Sally collected blood from an outpatient without useing a barcoded label. She has to manually label the evacuated tube. She makes sure the patient’s full name (last and first name) is on the tube, puts her intials and send it off to central processing for lab testing. What is missing from the tube?

Two standard deviations is the most acceptable limit of error in the chemistry laboratory. If you run the normal control 100 times, how many of the values would be out of control due to random error?  (HINT: What is the confidence limit)

The single most important way to prevent the spread of disease while performing phlebotomy is through:

When the coagulation of fresh whole blood is prevented through the use of an anticoagulant, the straw-colored fluid that can be separated from the cellular elements is:

Match the following diseases/disorders with the best definition. Each answer will only be used once. 

A depressed sternum can cause a displaced heart and dyspnea and is medically known as:  

Match the following diseases/disorders with the best definition. Answers may be used more than once for both a definition and pictures. 

* Which of the following best describes cystic fibrosis? 

* What is a rare esophageal disorder where the lower esophageal sphincter doesn’t relax properly, causing dysphagia and even regurgitation?   

Which of the following is a mechanical bowel obstruction?