CLIA
The year CLIA was passed by congress
What is 1988?
light source and condensers are structures of this functional area
What is illuminating structures?
Positive, negative, and invalid could be test results of this type of test
What is a qualitative test?
Labels can be applied to specimens when these two patient identifiers are identified
What is name and date of birth?
This is the results when a test indicates the absence of the substance that the test is designed to detect
What is nonreactive or negative?
Actual reading and reporting of the microscopic findings must be done by this health care professional
What is a physician?
You should place your hands on these structures when carrying a microscope
What is the base and arm?
This type of test shows a numerical value showing how much of a substance is present
What is a quantitative test?
You need lens paper, a stained slide, immersion oil, and soft lint-free tissue when working with this
What is a microscope?
This is any health information in any form that contains patient-identifiable information that must be kept confidential
What is protected health information (PHI)?
CLIA is the abbreviation for this government regulation
What is Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments?
The microscope can be divided into these three basic functional areas.
What is foundational structures, illuminating structures, and magnifying structures?
This is when a manufactured specimen already has a known value
What is a control sample?
On April 14, 2003 this rule went into effect
What is HIPPA Privacy Rule?
This is the substance or ingredient used in a laboratory test to detect, measure, examine, or produce a reaction
What is the reagents?
These are CLIA four complexity levels
What is high complexity, moderate complexity, provider-performed microscopy, and waived testing?
objective lenses that are attached to the revolving nosepiece, the ocular, lenses, and the coarse and fine focus are structures of this functional area
What is magnifying structures?
A liquid positive and negative control that tests the reliability of a test is this type of control
What is an external control?
These are the three reasons physicians use test results
What is to screen and detect, diagnose, and monitor?
This is the overall process to aid in improving the reliability, efficiency, and quality of laboratory testing in general
What is quality assurance?
To receive this certification, you must enroll in the CMS program for this certification, pay applicable certification fees of $200 every 2 years and maintain certain quality assurance and administrative requirements
What is the PPMA certification?
Base, arm, stage, and mechanical slide holder and its controls are the structures of this functional area
What is foundational structures?
To show a test is working correctly, it might have this type of control
What is an internal control?
This is the best defense against legal accusations
What is proper documenting?
This is all components of a test packaged together
What is a kit?