Clinic Lab : Basic Overview

Training Design: Dorra Hung
Laboratory Roles & Responsibilities


The clinical lab provides diagnostic test data to aid in the detection,
diagnosis and treatment of disease. Data is used by physicians,
nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals.

The responsibilities of the clinical lab include:

   Correct identification, collection and processing of patient specimens
   Accurate performance of testing
   Timely reporting of results
   Communication with physicians and other healthcare professionals

Analyst testing is used to help diagnose, monitor or treat disease




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Laboratory Workflow


There are six main steps in how a
   sample flows through the lab
   from order creation to final test
   result.

1.   Test is ordered.
2.   Sample is collected
3.   Sample is delivered to the lab.
4.   Sample is processed.
5.   Sample is analyzed.
6.   Results are reported.




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Laboratory Specimens


Most common Laboratory Specimen Types:

  Blood
  Urine

Additional Laboratory Specimens:

  Body fluids
  Sputum
  Stool
  Tissue samples
  Culture swabs




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Why do we analyze our blood?


                                        Coronary Disease

                                            CK, LDH




         Kidney Disease                       Liver Disease

         BUN, Creatinine                        Bilirubin




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Medical Examination Overview

         Anamnesis                   Medical Examination            Pre-diagnose


                                            Enquiry


                                     Examination Request
Analytical                                                          Pre-Analytical
-Analytical Sensitivity                                             -External Influences
-Method Specificity                                                 -Patient Sampling
-Statistical Quality Control                                        -Sample Transport
                                                                    -Sample Preparation

                               Analytical Result (Value and Unit)
     Reference Interval
     (Normal Values)
                                        Patient Result              Post-Analytical Phase
                                                                    -Plausibility Check
  Diagnostic Sensitivity                                            -Alarm Values
  and Specificity                                                   -Trend Check
                                           Diagnose                 -Constellation Check




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Sampling




         Types of samples :
         Serum,plasma, blood, urine, CSF...
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Medical Examination


  Objective is to get an answer about the health status of a patient

  The physician determines on the basis of the anamneses, his clinical
  examination and on the basis of additional known information an
  Enquiry   Examination Request

  This is followed by the necessary preparation of the patient and blood
  sampling




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Pre-Analytical


Common material for examination

  Venous Blood (Serum or Plasma)
  Capillary blood
  Urine (Single shot or 24 hour collection)
  Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
  Puncture Fluids
  Others, such as Faeces, Saliva, Gastric acid, Hair…..




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What is Blood?


Blood Composition                55% Plasma
      Plasma                           Yellow, sticky liquid
      Cells                            Transport of
                                           Nutrients (proteins, fats,
                                           carbon hydrates)
                                           Hormones

                                 44% Erythrocytes
                                       Red blood cells
                                       Contain Haemoglobin
                                          O2 and CO2 transport




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What is Blood?


Blood Composition                0.1% Leucocytes
      Plasma                           White blood cells
      Cells                            Protection against
                                           bacteria
                                           viruses

                                 0.9% Thrombocytes
                                       Platelets
                                       Coagulation at injuries




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Sample containers - What do we use?
                                                                                      Tube size (mm)        Draw Volume
                                                                                      ID x Height           (mL)

                                                                                      13 x 75               3.5
                   Red top Vacutainer® collection                                     13 x 100              4.0, 5.0,
                         tubes are used for                                           16 x 100              5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0
                      serum determinations                                            16 x 100              8.5
                            in chemistry.                                   Stopper          Coagulant              Use
                    They contain NO coagulant.                               color

                                                                           Lavender           EDTA              Hematology
                 The grey and red speckled SST™                            Light Blue      Sodium citrate       Coagulation
                 tube at left (“tiger top”) contains a                       Green            Lithium             Plasma
                 polymer gel for serum separation                                            heparate            chemistry
                   and has a Hemoguard™ tube                               Light Green        Lithium             Serum
                                                                                           heparate + gel        chemistry
                                closure.                                      Grey         Sodium citrate         Glucose
                                                                                                                  testing
                   The Vacutainer® at right has a
                    conventional tube stopper,

                 Tubes are now made of plastic to
                 help protect personnel from injury
                    and bloodborne pathogens.


