Jennifer Keyes, an 18-year-old woman, comes to the office wi…

Jennifer Keyes, an 18-year-old woman, comes to the office with a painful sore throat, extreme fatigue, fever, and swollen glands. After taking a health history and performing an examination, Dr. Invivo suspects that Jennifer may have infectious mononucleosis. He asks Korey McGrew, CMA (AAMA), to run a Monospot test. The purpose of Dr. Invivo ordering this test is to

Because Jennifer also is pale and has shortness of breath, D…

Because Jennifer also is pale and has shortness of breath, Dr. Invivo decides to order a CBC and a comprehensive metabolic profile to rule out iron deficiency anemia. Korey completes the laboratory request form to accompany the blood specimen to Outside Laboratory. Korey includes Jennifer’s age on the request form because Korey realizes