Module 1: Introduction to Clinical Chemistry

Enables analysis which is not otherwise possible, and enables it to be made faster, more accurately, on smaller quantities, or more cheaply than by alternative methods.

consists of efforts to establish and maintain a climate of continued improvements in the laboratory in order to deliver high-quality services to health care

include appropriate facilities and equipment, adequate training, PPE, chemical management, SOPs, waste handling, signage, proper laboratory practices and safe working conditions.

includes patient preparation, specimen considerations and variables

Agreement between your test result value and the true value

The division of a sample into at least two smaller size vials.

The chemical substance being measured in an assay, usually contained in blood or other body fluids.

A diagnostic test to measure the concentration or level of a particular analyte.

A liquid solution containing a combination of chemicals, which control and maintain the pH of any other solution it is added to.

A material, generally serum based with an accurately assigned analytical value, used to calibrate diagnostic assays.

A serum based material with assigned target values and acceptable ranges to evaluate the accuracy and reproducibility of a diagnostic assay.

It is used to describe the highest concentration, at which a reaction is still measurable.

refers to a material that has been freeze-dried

Any biochemical compound which plays a key role in the metabolism of the body.

The clear amber liquid which is derived from whole blood that has been collected in the presence of an anticoagulant

Refers to the reproducibility of test results and is a measure of how disperse the values are

The process of detecting errors in any manufacturing or operational system.

A component of a kit used to carry out a chemical reaction to determine levels of different analytes

The addition of water to a freeze-dried reagent or control material to return it to its former condition.

The clear amber liquid that is derived from clotted blood by centrifuging and removing the red blood cells.

An aqueous solution containing a known level or concentration of analyte that will not change and can be used to calculate diagnostic results.

Earliest recorded accounts of observations on urine specimens

made diagnoses by listening to internal body sounds and palpating areas of the body

Father of Medicine who began attributing disease to abnormalities in the body fluids.