fluid
- Buccal Swabs
- Bone Marrow
- Breath Samples
- Feces
- Hair
- Throat swabs
- Tissue Specimens
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| What type of urine collection is prefered when a routine urinalysis is ordered? |
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Definition
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| How should urine specimens be transported? |
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Definition
Immediately
If unable to analyze immediately it can be held held at room temperature and protected from light for up to 2 hours
Specimens held longer should be refigerated. |
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Definition
Culture and Sensitivity test
If both a UA & C&S tesing is ordered It should be refigerated if immediate processing is not possible |
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| Why are C&S tests ordered? |
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Definition
| Typically for patients with symptoms of a UTI and a midstream clean-catch speciems should be collected in a sterile container. |
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Definition
| the clear colorless to pale-yellow fluid that cushions the fetus |
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| Why is amniotic fluid tested? |
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Definition
| To determine fetus development, disorders and fetal lung maturity |
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| A clear colorless liquid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord |
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Definition
Primarly to diagnose meningitis.
Also to diag disorders, CNS cancer, and MS |
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Definition
| Kept at room temperature, delivered to the lab STAT and analyzed immediately |
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| Gastric Fluid / Gastric Analysis |
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Definition
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| What is a gastric analysis for? |
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Definition
| Examines stomach contents for abnormal substances and measures gastric acid concentration to evaluate stomach acid production |
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Term
Nasopharyngeal Secretions
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Definition
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Definition
| to monitor hormone levels, detect drug and alcohol abuse |
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Definition
| to assess fertility or determine the effectiveness of sterilization |
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Definition
| is the pale-yellow, watery, serum-like fluid found between the double-layered membranes enclosing the pleural (cavity surrounding the lungs), pericardial (heart) and peritoneal (abdominal) cavities. |
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| Mucus or phlegm that is ejected from the trachea, bronchi and lungs |
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| diag or monitoring of lower respirator tract infections such as TB |
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to detect cystic fibrosis- disorders of the exocrine glands that effect the many body systems:
- Upper respirator - copd
- Lungs
- Liver
- Pancreas
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