Send it to the lab!
A 1988 amendment that regulates federal standards that apply to all clinical laboratory testing performed on humans in the United States.
What are the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)
Urine or blood is screened for the presence of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) antibodies. For the purpose of point-of-care testing, a urine sample is obtained to evaluate for the presence of hCG.
Pregnancy tests
A whole blood sample can screen for the presence of H. pylori antibodies.
Helicobacter Pylori
includes the physical, chemical, and microscopic examination of urine
Urinalysis
Identifying or measuring by the quality of something rather than its quantity.
Qualitative
What does the first part of a lab requisition include?
patient demographic information
A machine is used to screen for the oxygen-carrying protein in whole blood, performed using capillary blood from a fingerstick (capillary puncture).
Hemoglobin
This screening tool tests for the presence of the Epstein-Barr virus in a capillary blood sample.
Microscope examination of cells for diagnostic purposes
Cytology
FDA (The Food and Drug Administration)
________________ are required whenever sending specimens to be tested at an outside laboratory.
lab requisitions
Fingerstick (capillary puncture) collection of blood is obtained in microcapillary tubes, which are centrifuged and evaluated for the percentage of red blood cells.
Spun Hematocrit
Lipids are evaluated from a capillary blood sample. The sample is placed on a reagent strip and analyzed in a cholesterol testing machine.
Cholesterol Testing
Studying bacteria, fungi, parasites, yeasts, and viruses; specimens can include urine, blood, sputum, cerebrospinal fluid, stool, and wound material
Microbiology
What year was CLIA established?
1988
What is the number one thing that contributes to laboratory error more than any other factor?
Incorrect specimen labeling
Verify the labels against the patient’s health record and the lab order before sending the specimen to the lab for processing.
is a screening tool for analytes that are excreted in the urine. The urine sample is performed and tested with a reagent strip.
Dipstick, Tablet or Multi-Stick Urinalysis
This capillary blood test determines the approximate control of blood glucose levels over a 3-month period.
Hemoglobin A1C
Chemicals found in blood, cerebrospinal fluid, urine, joint fluid, lipid profiles (such as triglycerides, total cholesterol, HDL, and LDL), and fasting glucose
Chemistry
Related to measuring the amount of something
Quantitative
What three things must be done when sending a specimen to an outside laboratory?
Properly label all collected specimens
ensure the specimens are matched with the correct lab requisition
placed in a specimen collection pouch for transport.
Throat swabs are obtained to screen for group A streptococcus. Both sides of the posterior throat/tonsil area are swabbed and tested for the presence of the group A antigen.
Rapid Streptococcus Testing
Whole blood is analyzed in a glucometer for a quantitative glucose level and is a screening test for diabetes, performed using capillary blood from a fingerstick.
Blood Glucose
Blood cell counts that determine RBCs, WBCs, and platelets of a blood specimen
Hematology
What data about the specimen being tested is necessary on a requisition?
source of the specimen
the date and time of specimen collection
diagnosis code related to the medical necessity of the test ordered