While receiving samples being sent to your lab, you notice a biological specimen package containing an identified etiologic agent. What is an etiologic agent?

A urine sample arrives in the lab via a pneumatic air tube. You see that the urine sample has no label on it. However, you do see a lone patient label outside of the sample’s bio bag. How do you need to respond?

Your patient has checked in for their fasting glucose test. The patient says that they have been stressed and went running before the appointment. The patient doesn’t normally work out in the morning and asks if that could affect their fasting glucose results. How do you respond to the patient’s concern?

Which statement best summarizes the importance of the quality of a sample?

You receive a call from a patient asking about how long they should be fasting for. Which is the typical fasting range you would tell the patient?

After a busy day, your coworker finds a sample that needed to have been centrifuged several hours ago. How do you respond?

A GTT is being conducted on a patient. You collected a sample using a finger puncture, and your coworker collects the other sample with a venipuncture. How will this affect the expected sequential results?

Circadian or diurnal changes can best be described as which of the following?

Even after blood leaves the body, glycolysis occurs in whole blood. Glycolysis in whole blood causes what effect in serum?

Lab test results can be changed or altered through which of the following?