CLIA-Waived Tests
What is the Hemoccult test?
This is the assumption that all blood and bodily fluids are contaminated and infectious.
What are Universal Precautions?
Cocci in pairs is called this.
What is diplococci?
CLIA stands for this.
What is Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments?
Collection of the patient specimen is done in this phase of quality assurance.
What is the preanalytical phase?
You read the test results at 5 minutes but no later than 10 minutes.
What is the urine pregnancy test?
This is the agency that is responsible for issuing standard precautions.
What is the CDC?
The smallest type of microorganism.
What is a virus?
The substance being tested.
What is an analyte?
Quality control is completed in this phase of quality assurance.
What is the analytical phase?
This test does not differentiate between being a carrier and an acute infection.
What is the rapid strep test?
OSHA stands for this.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration?
Rod shaped bacteria are called this.
What is Bacilli?
Documentation that states what lab tests have been ordered.
What is a laboratory requisition?
What is the preanalytical phase?
You run external quality controls with every new lot number and every new untrained operator with this test.
What is the rapid strep test?
What is blue?
Spiral shaped bacteria are called this.
What is Spirilla?
Documentation that shows laboratory test results.
What is a laboratory report?
Documentation and reporting of patient results occur in this phase of quality assurance.
What is the postanalytical phase?
This is the only test where you run the quality control test after you have tested the patient sample.
What is the Hemoccult test?
A symbol with a skull and a cross or X figure below it represents this.
What is poison?
Cocci that grows in chains is known as this.
A test that is easy to perform, results can be easily interpreted, and has a low risk of harm to the patient if done incorrectly is called this.
What is a CLIA-Waived test?
Calibration occurs in this phase of quality assurance.
What is the analytical phase?