Vacutainer® and Hemogard™ are trademarks of Becton, Dickinson & Company.




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What samples do we analyze?
          Phlebotomist draws
                sample




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Plasma versus Serum




   Blood to which an anticoagulant has been              Blood to which no anticoagulant has
   added will not clot. Blood cells will settle to the   been added will clot. Blood cells get
   bottom of the tube leaving plasma at the top of       caught in the clot leaving serum
   the tube.                                             behind.




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Pre-Analytical


Possible Influences

  Age, gender
  Genetic influences
  Nutritional influences
  Pregnancy
  Biorhythm (diurnal rhythm causing analytical fluctuations)
  Muscular mass, body weight
  Physical activity or inactivity
  Psychological stress (fear for blood collection, surgery)
  Use of medicines




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Pre-Analytical


Disturbing Influences

  Sample collection (body position, venous congestion, ….)
  Sample condition (haemolytic, lipemic, icteric)
  Normal serum obtained from an individual in good health is usually
  clear, pale yellow in color. However, the color of the patient’s serum
  may appear different for various reasons such as disease or improper
  handling of the blood specimen.
  Lipemia (Lipe) results from increased levels of lipoproteins associated
  with triglycerides, and it can cause the serum to appear white.
  Hemolysis (Heme) is caused usually by the release of hemoglobin
  from ruptured red blood cells during sample collection and/or sample
  handling. This interference can cause the serum to appear red.



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Pre-Analytical


    Icterus (Icte) is the result of increased levels of bilirubin, and it can cause
    the serum to appear yellow.




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Pre-Analytical




Separation of samples
     Centrifugation,
     Deproteinization
     Chromatography
     Electrophoresis,
     ....
Pre-Analytical




After the centrifugation if the sample was without anticoagulant the supernatant
fluid is SERUM otherwise is plasma .
As anticoagulants they use EDTA K3 , EDTA K2 , Heparin, Citric acid 9:1, Citric
Acid 4:1 NaF and others.

If we use plasma we must know the type of the anti-coagulant due to different
interferences f.e.
Ca , Na , Fe , ALP ...
Pre-analytics
Pre-Analytical




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Pre-Analytical


  Some photometric assays may be influenced by the presence of these
  abnormal serum colors and the reliability of the test results may be
  decreased.
    haemolysis can cause analytical interferences such as high K+
    caused by release from erythrocytes, or can interfere with the
    measuring technique (photometry)
  Inadequate sample transport
  Wrong centrifugation
  Inadequate sample storage (Bilirubin)




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Pre-Analytical

    Different type of sample collection in commercially available blood collection
    systems (Beckton Dickinson Vacutainer, Sarstedt Monovetten, …..)




Tube with additional       Extraction of    Application                     Colour-
Anti-Coagulation agent                                                      coding
Whole blood (without       Serum            Clinical Chemistry, Serology,   Red
agent)                                      Immunochemistry
Heparin                    Plasma           Clinical Chemistry              Green
EDTA                       Plasma           Haematology, Special            Lilac
                                            Chemistry, Immunochemistry
Citrate                    Plasma           Coagulation tests               Bleu
Na-Fluoride / K-Oxalate    Plasma           Glucose, Lactate                Grey

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Pre-Analytical


                                                                                                                 Serum
Plasma versus Serum                                                                                                 30-45 minutes clothing (preferably
                                                                                                                    in the dark)
                                                                                                                    10-15 minutes centrifugation
                                                                                                                    @ 1000-1500 g

                                                                                                                 Plasma
   Blood to which an anticoagulant has been
   added will not clot. Blood cells will settle to the
                                                               Blood to which no anticoagulant has
                                                               been added will clot. Blood cells get
                                                                                                                    Immediate 10-15 minutes
   bottom of the tube leaving plasma at the top of             caught in the clot leaving serum
   the tube.                                                   behind.
                                                                                                                    centrifugation @ 1000-1500 g
                                                                                         For internal use only
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Pre-Analytical


Sample transport and storage

  Properly packed
  Transport must be save
    Bio hazardous material
  4 hours stable @ 15-25 oC
    Closed to avoid evaporation
  24 hours stable @ 4-8 oC
    Dry ice, cool packs, refrigerator, etc.




