Policies
Outbound
Microbiology
Outbound PT 2
Acronyms
100

Our commitment to you  to ensure you can get your issues addressed, if you are not content with your supervisor or managers responses.

What is our Open Door Policy?

100

This process is the most critical results 

What is a priority 1? 

100

This is a series of antibiotics tested against an isolated organism to determine which is most effective to kill the organism. 




What is a sensitivity report? 

100

This is treated as a P2 

Who is a Call/T?

100

BU

What is Business Unit?

200

The most important thing you can do to ensure you continue to work at Quest Customer Services.

What is be here on time for work when scheduled?

200

This is a process we never perform on the weekend

What is Problem Tracking?

200

This is a quantitative method of susceptibility testing, measuring the lowest concentration of an antibiotic that inhibits the growth of the isolated organism. 

What is a MIC?

200

If you receive a P1 on a Friday how many attempts do we make that day?

What is two attempts?

200

PSC

What is Patient Service Center?

300

The name of the policy guidelines for how to dress for work.

What is Dress for My Day?

300

After 3NVA's we problem track as a what?

What is a CNR?

300

The following must always be provided when providing a verbal Microbiology result. 

What is the patients name, DOB, DOC and time. The name of the culture, status, source and result. 

300

Red blood cells were present in the sample upon receipt in the laboratory. The test(s) ordered were performed. The presence of red blood cells has been known to affect the following analytes: potassium, glucose, inorganic phosphorus, lactate dehydrogenase and iron. 

Where is a technical note?

300

EMR

What is Electronic Medical Records?

400

This is in place to ensure we can still service our clients and patients should weather or other incidents out of our control cause it to be difficult for our phone reps to get to work.

What is our Business Continuity Plan?

400

This process runs starts from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM local time

What is priority 2's? 

400

This type of bacteria survive and grow in environments where oxygen is present 

What is a Aerobic culture? 

400

The name/labelling of an account when a patient is collected out of state.

What is a house account/81181181

400

NCS

What is National Customer Service?

500

The name of the SOP guiding us for information around authenticating callers and ensuring we have the right patient match when delivering reports.

What is the Release of Test Results SOP?

500

What must we always state to a client when placing an outbound call? 

What is you are calling from a recorded line?

500

What does intermediate mean on a sensitivity report?  

What is the therapeutic effect of the drug is said to be uncertain.  

500

We never work these types of cases if the populate into ADT

What is Puerto Rico/ international calls

500

A/S

What is the answering service?