Intro to MLT
Which of the following acts, agencies, or organizations was created to make certain the quality of work done in the laboratory was reliable?
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA'88)
What is the Value of Quality?
Quality is the laboratory medicine that is often described as doing the right test at the right time for the right person
What is the major concern for Point of Care Testing (POCT)?
Maintenance of the Quality Control (QC)
What is the name of the hormone that lowers the blood glucose level by promoting glucose entry into cells?
Insulin
What coagulation factor is considered the "Christmas Factor"?
Factor IX or Factor 9
The relationship between patients and physicians and other health care professionals is described in which document?
Patient Care Partnership document
What 2 types are the most often tested type of specimens?
Blood and urine
How would you prepare 1:10 dilution?
1 parts solute
9 parts solvent or dilution
What is the study of molecules, cells, organs, and systems?
Immunology
What is the purpose of urinalysis?
Aid in diagnosis of disease to monitor wellness
Which is the first critical step in blood collection?
Identifying the patient
What is Quality Assessment?
External standards have been set to ensure the quality of laboratory results reported through QA, as imposed by CLIA’88 & administered by CMS.
What is the standard unit of volume in the metric system?
Liter
What is the term for consistent elimination of an abnormally large volume of urine?
Polyuria
In bilirubin assays, conjugated bilirubin is referred to as what type of reacting bilirubin?
Direct
Within which timeframe must specimens reach the laboratory for testing?
2 hours
What is Proficiency Testing?
Proficiency testing is a means by which quality control between laboratories is maintained by receiving identical specimen samples for analysis periodically.
What is LIS Autoverification?
The process in which the computer performs the initial review and verification of test results
What is another name for a platelet?
Thrombocyte
Microscopic observations
What is a Exposure Control Plan?
Develop, implement, & comply with a plan that ensures the protective safety of laboratory staff to potential infectious bloodborne pathogens
What is Quality Control?
Assaying control specimens (which are or resemble a serum sample with a known concentration of the analyte being measured in the testing procedure) and standards along with patient specimens has various functions
95 degrees F is equal to what degrees Celsius?
35 degrees Celsius
What is the temperature in Celsius the microbiology incubators are set at?
What hematology cells function is the carry the oxygen to the cells of the body?
Erythrocytes or red blood cells