Lab Week 2020

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Across
  1. 3. Important cardiac marker which can be falsely decreased by biotin supplements
  2. 8. Disease that shows characteristic oligoclonal banding on CSF protein electrophoresis
  3. 10. Type of glassware calibrated to dispense a single specific amount of liquid
  4. 11. Form of iron stained by Perl's Prussian Blue
  5. 12. Individuals with Fy(a-b-) phenotype show resistance to this
  6. 15. Patients with cystic fibrosis show resistance to this infectious disease
  7. 17. A phenomenon involving low sodium levels due to the presence of lipemia or large protein molecules
  8. 19. This analyzer operates based on freezing-point depression
  9. 22. Variability in erythrocyte shape
  10. 25. Downey lymphocytes are associated with this illness
  11. 29. PBP2 is confirmatory testing for this ARO
  12. 30. Common therapy for hemochromatosis and polycythemia
  13. 31. Kell system antigen found in ~99% of the population
  14. 32. The monospot test for infectious mononucleosis is based on the presence of these antibodies
  15. 34. Blood culture bottle collected first
Down
  1. 1. Reference range: 3.5-5.0 mmol/L
  2. 2. Another name for cholelithiasis
  3. 4. GI biopsies are stained with Giemsa to screen for this organism
  4. 5. He's not insane, his mother had him tested
  5. 6. Compound which acts as both a stain and a fixative for lipids
  6. 7. Caused by infection with Borrelia burgdorfi
  7. 9. Acidic dye of the H&E stain
  8. 13. Substance that shows apple green birefringence when stained with Alkaline Congo Red and examined with a polarizing microscope
  9. 14. Basic dye of the H&E stain
  10. 16. Overdose of this common analgesic causes metabolic acidosis followed by respiratory alkalosis
  11. 18. Produced by beta-oxidation of fatty acids (seen in type I diabetes)
  12. 20. Urine crystals with a characteristic coffin-lid appearance
  13. 21. Variability in erythrocyte size
  14. 23. Most abundant plasma protein
  15. 24. Trinitrophenol is another name for this explosive compound
  16. 26. Anemia characterized by oval macrocytes and hypersegmented neutrophils
  17. 27. Basophilic stippling is characteristic of this disease state
  18. 28. oxalate Urine crystals associated with renal calculi and ethylene glycol poisoning
  19. 31. Enriched media that contains hemin and NAD+ to support growth of fastidious organisms (like Haemophilus influenzae)
  20. 33. Syndrome caused by inheritance of abnormal Kx antigen resulting in decreased expression of Kell antigens