Chp. 6 Vocab

Question 1

At or near the patient or at the patients bedside

Answer 1

Point of care (POC)

Question 2

Laboratory that is outside a patient care facility and can perform many more types of testing than are available at the average hospitals laboratory

Answer 2

Reference laboratory

Question 3

Laboratory test result outside of the expected reference range that can be life threatening

Answer 3

Critical value

Question 4

To divide specimens into smaller portions

Answer 4

Aliquot

Question 5

Solution such a seater or saline that reduces the concentration of a specimen

Answer 5

Diluent

Question 6

Sensitive to high temperature

Answer 6

Thermolabile

Question 7

Abnormal reaction to or a change resulting from exposure to light

Answer 7

Photosensitivity

Question 8

Chemical substance that reacts in a specific predictable ways to detect or synthesize other substances in chemical reactions

Answer 8

Reagent

Question 9

Sample specimens with known laboratory values used prior to processing a patients sample

Answer 9

Control material