LabQ 2023 Clinical Laboratory: Clinical Chemistry  

Faculty/Authors
SIAW LI CHAN, PHD, NRCC 
ACM GLOBAL LABORATORIES
Rochester, New York  

CMLE Credit: 2.0
Estimated Completion Time: 2 hour
Format: Online Educational Activity and Post Exam

Instructions

To claim CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:

1. Review the Technical Considerations.
2. Click Go to Course to view an overview of the modules in this course.
3. Click Access to begin the course.
4. Review the Educational Activity.
5. Complete and submit the Post Exam.
6. Submit the course Evaluation to register your credit.

Faculty Disclosures​
The faculty have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Technical Considerations

Release Date: 05/27/2023 
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 12/31/2025 

• 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.