Pre-analytical
Consequences for an unlabeled specimen.
What is rejected and/or discarded?
Not permitted in the lab area.
What is smoke, drink or eat?
Specimen use for early pregnancy detection.
What is urine?
Specimen use for McKesson Influenza A&B antigens.
What is nasal swab?
Specimen use for McKesson Strep A Rapid Test.
What is Throat Swab Specimen?
Two Patient Identifiers.
What is first & last name and date of birth/MRN?
To protect ourselves when performing Point of Care Testing.
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
Read time for a positive and negative results.
What is 3 minutes for a Positive and 5 minutes for a Negative?
Temperature for the McKesson Flu A&B kit.
What is at Room Temperature?
Expiration for opened canister test strips.
What is 12 months (1 yr)?
The specimen must always indicate.
What is date, time, initials of collector and source of the specimen?
Considered potentially hazardous and handled in the same manner as an infectious agent.
What are all specimens?
Shows to validate each result.
What is Internal Quality Control line (control region line) and white to light pink background?
Read time for a Positive and Negative for McKesson Influenza A&B.
What is 10 minutes for Positive and 15 minutes for Negative?
Result interpretation when NO line appears in Control Region.
What is Invalid?
Specimens that are very difficult to recollect due to how they were obtained.
What is Irretrievable Specimen?
A waste container to dispose any waste contaminated with potentially infectious materials.
What is Biohazard container?
Performance of the External Quality Controls.
What is each new kit, new shipment, and if storage temperatures are out of range.
Needs to be on the swab sleeve and on patient testing cassette.
What is Patient Label?
Read time results after placing the dipstick in the tube of solution.
What is 5 minutes?
Document that shows step-by-step instructions for a specific Point of Care Test.
What is Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)?
Action taken after done with testing.
What is disinfect/wash hands?
Stability of Opened External Quality Control Solutions for McKesson HCG.
Reported result when "Dual Positive" obtained in Epic.
What is Indeterminate?
The Throat Swab Target Zones.
What is the Posterior Pharynx, Tonsils and Other Inflamed Areas?