Units of Measurement Flashcards
It is a basic science that utilizes the specialty of chemistry to study human beings in various
stages of health and disease.
Clinical Chemistry
It is an applied science when analyses are performed; on body fluids or tissue specimens to
provide important information for the diagnosis or treatment of disease.
Clinical Chemistry
In reporting the concentration of analyte in blood, urine; spinal fluid and ether body fluids, the
units of measure ‘Should be strongly considered
Units of Measurement
Measurements of analytes in a biochemistry laboratory may either use the conventional unit or
the systeme iniernationale.
Units of Measurement
it is consists of seven independent base units, and each unit is represented by a symbol.
Systeme Internationale (SI)
It is used because compounds react on a Molar basis, and expression of amounts of substances in such terms allows for a better understanding of the relative proportion of compounds.
Systeme Internationale (SI)
3 classes of SI units
Base
Derived
Supplemental units
Meter (m)
Length
Kilogram (kg)
Mass
Second (S)
Time
mole (Mol)
Quantity of substance
Ampere (A)
Electric current
Kelvin(K)
Thermodynamic temperature
Candela (cd)
Luminous intensity
it has been recommended that analytes be reported using moles of solute/ volume of solution (mmol/L)
Systeme Internationale (SI)
