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282 Unit IV: Special Procedures Unit IV Crossword Exercise MIDSTREAM ACROSS 3. Term for urine collected in the middle of urination 5. Determines compatibility for blood transfusion Activated partial thromboplastin time (abbrev.) 11. With air 13. Hyponatremia means this substance in the blood is decreased 14. Test for collateral flow 16. Involuntary contraction of an artery 18. Ailment caused by microorganisms somewhere in the urinary tract 19. Machine used to spin blood tubes 22. O&P test detects these 23. Evacuated tube with separator gel (abbrev.) 24. Type of fluid that surrounds fetus in the uterus 26. Secret code that allows access to a computer system 29. Type of swab collected from inside of cheek 30. Computer key that sends data to the processor 31. Image on a computer screen that represents a program 32 Type of testing done on the Cholestech instrument 35. Networking device that routes and forwards information 38. lontophoresis is used to stimulate production of this body fluid DOWN 1. Inhibiting agent in BC bottles to inhibit microor- ganism growth (abbrev.) 2. Test used to diagnose problems of carbohydrate metabolism 4. Phrase intended to assist memory 6. Microorganisms or their toxins in the blood 8. Often called alternate-site testing 9. Another name for sorting and processing 10. Type of circulation in which more than one artery supplies blood to an area 12. Sets standards for laboratory medicine (abbrev.) 13. Immediately - agglutinins (temp. sensitivity) 17. Point at which the needle will actually enter the skin 18. Analysis of urine (abbrev.) 20. Type of fluid collected from the stomach 21. Artery located at the thumb side of the wrist 25. Hidden 27. Brachial or radial 28. A buccal swab is used for this analysis 33. Tube used for separating plasma and free-flowing cells 34. Fed. agency offering 10 steps to urine drug collection 36. Time it takes from collection to results (abbrev.) 37. Main processor memory (abbrev.)

Answer 1

DOWN

1)S PS  sodium polyanethol sulphonate (SPS) that is anti coagulant as well as well-known growth inhibitor of several anaerobic species.- SPS is the abbreviation to the agent added in BC bottles to inhibit bacterial growth..

4) MNEMONIC - phrase intended to assist memory.

6) SEPSIS - micro organisms or their toxins in blood is referred to as septicemia or sepsis.

8) PALM - alternative site other than fingertips.

ACROSS

14) ALLEN test is used to determine the collateral flow.

16) ARTERIOSPASM - involuntary contraction of an artery.

18) UT I - Ailment caused by microbes in urinary system.