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Purpose of Lab
CLIA Regs
Urine Abbreviations
Urine Testing
Lab Safety/QC
100
Book that contains information about hazardous chemicals and guidelines for handling
What is MSDS manual?
100
The main reason for passing the CLIA regulations was due to what?
problems with misreading pap smears
100
U/A
What is urinalysis
100
A urine specimen collecting at any time
What is a random urine
100
Every lab testing human specimens must obtain a
What is a CLIA certificate
200
Lab tests that are completed in-house of a physician's office
What is a Physician's Office Lab (POL)
200
CLIA' 88 had a major impact on office laboratories and because of the complexity of the regulations and the expense required to keep them, many doctors or clinics did what with their labs?
many medical offices closed their labs or sharply reduced the tests they performed
200
C & S
What is a culture and sensitivity
200
The most common urinary tract pathogen?
What is E. coli
200
The standard that identifies methods for reducing the risk of transmission of bloodborne pathogens
What is OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard
300
A laboratory owned and operated by an organization outside the physician's medical practice
What is a reference lab
300
CLIA is under the aegis (or jurisdiction) of
What is CMS (formerly HCFA)
300
A tube that is inserted into the urinary bladder for obtaining a urine specimen
What is a urinary catheter
300
absence of urine production
What is anuria
300
Running a control prior to testing a patient is an example of
What is quality control
400
When a physician lists this diagnosis versus another diagnosis this is called a (an)
What is a differential diagnosis
400
The type of sub category in moderate complexity testing that allows physicians to look at specimens under the microscope in the office
What is PPMP - physician performed microscopic procedures
400
UTI
What is a urinary tract infection
400
A medication that can change urine color to orange
What is Pyridium
400
All trash that contains infectious waste and/or blood product waste must have what on it?
What is a biohazard label
500
The main reason offices have a POL is to
What is efficiency of patient treatment
500
What levels of testing must do Proficiency testing?
What is moderate and high complexity testing
500
What gives us information about how concentrated a urine specimen is?
What is specific gravity
500
General instructions to tell someone when collecting a 24 hr urine specimen
Get the appropriate container in which to collect urine Empty the bladder before beginning the 24 hr period Then start the time Collect all urine for 24 hours Refrigerate until taken to lab
500
An acceptable disinfection solution that you can prepare yourself to use in the lab areas
What is 10% bleach solution