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QA Phases
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Definitions
100
All activities performed by a lab to ensure quality results
What is Quality Control
100
This phase involves a delta check flag on a hemoglobin specimen.
What is post analytical
100
This chart is used to monitor control values, usually on a monthly basis
What is a Levy Jennings chart
100
This is the name of the activities associated with improving the laboratory's ability to meet and exceed the needs and expectations of patients?
What is Quality Improvement.
100
The degree of accuracy and precision over an extended period of time is known as this
What is reliability
200
The process of identifying potential risks in diagnostic testing and selecting and choosing a method that manages those risks..
What is Risk Management.
200
This phase includes client or patient identification and preparation.
What is preanalytical
200
To determine the 1s, 2s, and 3s, what calculation must be performed?
What is the standard deviation
200
External quality assurance is a means to measure what?
What is Performance relative to other laboratories
200
The values that is the middle of a set of date is known as this
What is the median
300
Specifically, the process of monitoring during the assay of patient samples.
What is Quality Control
300
This phase involves topping up reagents on an analyzer to complete the testing
What is Analytical
300
If the data of mean, median and mode are equal, the data is said to fit this type of distribution?
What is Gaussian curve.
300
What is considered an acceptable level of the coefficient of variation in a manual and automated method?
What is 10% and 3%
300
The ability to accurately measure one component without interference by another is known as this.
What is Specificity.
400
We call this the standard of excellence or performance level against which a laboratory process is measured.
What is bench mark?
400
This phase involves the reflex testing of another test as determined by the original test result
What is post analytical
400
If you determine 2s, what percentage of date will fall within that range?
What is 95%
400
I cannot report my patient results when this one day west guard rule is violated.
What is a 1-3s.
400
A change in precision that occurs without regularity is known as this type of error.
What is a Random error
500
The ability to measure small amounts of a component
What is sensitivity
500
The patient drops off a fecal sample instead of a urine sample at the lab. In which phase did the error occur?
What is preanalytical
500
What percent of data will fall outside of the acceptable ranges just due statistically to chance?
What is 0.3% or 3/1000
500
This solution is used to set up acceptable ranges on an analyzer.
What is a standard or calibrator.
500
A change in the mean on the Levy Jennings chart according to the new data plots is called this.
What is a Shift
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