Phlebotomy Abbreviations

antibody screen (a blood bank test)

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

anatomic or clinical pathology

automated partial thromboplastin time

bilirubin, direct and total

bone marrow transplant

blood pressure

College of American Pathologists

Complete Blood Count

Chloride (ionic)

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment- the law that regulates human testing

carbon dioxide

a differential blood smear

Deciliter = 100 or 0.1 liter

Ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid: the anticoagulant in lavender top blood collection tubes, used for CBC

Eulectic Mixture of Local Anesthetics (an emulsion that can be applied to skin to deaden pain--useful for little children

fresh frozen plasma

fever of unknown origin

gravitational force

glucose

glucose tolerance test

hemoglobin--carries oxygen inside the red blood cells

hepatitis B virus

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin = hormone secreted in pregnancy

Hematocrit = % of packed RBCs per 100ml of whole blood

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act--protects the security and confidentiality of electronic health information

hours postprandial (after eating)

Virus associated with AIDS

intravenous--within the veins

"Joint Commission" regulates hospitals and provides standards (i.e. Patient Safety 2004)

potassium (ionic)

electrolytes (Na, K, Cl, CO2 are the major four)

Myocardial Infarction = heart attack

Milliliter = 1/1000 liter

Infectious Mononucleosis abbrev.

Material Safety Data Sheets

Example: Na is the chemical abbreviation for sodium

Sodium Citrate = an anticoagulant In blue top tubes

Sodium fluoride = an anticoagulant that inhibits glycosis

Sodium Heparin = an anticoagulant in green top tubes

Sodium Oxalate = an anticoagulant in black topped tubes

National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards--recommends quality standards and guidelines for clinical laboratory procedures

Occupational Safety and Health Administration that regulates safe work practices

red blood cells with plasma removed as much as possible

a number that indicates how much a chemical solution is acid or base in nature; the lower the number, the more acid. Water is 7 = neutral. Ammonia is above 7

platelet = cellular component of blood that forms a plug needed to stop bleeding in humans

point of care testing = testing performed at the patient's side rather than sent off to a lab (e.g. sugar, urinalysis, cholesterol)

physician office laboratories

personal protective equipment = required by OSHA for safe work; in lab, this includes gloves, lab coat, goggles etc.

Prothrombin time / tests extrinsic coagulation factors

partial thromboplastin time = like APTT tests intrinsic and common coagulation factors

quality assurance = systematic method for insuring accuracy and validity in testing

quality control = practices that are used as part of the overall QA effort (e.g. running normal and abnormal patients)

Quality Not Sufficient = there is not enough blood to do the test

Red blood cell = the cell that uses its hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the tissue

relative centrifugal force = what a centrifuge measures in "G" or gravitational units; the force exerted from the center out

Rho gamma globin = given to women of childbearing age after delivery or abortion if they are Rh-, to prevent them from forming Rh antibodies that might harm future pregnancies

room temperature = 25 degrees C

temperature

type and crossmatch = the act of determine the ABO group and Rh type of a patient, and finding units of blood that are compatible

Urinalysis

Urinary Tract Infection

white blood cells = the cellular component of blood that fights infection