MASTER SHEET

1. Irregular clot
What caused this error?

a. The patient is receiving warfarin therapy

b. The tube was left to clot lying on its side

c. The temperature on the ward was too hot during collection

2. Contrast Media
What caused this error?

a. The patient has been injected with contrast agents for MRI testing

b. The patient recently consumed a drink with a blue food colouring

c. The patient has lead poisoning

3. Fibrin Mass
What caused this error?

a. The patient is receiving warfarin therapy

b. The temperature on the ward was too hot during collection

c. The sample was centrifuged immediately following collection

4. Gel Globules
What caused this error?

a. The patient recently consumed a fatty meal

b. The conditions in the ward storage were sunny and hot during pre-use storage

c. The centrifugation forces were too low

 5. Gel Smearing
What caused this error?

a. The patient is receiving warfarin therapy

b. The centrifugation forces were too high

c. The temperature on the ward was sunny and hot during pre-use storage

6. Grossly Icteric
What caused this error?

a. The patient is dehydrated

b. The temperature on the ward was sunny and hot during pre-use storage

c. High levels of bilirubin in the patient’s blood

7. Haemolysis
What caused this error?

a. The specimen was collected via an intravenous catheter

b. The temperature on the ward was sunny and hot during pre-use storage

c. High levels of bilirubin in the patient’s blood

8. Incomplete gel
What caused this error?

a. The patient has polymyalgia rheumatica

b. The temperature on the ward was too hot during collection

c. The sample was centrifuged immediately following collection

9. Grossly Lipaemic
What caused this error?

a. There is a manufacturing error with the separator gel

b. The patient recently consumed a fatty meal

c. The centrifugation forces were too low

 10. Supernatant under gel
What caused this error?

a. The patient has polymyalgia rheumatica

b. There is a manufacturing error with the separator gel

c. The sample was centrifuged immediately following collection

11. Unusual gel barrier formation

What caused this error?

a. The tube was centrifuged in a fixed-angle centrifuge

b. There is a manufacturing error with the separator gel

c. The sample was centrifuged immediately following collection

12. Fibrin strand

What caused this error?

a. The centrifugation forces were too low

b. The patient is dehydrated

c. The sample was centrifuged immediately following collection

13. Specimen Types

What are the differences between the plasma and serum specimens? What do you see?

Different colour gel

Cells trapped in gel in plasma

Irregular clot structure in serum specimen

Question 1.
What caused this error?
a. The patient is receiving warfarin therapy
b. The tube was left to clot lying on its side
c. The temperature on the ward was too hot during collection
Question 2.
What caused this error?
a. The patient has been injected with contrast agents for MRI testing
b. The patient recently consumed a drink with a blue food colouring
c. The patient has lead poisoning
Question 3.
What caused this error?
a. The patient is receiving warfarin therapy
b. The temperature on the ward was too hot during collection
c. The sample was centrifuged immediately following collection
Question 4.
What caused this error?
a. The patient recently consumed a fatty meal
b. The conditions in the ward storage were sunny and hot during pre-use
storage
c. The centrifugation forces were too low
Question 5.
What caused this error?
a. The patient is receiving warfarin therapy
b. The centrifugation forces were too high
c. The temperature on the ward was sunny and hot during pre-use storage
Question 6.
What caused this error?
a. The patient is dehydrated
b. The temperature on the ward was sunny and hot during pre-use storage
c. High levels of bilirubin in the patient’s blood
Question 7.
What caused this error?
a. The specimen was collected via an intravenous catheter
b. The temperature on the ward was sunny and hot during pre-use storage
c. High levels of bilirubin in the patient’s blood
Question 8.
What caused this error?
a. The patient has polymyalgia rheumatica
b. The temperature on the ward was too hot during collection
c. The sample was centrifuged immediately following collection
Question 9.
What caused this error?
a. There is a manufacturing error with the separator gel
b. The patient recently consumed a fatty meal
c. The centrifugation forces were too low
Question 10.
What caused this error?
a. The patient has polymyalgia rheumatica
b. There is a manufacturing error with the separator gel
c. The sample was centrifuged immediately following collection
Question 11.
What caused this error?
a. The tube was centrifuged in a fixed-angle centrifuge
b. There is a manufacturing error with the separator gel
c. The sample was centrifuged immediately following collection
Question 12.
What caused this error?
a. The centrifugation forces were too low
b. The patient is dehydrated
c. The sample was centrifuged immediately following collection
Question 13.
What are the differences between the plasma and serum specimens? What
do you see?
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