1. Pathology The study of nature
and the cause of disease
2. How many liters of blood does the body contain? 5 liters
3. Erythrocytes Red blood cells
4. Leukocyte White blood cell
5. Thrombocytes Platelets
6. 120 days How long does ma-
ture red blood cells live once they enter bloo...
MedCa EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Pathology The study o
nature
and the cause
of disease
2. How many liters of blood does the body contain? 5 liters
3. Erythrocytes Red blood cells
4. Leukocyte White blood cell
5. Thrombocytes Platelets
6. 120 days How long does
ma-
ture red blood
cells live once
they enter blood
stream
7. Hemoglobin Iron containing
pig-
ment of red
blood cells
8. Pre-analytical phase Phlebotomist are
primarily
responsi- ble for
this phase of lab
testing
9. Blood collected in neonatology department This is Done for
patients who are
hours to a few
days old
10. Pharmacy department Primary
consultant on
timing for col-
lecting blood for
1/
, MedCa EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
drug levels
11. Where blood cells begin formation Lymph nodes
and bone
marrow
12.Flowchart
2/
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Used in quality
im- provement
method- ologies
and de- signed
to assist in
breaking out
com- ponents
into dia- gram to
understand a
process
13. Quality improvement for specimen collection involve -Phlebotomist
tech-
nique
-Recollection rates
-Frequency
of
hematomas
14. Pareto charts Designed to as-
sist in making
bar charts that
show frequency
of prob- lems
15. Anemic A person who has
too little hemo-
globin or a de-
creased number
of red blood
cells
16. Type and cross match Process of
deter- mining if
a person will
react after a
transfusion
17. Total volume of formed elements of blood 45%
3/
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