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Pre-Analytical


Example: Potasium
 Plasma is recommended for rapid centrifugation
  Use only serum or plasma from single patients
 Sample preparation (heparin plasma)
  Centrifuge within 30-45 minutes after collection
    Erythrocytes produce Homocysteine, which continues after
    sampling
  Store on ice if centrifugation within 30-45 minutes is not possible
  Store plasma at -20 oC if sample can not be measured within 48
  hours




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Analytical




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Analytical


Adequate test methodology
  Standard Operating
  Procedure
  Understandable
  Traceable

Routine test must be
  Easy to be executed
  Reliable
  Low risk on failure




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Statistical Quality Control


Samples with known concentration
 Low
 Medium
 High

As part of the daily routine
 Begin of the run
 Middle in the run
 End of the day
 Random




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Quality control




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Cumulative
                                control




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Patient Result


      Test Report

Demographic information
 Patient name, Patient ID, Lab number
 Sample matrix, Visual distortions
 Date, Time
  Sample collection, Arrival in the lab, Time of analyses

Analytical results
 Test name, Unit, Reference values, Comments (high/low, diluted,
 duplicates, ……)




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Analytical Results


   Expected Values
Reference Range
   Normal values
   Based on a large pool
   of healthy persons

Differences between
    Children vs. adults
    Male vs. female
    Serum vs. plasma
    Population
    Biorhythm




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Diagnose


After checking the reliability of the analysis

  Analytical range
  Statistical Quality control
  Pre-analytical and analytical disturbances
  Plausibility of the result
   Compared with previous results
   Fit with the situation of the patient



                       DIAGNOSE

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Methods of Clinical Chemistry

 Photometry
 Chemiluminence
 Potentiometry (ISE)
 Electrophoresis
 Nephelometry
 γ- COUNTER
 Mass absorption
 Osmometry
 HPLC
 TLC
 Coagulation
 ...
Optical Density A = - log 10 T
Photometry                  A= ε x L x C




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Photometry




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End Point there is final <<stable>> color




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END POINT –linear calibration curve




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CALCULATIONS




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Rate Method




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RATE or ZERO ORDER kinetics




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RATE , ZERO ORDER



Decrease :

340 nm AST/GOT-ALT/GPT,LDH P--L,ALDOLASE

                      FACTOR or FV =

 (Vtotal x 1000) / (Vsample x Light Path xMEC)



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RATE or ZERO ORDER kinetics


Increase :
340 nm : LDH L->P, CK , CKMB , HBDH , ELASTASE , LAP
405 nm : ALP(AMP) , ALP(DEA) , ACP , NP ACP , AAMY , PAMY

                      FACTOR or FV =

 (Vtotal x 1000) / (Vsample x Light Path xMEC)



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Turbidimetric assays




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Direct potentiometry : This is the simplest method of making ion-
selective electrode measurements. The electrodes are immersed in
a test solution and the electrode potential is measured directly with
a millivolt meter. The concentration is then related directly to this
measurement by reading the answer from a calibration graph of
concentration versus millivolts.

