CLINICAL LAB SCIENEC

INDEX 481
assemble equipment and
supplies, 272–273, 273f, 273t
care at site of puncture following,
280
complete procedure, 280
enter vein, 278–280, 279f
evaluation of, 283, 283t, 284t,
285f
explain procedure to patient,
272
glove use, 274
identify patient correctly, 272
initiate procedure, 276–280
latex and bandage sensitivity,
275
needle selection and use,
273–274, 274f
palpate vein, 277–278, 279f
patient’s mental status, 272
position and reassure patient,
274, 275f
precautions, 275–276, 275f
select puncture site, 276, 276f
tourniquet application, 276–
277, 277f, 278f
wash hands, 274
problems encountered during
specimen collection and processing,
280–283, 282f, 283t,
284t, 285f
Venipuncture assembly, disposal into
“sharps” container, 268, 269f
Veterans’ Administration, 167
Vietnam Conflict, treatment
modalities emerging from, 8
ViTek, 390
Volume, as measurement type, 210
Volume expanders, in circulatory
system, 417
Volumetric containers, introduction
to, 186–188, 186f, 188f
Volumetric flask, 188, 189f
Volumetric pipettes, 193, 193f
von Leeuwenhoek, A., in development
of microbiology, 386
W
Waived procedures, 38
Waived tests, 48
Warfarin (Coumadin), 329
Warning rule, 244
“Washing,” of RBCs, 419–420
Waste materials, disposal of
biological materials, 97, 98f
contaminated materials, 97, 98f
in infection control, 153
policies for, 95–97, 96f–98f
Water
deionized, preparation of,
methodology for, 217
distilled, preparation of,
methodology for, 217
in laboratory, 179–181
pure, preparation of, methodology
for, 217–218
purification of, methodology for,
217–218
reagent grade, 180–181, 216–217
Watson, J., in history of laboratory
medicine, 8
Waxy cast, 306t, 307f
WBCs. See White blood cell(s) (WBCs)
Weather, inclement, safety measures
related to, 108–109, 109t
Weight
equivalent, defined, 219–220
as measurement type, 210
Westgard rules (multirules), 244–245
White blood cell(s) (WBCs), 305f.
See also White blood cell
(WBC) count; White blood
cell (WBC) differentiation
characteristics of, 336f
in CSF, examination of, 319–321,
319f, 320f
described, 328
types of, 335–337, 336f
White blood cell (WBC) count
in CBC, 326
differential, 329–331, 330t,
335–339, 336f, 338f
Unopette procedure for, 355–360,
356f–358f. See also Unopette
system, for WBC count
White blood cell (WBC) differentiation,
335–339, 336f, 338f
equipment and supplies, 337
principles, 335–337, 336f
procedure, 337–339, 338f
reporting of results, 339
WHO. See World Health
Organization (WHO)
Wilkins, M., in history of laboratory
medicine, 8
Within-run rule, 244
Work practice controls, 116
in bloodborne- and airborne
pathogen–related infection
prevention, 150
defined, 147
World Health Organization (WHO),
118
World War I, treatment modalities
emerging from, 8
World War II, 158
health care after, 171
treatment modalities emerging
from, 8
Y
Yeasts, 305f, 387–388
Yellow fever, during 1802 Haitian
Revolution, 2
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