specimen collection

required for the preparation or primary standards

mechanical balance aka

types of centrifuges

(Type centrifuge?)
allows the tubes to attain in a horizontal position when spinning and a vertical position when the head is not moving

(Type centrifuge?)
horizontal or swing bucket can attain speeds of up to approximately

(Type centrifuge?)
horizontal or swing bucket
(?rpm)
excessive heat build up due to increased _______

(Type centrifuge?)
have angled compartments for the tubes and allow small particles to sediment more rapidly

(Type centrifuge?)
(fixed-angle or angle head) angle is fixed at around ___

(Type centrifuge?)
high-speed centrifuges used to separate layers of different specific gravities

(Type centrifuge?)
they are commonly used to separate layers of different specific gravities

(Type centrifuge?)
chamber is refrigirated to counter heat through friction

(Type centrifuge?)
used to check the speed of the centrifuge

tachometer aka

a process of ensuring accuracy and precision in the laboratory by including quality control reagents in every series of measurement

process of monitoring laboratory analyses to ensure accuracy of results

measure of central tendency

midpoint of a distribution

most frequent observation

difference between the highest and lowest values

a measurement of dispersion

sd2

an index of precision used to compare the dispersion of two or more groups of data with different units

% sodium citrate used in light blue

ratio of sodium citrate in light blue

% sodium citrate used in black top (ESR)

ratio of sodium citrate in black top (ESR)

red top - ___________ standing before centrifugation

action of EDTA

use for STAT (emergency)

STAT tubes stand for _____ before centrifugation

reagent grade...
high levels of purity

reagent grade...
safe

most preferred h20

produced by distilled h20
then cationized/anionized

-glassware?
-ideal for acidic solution

-glassware?
-resist heat, thermal shock and corrosion

-glassware?
-ideal for high precision analytical work

-glassware?
-ignition techniques

-glassware?
-handling heat labile substances _________

-glassware?
-not reliable

-glassware?
-lowest cost

-glassware?
- disposable

has 2 edge rings

-relies on gravity
-one ring

(pipette)
highest accuracy

(type centrifuge?)
-recommended for separator tubes

(type centrifuge?)
-not recommended for separator tubes

(type centrifuge?)
-reference method for lipoprotein analysis