Quality
Purchased specimens run to ensure the test is working.
What is Quality control? (QC)
The software between Lab analyzers and the LIS that allows for rules, QC review, and auto verification.
What is Middleware?
Professional agency that inspects and accredits clinical laboratories.
What is the College of American Pathology (CAP)?
Professional agency that administers laboratory certification exams.
Situation: Specimens are received in the tube system from the ED with no patient information. ED says results are needed ASAP and they know the specimens are on Sally Smith. What do you do?
Reject specimens and request a redraw.
Overall process of guaranteeing quality patient care. Includes all aspects of testing from physician order to reporting and maintaining records.
Quality Assurance (QA)?
Standard healthcare computer language.
What is HL7?
Name of professional agency that provides an additional inspection of Blood Bank labs. This is an "EXTRA" inspection and is not required.
American Association of Blood Banks (AABB)?
Two laboratory positions that require higher education degree.
What are Medical Laboratory Technition (MLT) and Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS)?
A dilution prepared by adding 0.5 ml 0f solution to 1.5 ml diluent.
What is a 1:4 dilution?
Range of values over which a test is valid.
What is Linearity?
Communication that goes both ways.
Ex) HIS to LIS and LIS to HIS
What is bi-directional communication?
Ensuring laboratory employees are performing patient testing correctly. Must be done on initial hire, at 6 months and yearly thereafter.
What is Competency?
A type of university program that helps registered MLT's work towards their BS and the MLS exam.
What is Bridging?
1.5 mL converted to uL
The ability to repeat the same result.
Precision
The process where completed Lab results flow from the analyzer to Middleware to LIS and then to HIS without any interaction by the tech.
What is Auto verification?
The process of purchasing unknown samples for all laboratory tests, running the tests, and submitting the results for grading.
What is Proficiency Testing?
The newest laboratory certification.
What is a Doctorate in Clinical Laboratory Science (DCLS)?
Describe the quality control range in reference to the MEAN.
What is the MEAN +/- 2 SD (Standard Deviation)?
Healthcare information access is strictly controlled because of this federal law.
What is HIPAA?
One step in validating a new test.
What is:
- Setting up Proficiency testing
- Linearity Validation
-Instrument method to method validation
- Log number crossover
A state that requires additional licensure to work in a clinical lab.
Where is (any state listed is correct)?
Florida, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisana, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Gaum, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico
Patient's glucose is 950 mg/dL on analyzer but linearity of glucose is 700. Describe next step.
What is dilution of original specimen?
Run result and multiply result by the dilution factor.