ASCP RECALLS
NON-INFLAMMATORY ORIGIN ✔✔TRANSUDATES ARE USUALLY OF
CONTAMINATION OF NUCLEIC ACID ✔✔A COMMON ERROR IN POLYMERASE
REACTION:
POSITIVE DAT ✔✔CAUSE OF FALSE NEGATIVE FORWARD ABO TYPING:
POSITIVE DAT
INCUBATION AT 37 C
HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA
ROULEAUX
M. Tuburculosis ✔✔PICTURE OF AN AFB SMEAR: GROWS WELL ON AN EGGS BASED
MEDIUM AFTER 3 WEEKS
POLYCYTHEMIA VERA ✔✔DECREASE ERYTHROPOIETIN LEVEL IS FOUND IN:
RECOLLECT A NEW SAMPLE IN A LESSER AMOUNT OF CITRATE. ✔✔A BLOOD
SAMPLE FOR COAGULATION WAS COLLECTED. HOWEVER, UPON CHECKING THE
SPECIMEN, THE MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST FOUND OUT THAT THE
PATIENT'S HEMATOCRIT IS 65%. WHAT TO DO?
