POL
What does POL stand for?
Physician's office laboratories
What year was CLIA created?
1988
_________ measure test results test results accuracy and adherence to standard operating procedures.
Proficiency testing programs
The _______microscope also called the light microscope, and is most often found in a POL
Optical Microscope
Name two reference labs.
Quest Diagnostics
CPLSE
Solstas
Any Lab
Lab Corp
Lab solutions
What is a photometer?
A device that measures light intensity, is a basic electronic component of many pieces of analytic laboratories.
What does OSHA stand for?
Occupational safety and health administration
What does CLIA stand for?
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
The device is used for spinning a specimen at high speed until it separates into its component parts.
Centrifuge
What equipment may you routinely use in a laboratory?
Autoclave
Centrifuge
Microscope
Electronic equipment and software
Equipment used for mesurements
Electronic Equipment is used in the POL why?
It is safer, more accurate, and more efficient than Manuel methods.
Toxicology testing is used to identify what?
Poisons and other chemicals in the body
This program is designed to monitor the quality of the patients care a medical laboratory provides.
Quality Assurance Program
This piece of equipment is used to sterilize, or eradicate, all organisms on the surface of instruments and equipment before they are used on a patient or in testing procedures.
Autoclave
What is a reference laboratory?
A laboratory owned and operated by an organization outside the practice.
What standard precautions are used to prevent the spread of pathogens?
Wear gloves
Wash hands immediately after removing gloves
Wear protective eye wear
Only use recommended and approved equipment
Dispose waste products carefully and correctly
What is the solution used to clean contaminated surfaces?
10% bleach
Red Z
What information should be included on all requisitions?
Patients full name, date of birth, address, patients insurance information,test requested, physicians name, physicians phone number and address, source of specimen, date and time of the specimen. etc
______________ Uses two lenses to magnify the image.
Compound Microscope
What does serology consist of?
Testing the liquid part of the blood for antibodies against specific microorganisms. (ie.) malaria, vial hepatitis
Why is it better for a doctors office to use a reference lab?
Using a reference laboratory frees up a physician's stay from testing duties and allows more time for patient care.
Histology is used to identify what?
Microscopic evaluation of tissues to make a diagnosis. (Ie) a biopsy of a skin lesion
What is a hemocytometer?
A specialized slide calibrated to the exact measurements needed to count blood cells and sperm under a microscope.
The eye piece through which you view an image.
Occulars
Why is it important to accurately document and complete recordkeeping?
If it is not written down it was not done