Indirect potentiometry : Dilution of the sample (less volume, less
problems, less interventions




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Pre-analytical factors that affect serum proteins
                   concentrations


    1)Time of the day
    2)Position
    3)Exercise
    4)Fasting vs non fasting
    5)Medications
    6)Time of year (season)
    7)Age and gender
    8)Geographic location
    9)Venipuncture technique
    10)Sample handling and storage

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Patient Result


      Test Report

Demographic information
 Patient name, Patient ID, Lab number
 Sample matrix, Visual distortions
 Date, Time
  Sample collection, Arrival in the lab, Time of analyses

Analytical results
 Test name, Unit, Reference values, Comments (high/low, diluted,
 duplicates, ……)




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Auto-validation


                                          Automatic




            Limits defined by the lab
            Delta checks
             Quality control with Westgard rules
             Messages from the systems


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RESULTS




                   Clinic




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Clinical laboratory basic

  • 1.
    Clinic Lab :Basic Overview Training Design: Dorra Hung
  • 2.
    Laboratory Roles &Responsibilities The clinical lab provides diagnostic test data to aid in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of disease. Data is used by physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals. The responsibilities of the clinical lab include: Correct identification, collection and processing of patient specimens Accurate performance of testing Timely reporting of results Communication with physicians and other healthcare professionals Analyst testing is used to help diagnose, monitor or treat disease Page 2 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 3.
    Laboratory Workflow There aresix main steps in how a sample flows through the lab from order creation to final test result. 1. Test is ordered. 2. Sample is collected 3. Sample is delivered to the lab. 4. Sample is processed. 5. Sample is analyzed. 6. Results are reported. Page 3 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 4.
    Laboratory Specimens Most commonLaboratory Specimen Types: Blood Urine Additional Laboratory Specimens: Body fluids Sputum Stool Tissue samples Culture swabs Page 4 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 5.
    Why do weanalyze our blood? Coronary Disease CK, LDH Kidney Disease Liver Disease BUN, Creatinine Bilirubin Page 5 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 6.
    Medical Examination Overview Anamnesis Medical Examination Pre-diagnose Enquiry Examination Request Analytical Pre-Analytical -Analytical Sensitivity -External Influences -Method Specificity -Patient Sampling -Statistical Quality Control -Sample Transport -Sample Preparation Analytical Result (Value and Unit) Reference Interval (Normal Values) Patient Result Post-Analytical Phase -Plausibility Check Diagnostic Sensitivity -Alarm Values and Specificity -Trend Check Diagnose -Constellation Check Page 6 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 7.
    Sampling Types of samples : Serum,plasma, blood, urine, CSF... Page 7 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 8.
    Medical Examination Objective is to get an answer about the health status of a patient The physician determines on the basis of the anamneses, his clinical examination and on the basis of additional known information an Enquiry Examination Request This is followed by the necessary preparation of the patient and blood sampling Page 8 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 9.
    Pre-Analytical Common material forexamination Venous Blood (Serum or Plasma) Capillary blood Urine (Single shot or 24 hour collection) Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Puncture Fluids Others, such as Faeces, Saliva, Gastric acid, Hair….. Page 9 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 10.
    What is Blood? BloodComposition 55% Plasma Plasma Yellow, sticky liquid Cells Transport of Nutrients (proteins, fats, carbon hydrates) Hormones 44% Erythrocytes Red blood cells Contain Haemoglobin O2 and CO2 transport Page 10 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 11.
    What is Blood? BloodComposition 0.1% Leucocytes Plasma White blood cells Cells Protection against bacteria viruses 0.9% Thrombocytes Platelets Coagulation at injuries Page 11 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 12.
