ICD-10
What do we enter in Soft when there is no diagnosis code?
NONE
What is the stability on a white swab for a wound culture?
24 hours
How do you indicate if a specimen was spun at Specimen Processing?
Yellow highlighter
SOP 0633- “RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF SPECIMENS”
What is the maximum volume of samples that you can fill the disposal boxes up to while blood dumping?
Fill up to half the box
What code must you enter when tox specimen needs to be held?
HBIN
I10
Hypertension
For what sources do we “X” a Cobas?
Rectal
Oral/Throat
How long do we spin a re-spin?
3 minutes
SOP. 0636.03- “ORDER ENTRY FOR TRAD. SPEC. PROC”
Please identify all 5 MRNs that we use and also describe what they are used for.
A: Physician's Office
C: Interfaced
E: Epic
R: Planned Parenthood
V: Monroe County
What is the tasklist creation template for DrugScan?
DRGSN
D64.9
Anemia
What type of allergy needs to checked off on the requisition when we order the “Group B Strep PCR w/ Reflex” test?
Penicillin
At what RPMs do we spin an SST?
3000 rpm
SOP.0639- “ADDON PROCEDURE”
What three steps must you complete when performing an “ADDOF”?
Cancel ADDON
Order ADDOF
Notify Client Services
What code must be entered when a HBE specimen does not have consent?
HBCON
What do we enter in Soft when a diagnosis code is illegible?
NARR
According to the ACM Reference Manual, what two specimens can be used for a Vaginosis Screen?
Pink swab
Affirm
How long do you need to spin urine for Mycoplasma Hominis/Ureaplasma
10 minutes
SOP 0651.03- “HANDLING SPECIMENS WITH DISCREPANT LABELS”
You receive a requisition with patient name “Jane Doe 04/09/1999”, but the patient name on the sample is “Jennifer Doe 04/09/1999”. What problem code would you order, and which patient name should you use to create the order?
MISL
Jane Doe
What QA forms must be filled out at the start of every morning?
Temperature logs
Daily bleach change
Disinfection
Vitamin D Deficiency
D55.9
When "Stool culture with Vibrio and Yersinia" is ordered, what do you order?
STVIB (stool culture with vibrio and Yersinia) and ENBAC (Enteric Bacterial Panel PCR).
Why can’t we use a pipette to pour off a navy blue specimen?
They are metal-free
JOB AID 0006- “SPEC. PROC PROBLEM CODE”
It is after 3:00pm on a Friday and you just received a sterile urine cup with no tests checked on a traditional MDX requisition. What tests do you order?
NTC
UA1 (Urinalysis Complete)
URINE (Urine Culture)
What Hospital does Fibrinogen testing need to be sent to, and at what temperature?
Unity
Frozen