CLIA
List the departments within the clinical laboratory.
What is Urinalysis, Hematology, Chemistry, Microbiology, cytology, blood bank.
What is the range test value of Hemoglobin for both male and female?
What is 13.5 to 17.5 g/dL for males, and 12 to 16 g/dL for females
Define Point of Care testing
What is CLIA waived tests that are performed in the providers office or at the bedside.
What should patients avoid for fecal occult blood tests and for how long before testing?
What is red meats, dyes, Aspirin, Vitamin C, Iron supplements for 3-7 days prior to testing.
What is the test to see is someone is colorblind?
What is Ishihara test
What is needed on a lab requisition?
What is Patient demographic info, providers signature, specific test that provider ordered, sources of the specimen, date and time of collection, diagnosis code related to the medical necessity of the test.
What does the range for Hemoglobin A1C need to be?
What is below 5.7%
Describe specimen collection
Describe the information an MA must provide to the patient about 24 hour urine screenings.
What is They must discard the 1st morning urine on day one and collect every void until the following day where the last urine collected will be the morning on day 2, urine must be kept refrigerated.
What is the chart used for people who don't speak english?
What is the Big E chart
What does CLIA stand for?
What is Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
what range does the test value for Glucose need to be while fasting?
What is 70 to 100 mg/dL
Name the 13 POC tests
What is Rapid strep test, Dipstick urinalysis, Hemoglobin, Spun Hematocrit, Blood glucose, Hemoglobin A1C, Cholesterol testing, Helicobacter Pylori, mononucleosis screening, Nasal swab for flu types A&B, Drug testing, Fecal Occult Blood Testing.
List non blood specimens.
What is Random Urine, First morning specimen, Clean-catch midstream, 24-hour sample, catheterized collection, Fecal Occult blood tests, specimen cultures
What is the chart used for children who can't read letters
What is symbol chart
What does "ClIA waived" mean?
What is Tests that can be easily performed in a providers office laboratories.
What are the ranges on the Cholesterol panel?
What is Total Cholesterol 130 to 200 mg/dL, LDL less than 100 mg/dL, HDL greater than 60 mg/dL, Triglycerides 40 to 150 mg/dL
What do quality controls relate back to?
What is Policies & procedures that must be implemented to ensure reliability of test results.
Why is Chain of Custody important?
What is must be established to document the handling of specimens, often used to transport urine specimens for drug and alcohol analysis. Everyone who handles the specimen, including pt, must sign chain of custody.
What chart is used to do the Distance vision test?
What is Snellen Chart
List what Microbiology looks for.
What is parasites, fungi, bacteria, viruses and yeast.
What are the ranges on the CBC for a woman?
What is WBC 4,500 to 1,1000/mm³, RBC 4 to 5.5 million/mm³, Platelet count 150,000 to 400,000/mm³, Granulocyte ratio 50% to 70%(of all white blood cells), Hgb 12 to 16 g/dL, Hct 36% to 46%, MCV value score of 80 to 95
What do quality controls include?
What should you do with Critical Values?
What is Ensure accuracy of the info by repeating the test results back to the lab personnel. After obtaining info, inform provider & accurately document the communication & actions taken.
What is the most common Color deficiency?
What is Red-Green