Automation in the clinical laboratory

Regulatory standards

________ requiring greater accuracy and precision.

Liquid

________: available in bulk volume containers or unit doses.

aliquot

What is measured through aspiration of the sample into a probe? Answer with a single words or term.

Modular analyzers

________: utilize a combination of laboratory methods; absorbance, ISEs, immunoassays, etc.

Preservation

________: refrigeration, reconstitution of dry tablet, or combination of two stable components.

Incubation

________: heating bath (water or air) to maintain required temperature of reaction mixture.

Analyzers

________ performing electrolyte measurements can lose CO2 to the atmosphere, resulting in decreased CO2 values.

light production

The ________ is inversely proportional to the concentration of cortisol in the sample.

Immunochemistry analyzers

________: assaying drugs, specific proteins, tumor markers, hormones- for very small concentrations.

Immunoassay

________- based instruments use a variety of techniques, including fluorescence- polarization immunoassays, nephelometry, and chemiluminescent immunoassays.

Discrete analysis

________: separation of each specimen and reagent in a separate container; most popular types can run multiple tests on one specimen at a time or multiple specimens one test at a time.

Accurate calibration

What is essential to obtain accurate information? Answer with a single words or term.

Point of care benchtop analyzers

________: small, portable, easy to operate; used in physicians offices, surgical, and critical care units.

Plasma separator tube

________ can be used and primary tube sampling performed with plasma.

Centrifugal analysis

________: force of centrifugation transfers and contains liquids; capable of batch analysis.

cortisol assay

PRINCIPLE: What is a competitive binding immunoenzymatic assay? Answer with a single words or term.

Samples

________ are uncapped, and exposure of the sample to air can lead to sample evaporation, produce errors in analysis, and expose you to biohazards during the uncapping step.

Evaporation of the sample

________ may be significant, and may cause concentration of the constituents being analyzed to rise 50 % in 4 hours.