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Phlebotomy Abreviations Flashcards

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ABY screen

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Antibody screen (a blood bank test)

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AIDS

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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

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Anat of Clin Path

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Anatomic or Clinical Pathology

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APTT

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Automated Partial Thromboplastin Time

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BILL, Dir and Total

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Bilirrubin, Direct and Total

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BMT

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Bone Marrow Transplant

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BP

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Blood Pressure

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CAP

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College of American Pathologists

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CBC

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Complete Blood Count

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Cl-

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Chloride (ionic)

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CLIA

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Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment - the law that regulates human testing

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CO2

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Carbon Dioxide

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DIFF

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A differential blood smear

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dL

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Deciliter = 100ml or 0.1 liter

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EDTA

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Ethylenediamine Tetra-acetic Acid (lavender top)

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EMLA

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Eutectic Mixture of Local Anesthetics ( an emulsion that can be applied to skin to deaden pain)

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FFP

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Fresh Frozen Plasma

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FUO

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Fever of unknown origin

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G force

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Gravitational Force

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GLUC

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Glucose

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GTT

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Glucose Tolerance Test

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Hgb or HB

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Hemoglobin (carries oxygen inside red blood cells

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HCT

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Hematocrit (% of packed RBC’s per 100ml of whole blood)

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HIPAA

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (protects the security & confidentiality of electronic health information)

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Hrs PP
Hours post-prandial (after eating)
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HTLV
Virus associated with AIDS
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IV
Intravenous (within the veins)
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JCAHO
"Joint Commission" (regulates hospitals and provides standards)
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K+
Potassium
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LYTES
Electrolytes (Na, K, Cl, CO2)
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MI
Myocardial Infarction = heart attack
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mL
Milliliter= 1/1000 liter
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MONO
Infectious Mononucleosis
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MSDS
Material Safety Data Sheets
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Na
Sodium
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Na Citrate
Sodium Citrate (blue top tube)
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Na Fluoride
Sodim Fluoride (inhibits glycolisis)(grey top tube)
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Na Heparin
Sodium Heparin (green top tube)
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Na Oxalate
Sodium Oxalate (black top tube)
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CLSI
Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (recommends quality standards and guidelines for clinical laboratory procedures)
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OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration that regulates safe work practices
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Packed RBCs
Red Blood Cells with the plasma removed
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pH
A number that indicates how much a chemical solution is acid or base in nature; the lower the number, the more acid. Water is 7 = neutral
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PLT
Platelet
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POCT
Point of Care Testing = testing performed at the patient's side rather than sent off to a lab (e.g. sugar, urinalysis, cholesterol)
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POL
Physician Office Laboratories
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PPE
Personal Protective Equipment
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ProTime (PTT)
Prothrombin Time
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QA
Quality Assurance = systematic method for insuring accuracy and validity in testing
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QC
Quality Control = practices that are used as part of the overall QA effort (e.g. running normal and abnormal patients)
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QNS
Quantity Not Sufficient = there is not enough blood to do the test
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RBC
Red blood cell = the cell that uses its hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the tissue
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RCF
Relative Centrifugal Force = what a centrifuge measures in "G" or gravitational units; the force exerted from the center out
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RhoGam
RhO gamma globulin = given to women of chilbearing age after delivery or abortion if the are Rh(-) to prevent them from forming Rh antibodies that might harm future pregnancies
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RT
Room Temperature = 25 degrees C
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Temp
Temperature
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Type and Xmatch
Type and Crossmatch = the act of determine the ABO group and Rh type of a patient, and finding units of blood that are compatible
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UA
Urinalysis
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UTI
Urinary Tract Infection
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WBC
White blood count = the cellular component of blood that fights infection

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