Agencies
Quality Control
Quality Assurance
Miscellaneous
Safety
100
The premier clinical laboratory accreditation, education and consultation organization. We are an independent accreditor whose practical, educational standards have a positive and immediate impact on patient care.
What is the COLA?
100
A graph that quality control data is plotted on to give a visual indication whether a laboratory test is working well.
What is a Levy Jennings Chart?
100
College of American Pathologist
What is CAP?
100
Potassium and Lactate Dehydrogenase are erroneously elevated due to:
What is Hemolysis?
100
Lab coat, gloves, safety glasses/face shield.
What is PPE?
200
The agency ensures workplace safety.
What is OSHA?
(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
200
A gradual loss of reliability in the test system, usually subtle.
What is a trend?
200
Commission of Office Laboratory Accreditation
What is COLA?
200
Dbil and MG are erroneously elevated, while Na and K are decreased due to:
What is Lipemia?
200
What does this symbol mean?
What is a Corrosive?
300
The agency that manages the regulations pertaining to laboratory standards and quality laboratory testing.
What is CLIA?
(Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments)
300
A statistical process used to monitor and evaluate the analytical process that produces patient results.
What is Quality Control?
300
A process by which an authoritative body gives formal recognition of technical competence for specific tests/ measurements, based on third-party assessment and following the international standard.
What is Laboratory Accreditation?
300
Determines the performance of individual laboratories for specific tests or measurements and is used to monitor laboratories’ continuing performance.
What is Proficiency Testing?
300
What does this symbol mean?
What is a Biohazard?
400
The US legislation that provides data privacy and security of medical information.
What is HIPAA?
(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
400
Rules to help analyze whether or not an analytical run is in-control or out-of-control. It uses a combination of decision criteria, usually 5 different control rules to judge the acceptability of an analytical run.
What are Westgard Rules?
400
An ongoing, comprehensive program which analyzes every aspect of an entire operation. In the laboratory, it involves the entire testing process: pre-analytical, analytical (testing), and post-analytical processes.
What is Quality Assurance?
400
Is a process that is employed to ensure that laboratory test data and results are consistent, accurate and precise. AMR and reference range studies are also completed with this process.
What is a validation?
400
An enclosed, ventilated laboratory workspace for safely working with materials contaminated with (or potentially contaminated with) pathogens requiring a defined biosafety level.
What is Biological Safety Cabinet?
500
An internationally recognized program and the only one of its kind that utilizes teams of practicing laboratory professionals as inspectors.
What is CAP?
500
For QC results, any positive or negative deviation away from the calculated mean is defined as:
What is Random Error?
500
Previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration, is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and health insurance portability standards.
What is CMS?
500
Is the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Quality Control (QC) procedure for an alternate QC option allowed by 42CFR493.1250.
What is IQCP?
500
A technical document which provides detailed and comprehensive information on a controlled product related to: health effects of exposure to the product, hazard evaluation related to the product’s handling, storage or use, measure to protect workers at risk of exposure, and emergency procedures.
What is a MSDS?