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Order: Penicillin G Potassium 1.4 million units IV every 6 hours. Pyxis: 20,000,000 units per vial. **** You will reconstitute with 11.5 mls of sterile water. **** Using the label below, how many Units are in each mL after you have reconstituted the vial?   

Ordered: 100 Units/kg SQ of Epogen Pyxis: 4000 Units/ml vials. The client weighs 60kg. How many mls will you give? (Round to the nearest tenth)

Which of the following is not a reasonable justification for performing a necropsy?

Cosmetic necropsies refer to

Ideal blood smear technique results in a blood smear that is evenly distributed across _______ of the stationary slide.

Newer hematology analyzers designed for processing animal blood samples are becoming more widely used in veterinary settings. Some of these instruments utilize ________ methods, in which cells in the blood sample interfere with an electrical current, thereby providing information on the various sizes if the cells present.

Longer periods of time for centrifugation may be required for blood samples from cattle, sheep, and goats to obtain a PCV because

The laboratory terminology for the processes that are performed regularly to ensure that test results can be trusted to be accurate is

A urine SG less than _____________ indicates that the kidneys are functioning and are able to actively dilute the urine.

The newest class of positive contrast agents includes the nonionic organic iodides that can be used _____________ (injected into the cerebrospinal fluid space around the spinal cord) for myelography.