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Which is NOT an interference for the urine reagent strip test for leukocyte esterase?

A quantitative D-dimer immunoassay test is performed on a patient using an automated instrument. The value is 1160 ng/mL (110-240 ng/mL). Which of the following best fits this result?

After a meal, a urinalysis sample of an otherwise healthy individual appeared cloudy but had normal chemical and microscopic results. What would be the cause of the increased turbidity in this sample?

A CLS spills a bottle of concentrated sulfuric acid and slips in the fluid exposing the lower length of her body to the burning fluid. What should be the best thing another CLS could do?

Consider these total protein electrophoresis results: ALB 40 (53-65%)   αlpha1  2.3 (2.5-5%) αlpha2   39 (7-13%) beta   7 (8-14%) Gamma  11  (12-22%) What is the most likely interpretation?

If a patient has an increase in urinary bilirubin and a decrease urinary urobilinogen, the patient likely has:

A patient sample exhibited the following viral hepatitis test results. These results are most consistent with which scenaria listed below? TEST                           RESULT HBsAg                         Negative Anti-HBs                      Positive Anti-HBc (Total)           Negative Anti-HBc (IgM)             Negative

A physician provisionally diagnoses a patient as having tularemia and requests acute and convalescent serum samples collected to document infection. Which of the following test results would be indicative of acute infection?

Which of the following anticoagulants is the MOST appropriate when plasma is needed for most clinical chemistry procedures?

What is considered an indirect cost?