SIAW LI CHAN, PHD, NRCC
ACM GLOBAL LABORATORIES
Rochester, New York
Primary Audience: Phlebotomists, Laboratory Technologists, Laboratory Directors
Secondary Audience: Pathologists, Clinical Scientists (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants, Residents, and Students
Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:
· identify common preanalytic errors that can affect sample integrity;
· identify the differences between fixed-angle centrifuges and swing-out (swing-bucket) centrifuges;
· explain the fundamental concept of centrifuge speed by revolutions per minute and relative centrifugal force; and
differentiate between a physiologic elevation of potassium and a false elevation of potassium resulting from preanalytic error.