Lab Week 2025

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Across
  1. 4. How specimens arrive in the lab
  2. 5. The make of the gang's ride
  3. 9. A media used to grow bacteria
  4. 11. One of the names of the tube used for serum testing
  5. 13. Sometimes smelly & often "buggy"
  6. 15. This Dane's first name is Great
  7. 20. PTT level helps monitor this medication
  8. 22. Most common bacteria to cause a UTI
  9. 23. A test not run in-house
  10. 25. A tool used for measuring & dispensing small amounts of liquid
  11. 28. The week of the year we celebrate Lab Professionals
  12. 31. Universal Blood Donor
  13. 32. Performs diagnostic tests & analyzes patient samples to assist in the diagnosis, treatment & prevention of diseases
  14. 34. The "Round Up Ride" of the lab
  15. 35. A WBC, that when increased, can be a sign of leukemia
  16. 36. Any substance that triggers an immune response by the body
  17. 40. A transfusion reaction when too much fluid is rapidly transfused
  18. 41. "That newborn is looking a little yellow, better check this level"
  19. 42. Medication given to Rh Negative pregnant/postpartum women
  20. 43. This protein maintains iron homeostasis in the body
  21. 44. How Blood Bank checks if a unit is compatible with a patient
  22. 45. One of the names of the tube used for serum testing
  23. 46. Proteins produce by the immune system to protect the body against foreign substances
  24. 47. A virus that we all hate after 2020
  25. 48. A ruptured WBC often found in smears of CLL patients
  26. 49. Type of blood culture bottle
Down
  1. 1. Instrument used for viewing very small objects
  2. 2. Blood product containing clotting factors
  3. 3. The Pac Man of WBCs
  4. 6. A type of PPE
  5. 7. Doctor who bridges science & medicine
  6. 8. A type of PPE
  7. 10. Test to help identify a myocardial infarction
  8. 12. Cell fragment that helps with clotting
  9. 14. When the pancreas isn't working correctly, this result can be high or low
  10. 16. Test that detects inflammation in the body
  11. 17. Output of a test performed in a laboratory
  12. 18. WBC released during allergic reactions
  13. 19. When more solvent is added to reduce the concentration
  14. 21. crystal often associated with Gout or Kidney Stones
  15. 24. Factor VIII is part of what pathway
  16. 26. Key part of the lab team, maybe friends with Dracula?
  17. 27. A protein in RBCs that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues & organs
  18. 29. Minerals that help maintain fluid balance in the body
  19. 30. Mystery Incorporated's transportation
  20. 33. Anticoagulant often used in blue-top tubes
  21. 34. The process of configuring an instrument to provide a result for a known sample w/i an acceptable range
  22. 37. The real name of Scooby-Doo's pal
  23. 38. A nasty virus that comes in the forms A & B
  24. 39. A way to quickly identify & differentiate bacteria