    Sample containers -What do we use? Tube size (mm) Draw Volume ID x Height (mL) 13 x 75 3.5 Red top Vacutainer® collection 13 x 100 4.0, 5.0, tubes are used for 16 x 100 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 serum determinations 16 x 100 8.5 in chemistry. Stopper Coagulant Use They contain NO coagulant. color Lavender EDTA Hematology The grey and red speckled SST™ Light Blue Sodium citrate Coagulation tube at left (“tiger top”) contains a Green Lithium Plasma polymer gel for serum separation heparate chemistry and has a Hemoguard™ tube Light Green Lithium Serum heparate + gel chemistry closure. Grey Sodium citrate Glucose testing The Vacutainer® at right has a conventional tube stopper, Tubes are now made of plastic to help protect personnel from injury and bloodborne pathogens. Vacutainer® and Hemogard™ are trademarks of Becton, Dickinson & Company. Page 12 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 13.
    What samples dowe analyze? Phlebotomist draws sample Page 13 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 14.
    Plasma versus Serum Blood to which an anticoagulant has been Blood to which no anticoagulant has added will not clot. Blood cells will settle to the been added will clot. Blood cells get bottom of the tube leaving plasma at the top of caught in the clot leaving serum the tube. behind. Page 14 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 15.
    Pre-Analytical Possible Influences Age, gender Genetic influences Nutritional influences Pregnancy Biorhythm (diurnal rhythm causing analytical fluctuations) Muscular mass, body weight Physical activity or inactivity Psychological stress (fear for blood collection, surgery) Use of medicines Page 15 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 16.
    Pre-Analytical Disturbing Influences Sample collection (body position, venous congestion, ….) Sample condition (haemolytic, lipemic, icteric) Normal serum obtained from an individual in good health is usually clear, pale yellow in color. However, the color of the patient’s serum may appear different for various reasons such as disease or improper handling of the blood specimen. Lipemia (Lipe) results from increased levels of lipoproteins associated with triglycerides, and it can cause the serum to appear white. Hemolysis (Heme) is caused usually by the release of hemoglobin from ruptured red blood cells during sample collection and/or sample handling. This interference can cause the serum to appear red. Page 16 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 17.
    Pre-Analytical Icterus (Icte) is the result of increased levels of bilirubin, and it can cause the serum to appear yellow. Page 17 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 18.
    Pre-Analytical Separation of samples Centrifugation, Deproteinization Chromatography Electrophoresis, ....
  • 19.
    Pre-Analytical After the centrifugationif the sample was without anticoagulant the supernatant fluid is SERUM otherwise is plasma . As anticoagulants they use EDTA K3 , EDTA K2 , Heparin, Citric acid 9:1, Citric Acid 4:1 NaF and others. If we use plasma we must know the type of the anti-coagulant due to different interferences f.e. Ca , Na , Fe , ALP ...
  • 20.
  • 21.
    Pre-Analytical Somephotometric assays may be influenced by the presence of these abnormal serum colors and the reliability of the test results may be decreased. haemolysis can cause analytical interferences such as high K+ caused by release from erythrocytes, or can interfere with the measuring technique (photometry) Inadequate sample transport Wrong centrifugation Inadequate sample storage (Bilirubin) Page 21 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 22.
    Pre-Analytical Different type of sample collection in commercially available blood collection systems (Beckton Dickinson Vacutainer, Sarstedt Monovetten, …..) Tube with additional Extraction of Application Colour- Anti-Coagulation agent coding Whole blood (without Serum Clinical Chemistry, Serology, Red agent) Immunochemistry Heparin Plasma Clinical Chemistry Green EDTA Plasma Haematology, Special Lilac Chemistry, Immunochemistry Citrate Plasma Coagulation tests Bleu Na-Fluoride / K-Oxalate Plasma Glucose, Lactate Grey Page 22 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 23.
    Pre-Analytical Serum Plasma versus Serum 30-45 minutes clothing (preferably in the dark) 10-15 minutes centrifugation @ 1000-1500 g Plasma Blood to which an anticoagulant has been added will not clot. Blood cells will settle to the Blood to which no anticoagulant has been added will clot. Blood cells get Immediate 10-15 minutes bottom of the tube leaving plasma at the top of caught in the clot leaving serum the tube. behind. centrifugation @ 1000-1500 g For internal use only Page 7 Jan-07 Velemirov / Twisk EU Sales Training Page 23 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 24.
    Pre-Analytical Sample transport andstorage Properly packed Transport must be save Bio hazardous material 4 hours stable @ 15-25 oC Closed to avoid evaporation 24 hours stable @ 4-8 oC Dry ice, cool packs, refrigerator, etc. Page 24 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 25.
