A general body test is an investigation of the entire body systems. In medical laboratory, some patients often walked in and request for general test. Most of these patients are the one that weren’t refer by medical personnels. Why This patients request for General Test? Most of the patient that request for general test are […]
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Medical Laboratory is a very risky place to work in health system. Many sample they brought to laboratory for investigation of a particular disease, may be infected with others contagious disease, and you as a scientist will not know, that is why the first procedure in medical Laboratory is safety. Apply safety from collecting sample
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Just like every other things that have basics requirements, and set-up, Medical Laboratory has it own designs to suit the jobs needs. When starting a medical laboratory, some basic consideration must be taken into account in bring out laboratories design. In this post, i will outline seven basics, compulsory design laboratory needs. 1. The Laboratory
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In hematology, Normocytic mean same size and Normochromic mean the same color. The type of Anaemia in Which the circulation of red blood cells, (RBCs) has the same size (Normocytic) and posses the same color, (normochromic) is called Normocytic Normochromic Anaemia. In normocytic normochromic Anaemia, red blood cells appear in two form, which is normocytic
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When there is dropped in Red Blood Cells, (RBCs) hemoglobins or volume of Packed Cells Volume (PCV), dropped abruptly, it refer to as Acute Blood Loss (ABL). According to World health organization, (WHO), when hemoglobins of man dropped below 13g/dl and woman dropped below 12g/dl, it said to be anaemia. Anaemia is generally defined as
Anaemia of Chronic disease Anaemia is simply shortage of Red Blood Cells, RBCs in the body system. Since ion help circulating Oxygen we takes in and expelled unwanted carbon dioxide in our body, with shortage of these substance, it will affect respiration thereby led to difficult in breathing. Ion, refer to Hematin which is one
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What is Aplastic Anaemia? Anaemia simple mean shortage of Red Blood Cells in the body system. Anaemia don’t just happened, there are roots cause of it. One of the roots causes despite it is rear, but still possible is stoppage of red blood production in the body system. When Bones marrow stop production of red
This article we are going to discuss on how to care for laboratory balance. Laboratory balance is a delicate instrument that gives a precision measurement. This instrument need careful handling and regular maintenance. The manufacturer instruction for use are to be followed as much as possible when using the weighing balance. In using weighing, balance
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Analytical balance as the name implies is an instrument use in weighing substance in the laboratory. Instrument is basically a two pan balance. It has a simple operation by which a set of Known weight is added in one Pan while the other pan is balanced by the substance being a weights. This type of
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Calcium is chemical substances that form structural mineral in our bones. Calcium is major cation in the body system. There are many Medical Laboratory method available for the estimation of calcium levels in our body Plasma or serums. Some among of this method depends on the precipitation of insoluble salt of Calcium. Atomic absorption flame
Hypercalcemia as the name imply is excess of Calcium in the body system. That is, there are present of Calcium above the normal or reference range in the blood cells. High level of Calcium (Hypercalcemia) are often found in the following conditions; hypothyroidism, cancer metastases in bones, alkalosis (diet for peptic ulcer) hypervitaminosis.
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The opposite of Hypercalcemia is Hypocalcemia. It a condition when the present of Calcium in the blood cells doesn’t reach the Normal or Reference range. Lower level of Calcium in the blood is called Hypocalcemia. Often Hypocalcemia are found in the following conditions; hypoparathyroidism, Rickets, chronic glomerulonephritis, acute pancreatitis and malabsorption syndrome.
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