Laboratory Basics PDF

Laboratory Basics Chapter 1 Preamble PowerPoints are a general overview and are provided to help students take notes over the video lecture ONLY. PowerPoints DO NOT cover the details needed for the Unit exam Each student is responsible for READING the TEXTBOOK for details to answer the...

Laboratory Basics Chapter 1 Preamble PowerPoints are a general overview and are provided to help students take notes over the video lecture ONLY. PowerPoints DO NOT cover the details needed for the Unit exam Each student is responsible for READING the TEXTBOOK for details to answer the UNIT OBJECTIVES Unit Objectives are your study guide (not this PowerPoint) Test questions cover the details of UNIT OBJECTIVES found only in your Textbook! Introduction Medical/Clinical laboratory technologist needs to be familiar with fundamental practices and equipment used in laboratory testing. Selecting proper types of pipettes Pipette use Centrifugation Laboratory calculations Temperature monitoring Others Calibrate Assessing, setting, or correcting a device usually by comparing or adjusting it to match or conform to a reliable, known, and unvarying measure Calibration Actual process used to calibrate a device Water Numerous uses in the clinical laboratory, including: in preparation of reagents. as a diluent for controls and calibrators. to flush and clean internal components of analyzers. as a medium in heating bath to incubate cuvettes. to wash and rinse laboratory glassware. For many of these, water source must be of the highest purity. Clinical Laboratory Reagent Water Criteria for CLRW CLSI document GP40-A4-AMD Water Criteria for Clinical Laboratory Reagent Water )CLRW) Resistivity, MΩ ⋅ cm, at 25° C >10 Microbiological impurities, Colony forming units per mL (C f u/mL) maximum