Specific Tests
Preparation & Testing
CLIA
TERMS
Hodge Podge
100
a test that measures different types of WBC
What is a differential?
100
fasting
What is not having anything to eat or drink for 12 to 14 hours before a test?
100
the acronym CLIA stands for this
What are Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments?
100
a substance that is being identified or measured in a laboratory test
What is an analyte?
100
a mechanism used to check the precision and accuracy of a test system to determine if the system is providing accurate results
What is calibration?
200
an array of tests that measure fats in the blood
What is a lipid profile or panel?
200
the type of diagnosis based on health history and physical examination, not lab tests
What is a clinical diagnosis?
200
a laboratory test that has been determined to be a simple procedure that is easy to perform and has a low risk of erroneous test results
What is a CLIA-waived test?
200
a test that indicates whether or not a substance is present in the specimen and provides an approximate indication of the amount
What is a qualitative test?
200
the blue line next to the letter "C" on a pregnancy test indicates that this is working
What is an internal control?
300
a test used to see how well your body processes sugar
What is an oral glucose tolerance test?
300
a control
What is a solution that is used to monitor a test system to ensure the reliability and accuracy of test results?
300
if the office lab performs these types of tests, they are subject to unannounced inspection every 2 years
What are moderate-complexity and high-complexity tests?
300
a printed document supplied by the manufacturer with a lab test product that contains information on the proper storage and use of the product as well as use of the controls
What is a product insert?
300
the length of an OGTT
What are approximately 3 hours?
400
a complete blood count
What is a test that measures the WBC, RBC, platelets, hgb, and hct?
400
type of results that indicate the exact amount of a chemical substance that is present in the body in measurable units
What are quantitative test results?
400
must be obtained by POLs that perform only waived tests and must be renewed every 2 years
What is a certificate of waiver (CW)?
400
a reference range
What is an established and acceptable parameter within which the lab test results of a healthy individual are expected to fall?
400
the code that is used for procedures
What is a CPT code?
500
these may be out of the reference ranges if the patient has had diarrhea and vomiting for 4 days
What are electrolytes?
500
Three important parts of patient instructions about fasting.
What are "give detailed instructions about abstaining from food and fluid, give the specific time for initiation of the fast, and medication restrictions?
500
these are 4 CLIA-waived tests
What are blood glucose with monitor, dipstick U/A, fecal occult blood testing, urine pregnancy tests, Goup A rapid streptococcus testing, HGB, chol testing, triglyceride testing, prothrombin time testing, spun microhematocrit?
500
application of methods and means to ensure that test results are reliable and valid, and errors that may interfere with obtaining accurate test results are detected and eliminated
What is quality control?
500
code used for diagnoses
What is an ICD-9?