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Ostwald-Folin Pipette
Glass pipette with an oval bulb near the tip, used for viscous fluids
Air Displacement Pipette
Integrated with a piston
Shift
Represents six or more consecutive control values on one side of the mean
Gauge 21
Standard venipuncture needle for routine venipuncture on adult patients
Ambient Temperature, Altitude
Environmental factors affecting evacuated tube draw volume
Calcium, Albumin
Analytes that become elevated when a patient changes position suddenly before blood collection
10% Solution
Made by mixing 10mL bleach with 90mL water
Fasting and 2 Hours
Times for measuring plasma glucose levels during OGTT
α-fetoprotein
Produced by embryonic hepatocytes and fetal yolk sac cells
Elevated BUN
Usually accompanies elevated creatinine values
Absorbance at 340nm
Base measurement for glucose determination
Control Solution
Contains analytes with known target values, used to monitor analytical performance
Acetic Anhydride/Sulfuric Acid
Reagents for color development in the Liebermann-Burchard reaction for cholesterol
Multiple Myeloma
Yields high serum total protein and low serum albumin
Enzymatic-UV
Specific method for uric acid measurement
Type 4 Hyperlipoproteinemia
Consistent with hypertriglyceridemia and increased pre-betalipoprotein fraction
>240mg/dL
Cholesterol values associated with high-risk CHD in adults aged 30-39
Heparin
Most commonly used anticoagulant for clinical chemistry tests
LDL
Directly estimated by measuring plasma Apo B-100 concentration
Lp(a)
Associated with increased risk for MI and stroke
Precipitating Agents
Used to remove VLDL and LDL from serum for HDL cholesterol measurement
Uric Acid
Causes reduction of phosphotungstic acid to a tungsten blue complex
B-type Natriuretic Peptide
Marker for congestive heart failure
Hepatic Cirrhosis
Characterized by beta-y bridge in serum protein electrophoresis
3%
Allowable coefficient of variation for total cholesterol
2mg/dL/h
Rate of glucose metabolism in an unpreserved sample at refrigerator temperature
50% Methanol
Reagent in the Evelyn-Malloy method for unconjugated bilirubin solubilization
Nelson-Somogyi
Method using arsenomolybdic acid as an oxidizing agent
Apoprotein A-1
Inversely related to risk of CHD
Potassium
Electrolyte with the most narrow reference range
Ca, Mg, K
Electrolytes involved in neuromuscular excitability
Lyase
Enzyme classification of aldolase
Testosterone
Most potent androgen
Excess CO2
Characterizes respiratory acidosis
GGT
Useful in establishing hepatic origin of elevated serum ALP
Freezing Point Depression
Used to determine osmolality by clinical osmometers
Chloride
Major extracellular anion
TBG
Major binding protein for thyroxine
Alcoholic Liver Disease
Associated with high serum GGT
Sodium
Decreases when determined by indirect ISE in lipemic serum