Practical Clinical Hematology and Blood Banking Lab Safety

Before beginning any laboratory exercise, what should a laboratory worker know about the materials they will use?

What protective measures must be used during a laboratory exercise?

What should be avoided while in the laboratory to ensure personal protection?

What should be done before and after a laboratory exercise with the lab table?

Is it permissible to eat or drink in the laboratory?

To prepare serum, blood can be emptied into a container without ________.

_______ is the liquid component of blood, in which the blood cells are suspended.

_______ prevents clotting by removing ionic calcium, which is an essential clotting factor.

Venipuncture sampling is used when _______ amounts of blood are needed for complete hematological and biochemical investigations.

_______ is used in the blood bank as an anticoagulant.

Blood volume in the circulatory system is the same for all age groups.

The main function of hematology is to study the physical characteristics of blood only.

Plasma constitutes approximately 45% of the blood volume.

Red blood cells (RBC) do not form a part of the blood cells' formed elements.

The liquid component of blood is called plasma and it is not involved in transporting blood cells.

RBC's have a nucleus.

Plasma is composed of 90% or more water.

Platelets are small pieces of cells.

Hematopoiesis begins during the first weeks of embryonic development.

The main sites of hematopoiesis in adults include the vertebrae, ribs, sternum, skull bones, pelvis, and proximal ends of femur.