Chapter 1: Exam 1 Study Guide Flashcards
List and Explain 3 Purposes of Lab Testing
1) To screen patients for possible disorders
Can medical assistants run CLIA tests?
Yes
Define CLIA waved testing…
Tests that provide simple, unvarying results and require a minimal amount of judgement & interpretation
Examples of CLIA waved tests…
- Urinalysis
- Pregnancy Test
- Rapid Strep A
- Glucose
- Lipid Panel
- Hemoglobin
Who orders a lab requisition?
Order by provider (physician)
Definition of lab requisition…
Laboratory orders indicating the tests that should be performed
Items found on a laboratory requisition…
- Patient demographics
- Provider info
- Insurance info
- Codes
Analyte
Substance being tested
Example of an analyte that is tested
Glucose or Cholesterol in a blood specimen
Pathologist
Physicians specializing in disease
Panels/Profiles
SERIES of tests associated w/ a particular organ/disease
Critical Value
- A test result far from the reference range, indicating a threat to the patients health
- Requires immediate attention
2 Factors of Patient Compliance
- Willingness to follow treatment
- Take active role in healthcare
Ambulatory Care Setting
- Outpatient facility
- Patient coming to care
Reference Range
Numerical Range of analyte values with which the general population will consistently show similar results 95% of the time
What part of the population is the reference range based off of?
General Population
Homeostasis
Steady state of internal chemical & physical balance
MLT..
Medical Laboratory Technician
How much schooling does an MLT need?
Associates degree (2 years)
POCT…
point of care testing
POL…
Physicians office laboratory
What are physicians office laboratoties?
Small clinic labs generally run by physicians
PA…
Physicians assistant
Medical assistant
Multiskilled professionals who assist in patient care management in medical offices, clinics & ambulatory care centers.
Perform administrative duties and clinical procedures
Attributes of a lab professional..
- Strong interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to solve problems if test results are unexpected
- Honesty, integrity, and ability to admit when unsure of procedure results
- Good eyesight & normal color vision for reading color on tests
- Good organizational skills
- Focus, good power of observation
- Motivation, commitment, dedication to serving others
- Manual dexterity=coordination
- Personal hygiene
Specimen collection and processing is also known as what?
Accession Area
What happens in the specimen collection and processing?
Phlebotomists draw blood and clerical staff route specimens to departments
What happens in hematology department?
Technicians/Technologists perform blood tests, coagulation tests & urinalysis
What happens in blood bank department?
Storage of blood product and testing of blood occurs
Collection center
What happens in the chemistry department?
Technicians/Technologists perform routine & special chemistry tests
What happens in the immunology department?
Perform serology and blood bank tests (determine if antibodies are present)
What happens in the microbiology department?
Detect & test viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites
What happens in the pathology department?
Cytotechs examine cells & histotechs examine tissues
What do cytotechs do?
Examine Cells
What do histotechs do?
Examine Tissues
What happens in the toxicology department?
Test therapeutic drugs and drugs of abuse
What does testing for coagulation mean?
Checking for blood clots
What is a DO?
Doctor of Osteopathy
What percentage of final definitive diagnoses come from the results of lab tests?
80%
