A technician notices a sharps container is approaching the top rim of the container. What action(s) should the laboratory professional take?

A MLT working at a busy university hospital is processing a large load of outpatient blood samples. While removing the serum tubes from the centrifuge, uncapping them and putting them in racks for testing, he accidentally drops a glass tube and is punctured by a glass shard. Exposure protocol required HIV and hepatitis B and C testing on the patient and the MLT. The patient tested positive for Hepatitis B. In spite of preventative treatment, the MLT contracted Hepatitis B from the accident. What type of infection is this an example of? 

You have a slide on your microscope viewing with the high power objective.  What is the total magnification?

Precautions for health care workers dealing with patients or patient specimens include:

Which of the following legislative documents ensures that workers have safe and healthful working conditions?

The ASCLS professional Code of Ethics states that all laboratory professionals have a responsibility for proper conduct toward

Timing is important during vascular surgery and trauma to minimize the risk of ________(loss of blood supply) to tissue during selected grafting procedures.

_____  are used to bolster anastomosis sites when tissue is friable and to assist in sealing the holes in the vessel from where the needles are passed during suturing to prevent leaks from occurring.

The ________ is the inner most layer of a blood vessel which secretes substances that both cause vasodilation or constriction and those that prevent platelet aggregation in the vessel.

The _________ allows the blood to be suctioned directly from the surgical field into the machine which filters and anticoagulates the blood and fluid, readying it for IV reinfusion back to the patient. This process causes little or no harm to the red blood cells.