Medical testing: What does RDW mean?
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The RDW is the red blood cell distrubution width.  It's a measure of the variability in size of red blood cells.  A large variation in size (anisocytosis) is evidence of blood disease.  Low RBC and Low Hgb are signs of anemia.
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it means you are up to date with latest first aid procedures and even if you know them all already it never does any harm to reivise what you know and practise makes perfect. The more you practice CPR the more confident you will be if you have to do it for real.
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USP <61> is a method about microbial limits testing in the United States Pharmacopia apparently used for bioburden assays. Get your hands on a USP at either a library or search "usp 61 microbial limits testing" to get more details on the method.
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TIBC stands for Total Iron Binding Capacity. This is a way of testing for anemia. A higher than normal TIBC may be an indicator for iron deficiancy anemia. A lower than normal TIBC may indicate several things including cirrhosis, hemolytic anemia (premature destruction of red blood cells), pernicious anemia (a complicated set of events where B12 is not absorbed properly-B12 is important in the formation of red blood cells), and malnutrition. \n\nplz check this article\nhttp://www.kfshrc.edu.sa/annals/211_212/00-046.htm\n\nTotal iron binding capacity \nDefinition    \nThis is a blood test that measures the total iron binding capacity (TIBC) as an indirect measure of transferrin.\nHow the test is performed    \nBlood is drawn from a vein, usually from the inside of the elbow or the back of the hand. The puncture site is cleaned with antiseptic, and an elastic band is placed around the upper arm to apply pressure and restrict blood flow through the vein. This causes veins below the band to fill with blood.\nA needle is inserted into the vein, and the blood is collected in an air-tight vial or a syringe. During the procedure, the band is removed to restore circulation. Once the blood has been collected, the needle is removed, and the puncture site is covered to stop any bleeding.\nFor an infant or young child:\nThe area is cleansed with antiseptic and punctured with a sharp needle or a lancet. The blood may be collected in a pipette (small glass tube), on a slide, onto a test strip, or into a small container. Cotton or a bandage may be applied to the puncture site if there is any continued bleeding.\nHow to prepare for the test    \nFast for 8 hours before the test.\nFor infants and children:\nThe preparation you can provide for this test depends on your child's age, previous experiences, and level of trust. For specific information regarding how you can prepare your child, see the following topics:\n•infant test or procedure preparation (birth to 1 year) \n•toddler test or procedure preparation (1 to 3 years) \n•preschooler test or procedure preparation (3 to 6 years) \n•schoolage test or procedure preparation (6 to 12 years) \n•adolescent test or procedure preparation (12 to 18 years) \nHow the test will feel    \nWhen the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain, while others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.\nWhy the test is performed    \nThis test is usually performed when iron deficiency is suspected as a cause of anemia.\nAbout 65% of the iron in the body is carried in hemoglobin (in the red blood cells) and about 4% in myoglobin (in skeletal muscle). About 30% of the iron in the body is stored as a substance called ferritin in the liver, bone marrow, and spleen. A small percentage of the body's iron is in transport, as part of a molecule called transferrin, traveling between various parts of the body via the blood stream.\nA serum iron test actually measures the amount of iron in transferrin. Each transferrin molecule can carry 2 iron atoms, and normally, about 30% of the available "spaces" for iron are filled. By artificially filling up all the available spaces, doctors can measure the total iron binding capacity, or TIBC, of your blood. TIBC is usually higher-than-normal when the body's iron stores are low.\nNormal Values    \n•iron: 60-170 mcg/dl \n•TIBC: 240-450 mcg/dl \n•transferrin saturation: 20-50% \nNote: mcg/dl = micrograms per deciliter \nWhat abnormal results mean    \nHigher-than-normal TIBC may indicate:\n•iron deficiency anemia \n•pregnancy (late) \nLower-than-normal TIBC may indicate: \n•cirrhosis \n•hemolytic anemia \n•hypoproteinemia \n•pernicious anemia \n•sickle cell anemia \n•inflammation \n•malnutrition \n•liver disease \nAdditional conditions under which the test may be performed: \n•anemia of chronic disease \nWhat the risks are    \nRisks associated with having blood d
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it depends on the test results
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Ditto with spyderman, CBC, Chem7, PT/INR, PTT, possible bleeding time, and if the doctor is smart, a current blood type on file.
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There is blood, urine, and oral swab tests for alcohol or controlled substance.
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There would be no reason to.If the test was negative when you were at work that's all they need to know.Those workmen comp people are assholes.Don't trust them
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The problem is that the test is standardized to diagnose exposure to the Tuberculosis bacterium. Your bodies greatest immune reaction to Tuberculin found in the "PPD" occurs between 48-72 hours, when a 'wheal' ( a raised red bump greater than 10 milimeters will occur if you have been exposed) will develop to identify your exposure to TB. After 3 days, the 'wheal"  goes down, and you can not accurately predict your risk of exposure. (A "Red mark"as described in the other answer does not indicate exposure). \nSo most likely if it is truly important to determine your risk of being exposed to TB (like for a health care job, or college) it needs to be "read' by a trained person (nurse or MD) by three days of age. So it looks like you may need to have it repeated.\ngood luck
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When I worked in a medical clinic in the medical records department this is what I could gather about an audit....They looked to see if dictation and lab work were in the appropriate places, if names of patient matched with the labs and paperwork inside. Filing of charts in correct place. Things along that nature.  Usually had a nurse or doctor on committee. It would just be a way to make sure charts and information were correct.