    Pre-Analytical Example: Potasium Plasmais recommended for rapid centrifugation Use only serum or plasma from single patients Sample preparation (heparin plasma) Centrifuge within 30-45 minutes after collection Erythrocytes produce Homocysteine, which continues after sampling Store on ice if centrifugation within 30-45 minutes is not possible Store plasma at -20 oC if sample can not be measured within 48 hours Page 25 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 26.
    Analytical Page 26 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 27.
    Analytical Adequate test methodology Standard Operating Procedure Understandable Traceable Routine test must be Easy to be executed Reliable Low risk on failure Page 27 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 28.
    Statistical Quality Control Sampleswith known concentration Low Medium High As part of the daily routine Begin of the run Middle in the run End of the day Random Page 28 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 29.
    Quality control Page 29 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 30.
    Cumulative control Page 30 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 31.
    Patient Result Test Report Demographic information Patient name, Patient ID, Lab number Sample matrix, Visual distortions Date, Time Sample collection, Arrival in the lab, Time of analyses Analytical results Test name, Unit, Reference values, Comments (high/low, diluted, duplicates, ……) Page 31 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 32.
    Analytical Results Expected Values Reference Range Normal values Based on a large pool of healthy persons Differences between Children vs. adults Male vs. female Serum vs. plasma Population Biorhythm Page 32 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 33.
    Diagnose After checking thereliability of the analysis Analytical range Statistical Quality control Pre-analytical and analytical disturbances Plausibility of the result Compared with previous results Fit with the situation of the patient DIAGNOSE Page 33 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 34.
    Methods of ClinicalChemistry Photometry Chemiluminence Potentiometry (ISE) Electrophoresis Nephelometry γ- COUNTER Mass absorption Osmometry HPLC TLC Coagulation ...
  • 35.
    Optical Density A= - log 10 T Photometry A= ε x L x C Page 35 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 36.
    Photometry Page 36 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 37.
    End Point thereis final <<stable>> color Page 37 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 38.
    END POINT –linearcalibration curve Page 38 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 39.
    CALCULATIONS Page 39 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 40.
    Rate Method Page40 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 41.
    RATE or ZEROORDER kinetics Page 41 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 42.
    RATE , ZEROORDER Decrease : 340 nm AST/GOT-ALT/GPT,LDH P--L,ALDOLASE FACTOR or FV = (Vtotal x 1000) / (Vsample x Light Path xMEC) Page 42 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 43.
    RATE or ZEROORDER kinetics Increase : 340 nm : LDH L->P, CK , CKMB , HBDH , ELASTASE , LAP 405 nm : ALP(AMP) , ALP(DEA) , ACP , NP ACP , AAMY , PAMY FACTOR or FV = (Vtotal x 1000) / (Vsample x Light Path xMEC) Page 43 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 44.
    Turbidimetric assays Page 44 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
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  • 46.
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  • 47.
    Direct potentiometry :This is the simplest method of making ion- selective electrode measurements. The electrodes are immersed in a test solution and the electrode potential is measured directly with a millivolt meter. The concentration is then related directly to this measurement by reading the answer from a calibration graph of concentration versus millivolts. Indirect potentiometry : Dilution of the sample (less volume, less problems, less interventions Page 47 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 48.
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  • 49.
    Pre-analytical factors thataffect serum proteins concentrations 1)Time of the day 2)Position 3)Exercise 4)Fasting vs non fasting 5)Medications 6)Time of year (season) 7)Age and gender 8)Geographic location 9)Venipuncture technique 10)Sample handling and storage Page 49 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 50.
    Patient Result Test Report Demographic information Patient name, Patient ID, Lab number Sample matrix, Visual distortions Date, Time Sample collection, Arrival in the lab, Time of analyses Analytical results Test name, Unit, Reference values, Comments (high/low, diluted, duplicates, ……) Page 50 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 51.
    Auto-validation Automatic Limits defined by the lab Delta checks Quality control with Westgard rules Messages from the systems Page 51 Mar-07 Dorra Hung
  • 52.
    RESULTS Clinic Page 52 Mar-07 Dorra Hung