SAFETY
The National Fire Protection Association identification system has a four color-coded diamond shaped symbol arranged to form a larger diamond shape. What type of hazard does the blue diamond identify?
Health
Red- Flammable
Yellow-reactivity
White- special precautions
The four essential functions of a manager are:
Planning, organizing, directing, controlling
What is the frequency of competency of testing personnel of moderately/ high complexity test per CLIA
initially , 6 months, 1 year, every year after
A pipette with a TD etched into it means it is _______ and should or should not be "blown out"
to deliver , should not
When looking at laboratory budgets it is important to look at both fixed and variable costs.. Fixed costs do not vary with test volume where variable costs do. Labor expenses is an example of which ?
Variable cost
The responsibility to implement and maintain a safety program in a clinical laboratory belongs to who?
The Laboratory safety officer
This theory of managing people deals with
six levels. As the basic needs of an employee are met, the next highest need is substituted. The needs, in ascending order, are physiological, safety, security, social, esteem, and self-actualization. Unsatisfied needs are considered motivators.
Maslow’s theory
According to CLIA ’88, satisfactory performance
for ABO, Rh, and compatibility tests requires a
score of:
100%.. all other testing is 80%
The difference between an open system and closed reagent system is that a closed system does/ does not permit the use of reagents from other manufacturers
does not
In a budget , what is the term for money spent on a nonexpendable item that has a life expectancy of greater than1 fiscal year?
Capital expenditure
Define standard precautions
the concept that all blood or potentially infectious material should be treated as if it is infectious for a bloodborne pathogen.
Which of the following questions are ok to ask during a job interview?
a. how old are you
b. What type of work experience do you have
c. do you have any children
d. Where are you from
B.
What can not be asked about for Job interview :
Ethnicity
Gender
Disability
Age
Religion
Family status – how many children, planning on having children, status of day care
Military record
Financial status
Which regulatory agency mandates the following
requirements for protection of employees of
clinical laboratories?
• Provide personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Require hepatitis B vaccinations at no cost
• Require specific biohazard materials labeling
• Provide training and updating yearly of safety
standards
OSHA
You are working in the laboratory making up controls and one of the controls splashes and gets in your eye.. It starts to burn immediately . What is the first thing you do ?
go to eye wash station and rinse eyes for 15 min.
50
fixed cost / ( revenue per test - variable cost)
OSHA requires employers to have policies and procedures regarding precautions to take when working with blood and body fluids. This is called _______
Exposure control plan
Which of McGregor's theory type management is based on the assumptions that employees don't really want to work, lack ambition, only work to collect a paycheck, and need constant supervision.
Theory X
According to CLIA ’88, testing personnel
performing high-complexity laboratory tests must
have at least what type of education ?
An Associates degree of Medical Technology
This is the federal agency responsible for administration of CLIA 88 , Medicare/Medicaid services and contains the Office of the Inspector general
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
What is the primary coding system that is used by the federal government to determine levels of reimbursement at the procedural level for Medicare services?
CPT codes
Where do you find information about a chemical such as its health hazard data, fire and explosion hazard data, first aid measures and disposal instructions
MSDS ( material safety data sheet)
What do you call a process whereby the best process in one organization is modified to fit similar processes in another organization
benchmarking
What is required of a laboratory to do if you have different methodologies/ instruments performing the same test per CLIA ? at what frequency
method comparisons / twice a year
This is the federal law that protests the security and confidentiality of healthcare information .
Besides the patient who else are you able to give lab results to ?
HIPPA
Ordering physician , heath team in direct care of patient, patient's representative
Data for a new procedure is as follows:
number of procedures per year 10,000
equipment cost $97,000
expected useful life 7 years
reagent cost $20,000/yr
RVUs (minutes to perform procedure) 30min
average wage $30.50/hr
The cost per procedure is:
$18.64