The Laboratory Professional
Infection Control
Laboratory Departments
Phlebotomy
Anything Goes
100
Early laboratories were staffed by these professionals.
What are doctors?
100
The 1991 Bloodborne Pathogen Standard was issued by this governmental entity.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration?
100
The bulk of this departments work is in bacteriology.
What is microbiology?
100
The tourniquet is placed at this distance above the puncture site.
What is 3 -4 inches?
100
Another term for a hospital-acquired infection.
What is nosocomial?
200
Most laboratory professionals require this document to practice.
What is a certificate?
200
This is a liquid in the form of a very fine mist.
What is an aerosol?
200
Compatibility testing is done in this department.
What is immunohematology?
200
The most important step in the phlebotomy procedure.
What is proper patient identification?
200
The federal act which specifies minimum performance standards for clinical labs.
What is the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA '88)?
300
This is the required level of education for MTs and CLSs.
What is a bachelor's degree?
300
These precautions are more comprehensive than Universal Precautions.
What are Standard Precautions?
300
Fungi are studied in this department.
What is mycology?
300
These types of patients would benefit from a syringe draw.
What are patients with small/fragile veins?
300
This antigenic organisms can cause damage and injury (disease) to the host.
What is a pathogen?
400
The laboratory is under the direction of this professional.
What is a pathologist?
400
Autoclave effectiveness is checked by using indicator strips containing this bacterium.
What is Bacillus stearothermophilus?
400
Blood-clotting defects are studied in this department.
What is coagulation?
400
The tourniquet cannot be on the arm for more than this amount of time.
What is 1 minute?
400
An international, non-profit organization that establishes standards of best practices for clinical labs.
What is the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)?
500
These types of labs perform chemical and microscopic tests on blood, body fluids, and tissues.
What is a clinical laboratory?
500
In addition to Standard Precautions, these are specific safety precautions used on isolation patients.
What are Transmission-based Precautions?
500
Tests completed at patient bedside are monitored in this department.
What is point-of-care testing?
500
This is the proper order of vein selection.
What is the median cubital, cephalic, and basilic?
500
These precautions are limited to patients and specimens that are visibly contaminated with blood.
What are Universal Precautions?
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