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What is the anion gap in a patient with the following blood results?                      Na+                  139 mmol/l   K+                    6.0 mmol/l  CI-                    104 mmol/l   HCO3               16 mmol/l     pH                    7.29  Total Protein       6.0 g/l

The idea of LEAN being introduced into healthcare is to:

Sideroblastic anemia may be characterized by: dimorphism of red cells in peripheral blood ringed sideroblasts in bone marrow increased siderocytes in peripheral blood increased Hgb A2 thalassemia major

Training, advancement, growth and creativity in the workplace are what category in Maslow’s hierachy of need?

WBC casts and increased numbers of WBC’s in urine is indicative of:

An example of an amorphic gene in the blood group systems is:

A wound specimen was inoculated onto two sheep blood agar plates (SBAP): one plate was incubated aerobically and the other anaerobically.  After 48 hours incubation, colonies which were gram stained as gram-positive rods and were catalase negative were observed on both the aerobic sheep blood agar plate (1+ growth), and the anaerobic sheep blood agar plate (4+ growth).  The technologist subcultured the colony from the anaerobic plate to sheep blood agar incubated aerobically, a sheep blood agar plate incubated in a candle jar and a sheep blood agar plate incubated anaerobically.  Again growth of the same colony was observed on the aerobic SBAP (1+ growth), SBAP in the candle jar growth (2+ growth) and anaerobic SBAP (4+ growth).  At this point which of the following organisms is most likely?

Insufficient washing when performing an antiglobulin test will result in:  

Trichrome stains would be most appropriate for detecting which of the following organisms from clinical specimens?

A urine specimen might be examined for which of the following parasites? Schistosoma haematobium Schistosoma japonicum Trichomonas vaginalis Trichuris trichiura