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| The practice of drawing blood from a vein |
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| The destruction or dissolution of RBC with release of hemoglobin- This will give a false result on the blood testing |
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| Liquid portion of a whole blood specimen that not not clotted due to the anticoagulant additives. |
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| The liquid portion of a clotted blood specimen that no longer contains its active clotting agents |
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| Temporary loss of conscientiousness - fainting |
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| Material in the testing tube that appears to be solid until the sample is disturbed- centrifuged. It then becomes liquid and separates blood cells from their serum or plasma |
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| PPE used to obtain specimen |
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| fluid that is remains after a liquid is passed through a filter. Kidneys are the filter, urine in the filtrate |
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| Serious kidney condition win which the filtering capsules are inflamed (itis) |
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Human chorionic gonadotropine-
Substances detected in urine with positive pregnancy test ( think gonads) |
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| AKA Segmented neurtophils, they are WBC which appear in urine during a bacterial infection- |
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| insoluble materials that settles to the bottom of the urine specimen |
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| Strips used to test for Specific Gravity, PH and chemicals in the urine |
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| Yellow pigment in urine- gives its color |
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| Straw, yellow, amber based on how concentrated the urine is- |
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| Kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra |
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| What is the functional unit of the kidney |
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| interacts with the blood by filtration, re-absorption and secretion |
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| How much blood flows through the average kidney per minute |
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| What could protein and blood cells mean if they are in the urine |
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| It may indicate kidney damage because both blood and protein are too large to be filtered by the nephrons |
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| If the glucose level in the blood is above 160 what will happen to the glucose at the re absorption level |
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| It will not be filtered and will glucose will be found in the urine. |
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| What is the largest component of urine |
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| Water, there are also the following: urea,creatinine, uric acid, sodium, potassium, phosphate and sulfate |
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| tests for the kidneys ability to to clear creatinine |
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| nitrogenous waste from muscle metabolism that is excreted in the urine |
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| testing determines your overall glomerular filtration rate (GFR), which reflect how well your kidneys are cleaning your blood. |
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| Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a test used to check how well the kidneys are working. Specifically, it estimates how much blood passes through the glomeruli each minute. Glomeruli are the tiny filters in the kidneys that filter waste from the blood |
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| Clean catch midstream urine |
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| Contaminated free sample, the patient urinates a small amoutn of urine into the toilet, then urinates (voids) the next portion into the specimen container, void the last portion into the toilet |
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| end product of fate metabolism in the body. |
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| Common with starvation low cab diet, excessive vomiting, and diabetes. |
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| Protein in the urine, one of the first signs of kidney disease |
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| Produce by breakdown of hemoglobin, in the urine can be a result of liver cell damage |
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| Positive nitrate may indicate a UTI |
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| Must be maintained with any drug or alcohol testing. |
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| Intentional manipulation of a urine sample to allow someone to falsley pass a drug screening test. |
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