A nurse is providing education about tetracycline. Which statement by the client best demonstrates an understanding of the administration of this medication?

A patient was admitted to the hospital with acute bleeding. Upon compatibility testing, the technician detected Anti-E in the patient’s serum.    Four E-negative units of blood were crossmatched for the patient. The units were compatible at immediate spin, 37 degrees, and after the AHG phase.   After the negative AHG phase, IgG-sensitized red cells (aka Coomb’s control cells or check cells) gave a 2+ agglutination reaction. As a technician you know that the 2+ reaction AFTER the addition of check cells means:

Which of the following is associated with the Rhnull phenotype?

Which of the following medications is most likely to cause the production of autoantibodies?

How would a donor who tested negative with anti-D reagent in the immediate spin test but tested positive at antihuman globulin with anti-D reagent be labeled?

Which condition is often associated with the presence of anti-I?

K-positive donor red cells were mistakenly transfused to a recipient (patient) with anti-K and the patient had a transfusion reaction.   The patient’s posttransfusion blood sample has a positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT) with polyspecific antihuman globulin (AHG). The direct antiglobulin test is positive because anti-K is an __________ antibody that has sensitized (attached to) the __________ cells in vivo.

The town of Beneficence has an ordinance prohibiting professors from writing exam questions about any harm inflicted on one’s self or others, the concern being that impressionable students might get inspired by such questions and consequently harm themselves or others.  Elizabeth’s law professor writes an exam question involving a student poisoning her roommate.  Elizabeth loves this idea, and that evening poisons her roommate. Her roommate survives, but becomes very ill.  Which of the following represents the roommate’s best claim against the professor?

Finnegan is excited to try out a new golf course.  Unfortunately, on the fourth hole, he mis-hits and the ball goes flying through Emily’s kitchen window.  Emily sues Finnegan for trespass.  Which of the following, if true, is Finnegan’s best defense?

A panic value is a: