MOLBIO Flashcards

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The branch of biology that studies the structure, composition, and interactions of cellular biomolecules

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Molecular biology

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Deals with molecular techniques that are designed for handling and analysis of nucleic acids
- it is rooted in the understanding of genome structure and cellular activities at the molecular level

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Diagnostic Molecular Biology

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  • accurate and error free
  • total process guaranteeing accuracy of final results reported
  • systemic measurement , comparison with a standard
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QUALITY ASSURANCE

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State the 3 Importance of quality assurance

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  1. Results impact management
  2. Laboratory faces issues and challenges in daily operations
  3. Most critical quality issue in the laboratory is contamination
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Contamination sources:

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  1. Environment
  2. Other specimen and amplicans
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These are products of amplification

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Amplicans

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What are the contamination effects?

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False negative results
False positive results

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What are the five components considered in MDBX

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  1. Personnel requirements
  2. Facilities and workflow
  3. Assay requirements
  4. External quality assurance program
  5. Quality assurance
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True or false:
staffs must undergo general orientations and trainings

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FALSE: New hires must undergo general orientations and trainings

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PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS:
Staff must display____ and display evidence of ____

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Proficiency testing and proficiency

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TRUE OR FALSE: Personnel requirements must satisfy quantity requirements

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Quality requirements

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Procedure performed in different rooms
- separation of work areas/unidirectional workflow

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SPACE AND TIME PREPARATION

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UNIDIRECTIONAL WORKFLOW SEQUENCE

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Reagent > sample> amplification > post amplification

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Clean rooms have? And dirty rooms have?

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Clean rooms: positive air pressure
Dirty rooms: negative air pressure

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What are the laboratory practices?

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  • use of appropriate PPE in the performance of laboratory tasks
  • decontamination in procedures for staff, work areas, equipment supplies
  • employ techniques that eliminate contamination
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Chemical control:
True of false:
Surface decontamination by 10% alcohol and 70% bleach solution

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TRUE OR FALSE:
Surface decontamination by 70% alcohol and 10% bleach solution

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Chemical control:

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  • Surface decontamintaion by 70% alcohol and 10% bleach solution
  • usage of bleach-based decontaminating agents
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL:

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  1. Airflow must be considered
  2. Avoid unnecessary movements/ activities by the staff
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What are the 4 components under facilities and workflow?

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  1. Space and time preparation
  2. Laboratory practices
  3. Chemical control
  4. Environmental control
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What are the 3 assay requirements?

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  1. Clinical specimen
  2. Reagents, control and standards
  3. Equipment maintenance
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Specimen requirements (_____, _____, and ______) must be allowed

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Type, volume and collection procedure

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Proper transport and storage procedures

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Clinical specimen

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Acquire supplies from reliable sources

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Reagents, control and standards

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Relevant details of supplies should be noted and documented

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Regents, control and standards

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Performance of supplies should be monitored
Reagents, control, and standards
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Must be acquired from reliable sources:
Reagents, control, and standards Equipment maintenance
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Usage should be logged
Equipment maintenance
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Onsite calibration/ validation and regular preventive maintain should be on schedule
Equipment maintenance
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Evaluation of laboratory’s performance on examination of samples of external origin for the purpose of examining the lab’s pre- exam examination and post examination
External quality assurance program
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What are the components under the external quality assurance program
1. Proficiency testing 2. Concordance testing 3. Laboratory assessment 4. Laboratory staff competency assessment 5. Simple referral and turn around time
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Set of procedures undertaken by the staff for continuously assessing laboratory work and the emergent results in order to decide whether results are reliable enough to be continued
Quality assurance
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Measures that must be included during each assay run to verify that the test is working properly
Quality assurance
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2 use of assay controls
1. Extraction control 2. PCR control
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Name the 4 controls under the PCR control
Internal control Positive control Negative control No template control
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Containment principles, technologies, and principles implemented to prevent unintentional exposure to pathogens and toxins and their unintentional release
Laboratory biosafety
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Protection, control and accountability for valuable biological materials within laboratories in order to prevent their: Unauthorized access Loss Theft Misuse diversion Unintentional release
Laboratory biosecurity
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System or process to control safety and security risks associated with the handling or storage and disposal of biological agents and toxins in laboratories and facilities
Laboratory biorisk management
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What are the major steps in laboratory risk management
Assessment Mitigation Performance
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What are the detailed steps jn the assessment of laboratory risk management
Risk identification Hazard/ threat identification Likelihood evaluation Consequences evaluation
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Mitigation detailed steps
Biorisk control measures Risk management
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Perfromance detailed steps
Control Assurance Improvement
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Give the Three letter symbol and one letter symbol Alanine
Three letter symbol: Ala One letter symbol: A
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Arginine
Arg R
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Asparagine
Asn N
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Aspartic acid
Asp D
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Cysteine
Cys C
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Glutamic acid
Glu E
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Glutamine
Gln Q
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Histidine
His H
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Isoleucine
Ile I
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Leucine
Leu L
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Lysine
Lys K
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Methionine
Met M
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Phenylalanine
Phef
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Proline
Pro P
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Serine
Ser S
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Threonine
Thr T
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Tryptophan
Trp W
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Tyrosine
Tyr Y
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Valine
Val V
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Start codon
AUG
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Stop codon
AUU UAG UGA