CLINICAL LAB SCIENEC

INDEX 477
Rheumatoid factor (RF), 410
blood typing for, slide and tube
method, 428–430, 429f. See
also Immunohematology
(blood banking), blood typing
for Rh factor, slide and tube
method
tube test for, procedure,
429f, 430
Rheumatoid factor (RF) direct slide
test, 410–412, 410f–412f
equipment and supplies, 411
principles, 410–411, 410f, 411f
procedure, 411–412, 412f, 429,
429f
reporting of results, 412, 412f
Rheumatoid factor (RF) latex agglutination
kit, 411f
Rheumatoid factor (RF) latex agglutination
test, 410–412,
410f–412f
Ribonucleic acid (RNA), 84
Risk management, described, 68–69
RNA, 84
S
SACS. See Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools (SACS)
Safety
centrifuge, 174
in immunohematology, 419
laboratory, 89–100. See also
Medical laboratory(ies), hazards
found in
accident investigation, 102–106.
See also Accident(s), investigations
of areas requiring,
108–109, 109t
departmental surveys and
follow-up, documentation of,
106, 106t
described, 89–90, 90t
essential safety equipment survey,
108, 108t
federal guidelines and laws concerning,
timeline of, 90t
first aid supplies, 101
general preventive equipment
maintenance schedule, 106
inclement weather–related,
108–109, 109t
infection control checklist,
99–100, 99t
information related to,
responsibility for, 98–99
instructor responsibilities,
101–102
laboratory-specific surveys,
106–108, 107t, 108t
plan for, 91–92, 92f
policies for disposal of medical
wastes and toxic chemicals,
95–97, 96f–98f
risks associated with, 98, 98f
safety equipment and supplies
in MLT/CLT lab, 107, 107t
sharps injury logs, 107t, 108
student responsibilities, 102, 103
terroristic threat–related,
108–109, 109t
training in, documentation of,
99
in microbiology laboratory, 388
personal, in fires, 95, 95f, 96f
Safety cabinets, laboratory, 179,
180f
Safety Committee, 85t, 86, 91, 95,
98, 99, 102, 105, 129
duties of, 100–102, 100t, 101t
purpose of, 100–102, 100t, 101t
Salvation Army, 116
Sample(s)
acute, 127
baseline, 127
convalescent, 127
defined, 236t
erroneous, 256–258. See also Erroneous
samples
urine. See Urine samples
SARS. See Severe acute respiratory
syndrome (SARS)
Scales, in urinalysis evaluation, 293f
Scalpel(s), use and disposal of,
96–97, 97f
Scientific notations, 211t
Scope of practice, 21–25, 22t, 24t
defined, 21
Screening tests, 416
costs of, medical service costs
impacted by, 165–167
repeat, costs of, medical service
costs impacted by, 168
SDs. See Standard deviations (SDs)
Secondary cause, defined, 103
Semiquantitative pipettes, 197–199
Semiquantitative procedures, in immunology,
403
Sensitivity
latex, in phlebotomy, 275
in QA, 260
Separation, of blood components,
281–282
Sequential analysis, 354, 365
Sera
anti-A, ABO blood group reactions
with, 418, 418t
anti-B, ABO blood group reactions
with, 418, 418t
Serial dilution procedure, 404–407,
405f, 406f
equipment and supplies, 406
principles, 404–406, 405f, 406f
procedure, 406–407
reporting of results, 407
Serial dilutions, 403
of sample, 224–225, 224t, 225f
Serological pipettes, uses of,
192–194, 194f
Serological tests, 402
Serology, 83, 401–413. See also
Immunology
C-reactive protein in serum determination,
407–410
methodologies in, 403–404
rheumatoid factor direct slide test
in, 410–412, 410f–412f
serial dilution procedure in,
404–407, 405f, 406f
Serum, 368
Serum asparate aminotransferase
(AST)
AST/GOT, 378–381, 379f
determination of, 378–381, 379f
equipment and supplies, 379
principles, 378–379, 379f
procedure, 379f, 380
QC in, 380–381
reporting of results, 381
Set volume pipettes, 202–203
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
(SARS), 120
“Sharps”
injury logs related to, 107t, 108
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