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ASCP HT Exam Question and answer 100% correct 2023/2024To detect ferric iron in tissues. Diagnoses idiopathic hemochromatosis - correct answer What is the purpose of the Prussian Blue stain? Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a government agency in the Department of Labor to main...

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To detect ferric iron in tissues. Diagnoses idiopathic hemochromatosis - correct answer
What is the purpose of the Prussian Blue stain?

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a government agency in the
Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment - correct answer
OSHA

Environmental Protection Agency
An independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing
pollution and protecting the environment - correct answer EPA

Federal agency that recommends ways to prevent work-related injury. Part of the CDC
and works with OSHA. - correct answer NIOSH

Center for Disease Control - correct answer CDC

College for American Pathologist. Lab accrediting agency. - correct answer CAP

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Hospital certifying
agency. - correct answer JCAHO

National Fire Protection Association - correct answer NFPA

Mechanical, Chemical, and Biological - correct answer Name the three classes of
hazards

Time-weighted Average (Amount exposed to over 8 hrs) - correct answer TWA

permissible exposure limits: developed by OSHA to indicate the max airborne
concentration of a contaminant to which an employee may be exposed over the
duration specified by the type of PEL. - correct answer PEL

Short-Term Exposure Limit for exposure during 15 minutes - correct answer STEL

Ceiling Limit - Maximum allowable exposure limit. - correct answer C

Threshold Value Limit - Exposure over an 8 hour work day or 40 hour work week. -
correct answer TVL

Immediately Deadly or Lethal - The level/dose to cause death. - correct answer IDHL

,OSHA defined limit at which something must be done. - correct answer Action Level

TWA: 100ppm
STEL: 150ppm - correct answer TWA & STEL for Xylene

TWA: 0.75ppm
STEL: 2ppm over 15 minutes - correct answer TWA & STEL for Formaldehyde

A - Ash (Wood, paper, or textile)
B - Boiling (Flammable liquid or gas)
C - Current (Electrical)
D - Combustible & Reactive Elements - correct answer Define the classes of fires

Minimum temperature at which a liquid gives off enough vapors to form an ignitable
mixture with air near the liquid's surface. - correct answer Flash Point

Corrects for 2 colors - correct answer Achromic

Corrects for 3 colors - correct answer Apochromic

Object Holder
Blade Holder
Advancement Mechanism - correct answer Identify the 3 main microtome parts

Formed by the face of the block and the inner bevel angle of the knife. 3 to 8 - correct
answer Clearance Angle

5-10 degrees below the melting point of the paraffin used. - correct answer What is
the ideal temperature of a floatation bath.

2-3um - correct answer What is the ideal section thickness for renal biopsies.

3um - correct answer What is the ideal section thickness for bone marrow

4-6um - correct answer What is the ideal section thickness for routine

8-10um - correct answer What is the ideal section thickness for amyloid

8-10um - correct answer What is the ideal section thickness for nerve tissue

Unparalleled block
Uneven chilling or tissue hardening
Chip in the blade - correct answer Causes of a crooked ribbon.

Reposition the block
Chill evenly

,Stir paraffin and re-embed
Move or replace blade - correct answer Solutions for a crooked ribbon.

Aggressive facing
Excessive dehydration
Air bubbles - correct answer Causes of moth holes (holes in section)

More gentle facing
Check processing schedule
Continue cutting if block allows - correct answer Solution for moth holes (holes in
section)

Dull blade
Paraffin too hard or sticky
too much blade tilt
Room temperature too high or low - correct answer Causes of a ribbon not forming

Move or replace blade
Use a paraffin with more plastic
Use a softer paraffin
Decrease blade tilt
Adjust room temperature - correct answer Solution for a ribbon not forming

Dull blade
Too little blade tilt
Warm room
Paraffin too soft - correct answer Cause of section lifting

Move or replace blade
Increase blade tilt
Adjust room temperature
Use harder paraffin - correct answer Solution for section lifting

Hard tissue
Warm microtome
Loose block/blade
Too much blade tilt - correct answer Cause of wash boarding (venetian blinds)

Soak block
Tighten parts
Decrease blade tilt - correct answer Solution for wash boarding (venetian blinds)

Over dehydration
Dull blade
Too much blade tilt
Cutting too rapidly - correct answer Define cause of microvibrations (microchatter)

, Check processing schedule
Replace/Move blade
Decrease blade tilt
Cut slower - correct answer Solution for microvibrations (microchatter)

Too little blade tilt
Loose or worn microtome parts
Hard tissue - correct answer Cause of thick & thin sections

Increase blade tilt
Tighten parts
Soak block - correct answer Solution for thick & thin sections

Dull blade
Dirty blade
Too little blade tilt
Cutting to fast
Room temperature too warm - correct answer Cause of compressed (wrinkled)
sections

Move/replace blade
Clean blade
Increase blade tilt
Cut slower
Cool block or adjust room temperature - correct answer Solutions for compressed
(wrinkled) sections

Knick on blade
Hard particle in block - correct answer Cause of lengthwise scratches on section

Avoid staples and sutures
Surface decal
Soak block
Move/replace blade - correct answer Solution for lengthwise scratches on section

Static electricity - correct answer Cause of flying sections

Breathe on sections
Ground microtome to a water pipe - correct answer Solution for flying sections

Material too hard - correct answer Cause of scratching noise when cutting

Soak block
Surface decal block - correct answer Solution for scratching noise when cutting

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