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A lie dectector is base on your heart rate.  WPW may alter the result of your test. See your doctor before you take this test
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You should look into the ethics standards section(s) of the Joint Commission agency, this agency regulates almost every aspect of a health care facility and there practices. Also you can get OSHA involved, this agency also deals with the health care but only in the "safety"  aspect. I have learned that the word safety also implies not only to hazardous materials and situations but to safety in the "work environment" in that a coworker can conduct themselves in a threatening way (as to) and there by creating an unsafe working environment. This is not a word play, it is a fact. you should look into this.
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Here is one of the tests you are talking about.  I hope this helps.
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"Functional capacity testing provides objective information to determine an individual's work abilities as well as the status of their occupational disability."\n\nhttp://www.ric.org/patient/services/functional.php\n\nMore...\n\n"Results are summarized with recommendations regarding:\n-ability to perform on the job\n-return to work status\n-patient's level of functionality"\n\nHope that helps!
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When a Full Blood Count (FBC) is requested the haematology analysers count the numbers of all the different blood cells - white cells, red cells and platelets. It also measures the size and shape of the cells. In healthy control patients the red cells will all be similar in size and shape, but in patients who are recovering from an anaemia, blood loss, or have received a recent blood transfusion or in patients with abnormalities of the red blood cells (thalassemia, sickle cell) the red cells can vary in size. This is measured by the Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW). So it is a variation in size of the red cells. If a patient has been anaemic, a raised RDW would be considered a good response to treatment as new healthy sized cells are being produced.
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Here's a site, read what u want, you may be suprised, http://www.cdc.gov/mmwR/preview/mmwrhtml/00000237.htm
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Every medical laboratory is to some extent unique. This lab uses that reagent supplier for blood tests, and some other supplier for tissue tests, and so on. Another lab uses a different collection of suppliers. And, different labs use different procedures to some extent (eg, different workloads of facility layouts). And there are often several different equipment vendors, whose equipment works slightly differently, using different operational sequences and check points.\n\nSo, the very same sample (at least taken from a single larger original sample anyway) will give slightly different results in every lab for most any particular test. In order to lessen the chance of confusion, labs report a 'norm' value for many tests to tell those interpreting the test that our values run <a little higher than the literature reports...> or something similar. They also usually supply a 'normal range' for each test as a courtesy to whoever has to look at the reports; people vary quite a lot, and this value might be acceptable in you but not in someone else quite apart from any laboratory norm differences from other labs.\n\nSince the values in clinical lab reports are often used to decide questions of diagnosis and treatment, it's pretty important (actually vital) to be certain the lab's results are as claimed. And certainly that any errors which can be caught are actually identified. There is a small industry of calibrated sample suppliers and operational testing to ensure this. \n\n==========\nblood glucose testing example\n\nTake, for instance, the home blood glucose monitors used by many diabetics. These generally come with a small bottle of test solution (or control solution, depending on who is choosing names). This is carefully concocted 'fake blood' with a pre-determined concentration of glucose. By using it (if it hasn't partially evaporated or deteriorated), one can test the operation of the glucose meter/test strip combination, qualitatively -- and to some extent quantitatively. A similar dodge is used in actual laboratories. To avoid 'fudging' in the labs themselves (a kind of Caesar's wife's reputation sort of thing), test reagents are generally not made locally, but rather in a central facility.\n\n======\nregulation, licensing, accreditation\n\nLabs are also supervised by industry accrediting bodies rather like colleges, and almost always have statutory and regulatory supervision (mandatory licensing, for example). \n\n======\nmalfeasance\n\nDespite all of this, it's still possible for mendacious lab operators to perform poorly. Especially in circumstances which require some subjective evaluation. A recent example in the US, though not exactly a laboratory issue, is the exposure of what seems to have been a litigation fraud involving lung diseases caused by mining or industrial operations. Attorneys have advertised for plaintiffs, provided testing for them, and organized suits for damages based on the results. The tests (X-rays and the interpretation thereof, primarily) were performed by  independent contracting physicians and X-ray labs, but it seems that several folks noticed that business depended on the findings. There were an awfully large number of folks found to have lung disease who may not have had it all, or at least not the disease for which damages were being sought. Just who arranged for it all, beyond a small number of doctors who made quick diagnoses from medical files, usually without actually meeting patients, is not clear. The lawyers certainly benefited in that they found clients for whom ot work. The patients benefited, though often not very much as individual settlements were often not large. As the situation is clarified, we may learn more as to who organized it, if there is indeed a single organizing brain. \n\nPsychological testing is not very lab based, but the same (or something similar) kind of problem has been noticed in exert evaluations