Chemistry

3. A small plastic vial contained in the analyzer where the analyte is measured
5. Device used to transfer plasma or serum from one tube to another
7. Unit of centrifugal force
10. The anticoagulant contained in green top tubes
11. The liquid component of anticoagulated blood which spins to the top after centrifugation
12. Immunoassay instrument which is used to run PCT and IOPTH
15. Ions in the blood measured by the IMT sensor
17. When a known standard is tested to determine or adjust an analytical measurement
18. Increases in this analyte indicate damage to heart tissue
19. Reactant used in the measurement of some enzymes which absorbs at 340 nm
21. May be increased in diabetes mellitus
22. A clinically significant abnormal value that must be called to the patient's unit or physician

1. This point-of-care chemistry analyzer measures blood gases and basic metabolic panels from whole blood using a cartridge
2. The main chemistry analyzer at Cottage, PDL has three of them
3. Middleware for Siemens chemistry analyzers
4. Graph used to monitor QC values relative to the mean over time.
6. Relates to the concentration of dissolved ions in blood or urine
8. The reproducibility of a set of values, indicated by variance
9. Cloudiness in a specimen due to high levels of lipids
10. May be cause for rejection of a specimen, interferes with K and AST
13. Part of an analyzer which aspirates sample or reagent
14. The maximum acceptable difference between two measurements of the same analyte on the same sample (abbreviated)
16. Corrective action must be taken if a QC value is this distance from the mean
20. Performed when concentration of an analyte is greater than the analytical measurement range