PMLS 2

• Is defined as an incision to the vein

  Phlebotomy
• Phlebo: vein: tomy: cut, incision
• Hippocrates believed that disease was caused by an excess of body fluids, including blood, bile, and phlegm, and that removal of the excess would cause the body to return to or maintain a healthy state.
• barber surgery, in which blood from an incision produced by the barber’s razor was collected in a bleeding bowl.
• Bloodletting is now called “therapeutic phlebotomy” and is used as a treatment for only a small number of blood disorders.
• the primary role of phlebotomy is the collection of blood samples for laboratory analysis to diagnose and monitor medical conditions.
• role of the phlebotomist, who is no longer just someone who “takes blood” but is recognized as a key player on the health-care team.
• Because the phlebotomist is often the only personal contact a patient has with the laboratory, he or she can leave a lasting impression of the quality of the laboratory and the entire health-care setting.

  TRUE
• A phlebotomist is a person trained to obtain blood samples primarily by venipuncture and microtechniques.

  TRUE
• In addition to technical, clerical, and interpersonal skills, the phlebotomist must not develop strong organizational skills to handle a heavy workload efficiently and maintain accuracy, often under stressful conditions

  FALSE
• The clinical laboratory is divided into

  Anatomical and clinical
• Sections under anatomical area

  Biopsies, surgical specimens, cytological specimens, frozen sections, autopsies
• Meaning of PAP smear

  Papanicolaou
• PAP smear is usually done in what section?

  Cytology (anatomical)
• The section in which chromosome studies are performed

  Cytogenetics
• Samples analyzed in cytogenetics

  Bone marrow, amniotic fluid, blood, tissue
• Clinical area sections

  hematology, coagulation, chemistry, blood bank (ImmunoHema), serology (immunology), microbio, clin mic (AUBF), phlebotomy, sample processing
• Whole blood is a mixture of

  cells and plasma
• Whole blood is obtained by

  ANTICOAGULANT
• What makes up the buffy coat

  WBC and platelets
• The most automated area in the laboratory

  clinical chemistry section
• What bacilli has become the major source of HAIs

  Clostridium difficile