Chapter 2 Flashcards
NAACLS
National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Establishes standards for hospitals and other health related facilities
Improve healthcare for the public through evaluation
Improve safety for residents and patients
CAP
College of American Pathologists
Offers proficiency testing and continuous lab inspection
CLSI
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
Global nonprofit standards improving organization
Develops guidelines and standards
Quality Assurance (QA)
Guarantees quality patient care by tracking outcomes through scheduled reviews of elements of patient care
Part of CQI plan
QA Indicators must be
Measurable
Well defined
Objective
Specific
Clearly related to an important aspect of patient care
Quality Control (QC)
Part of QA
Form of procedure control
Uses operational checks to make sure procedures are correctly performed
Specimen collection procedures
Contains guidelines for specimen collection, proper tubes, labeling and timing of each specimen
Laboratory procedure manual
States policies and procedures for each test and practice
Must be updated annually
Safety manual
Contains procedures relating to all safety aspects
Chemical, electrical, fire and radiation, exposure control, disaster plans, hazardous material handling
Infection control procedural manual
Hand washing and other decontamination processes
Precautions when handling patients or specimens
Procedures to implement after exposure incidents
QA Forms
Equipment check
Internal incident report (identity the problem, state the consequence, describe the correction)
Risk management
Identifying and minimizing risks to employees and patients
Two ways to manage risk
Controlling risk to avoid incidents
Paying for consequences after they happen
Risk management steps
Identify the risk
Treatment of risk
Education of employees and patients
Evaluation of what should be done in the future
Tort
A wrongful action committed against person, property, or reputation.
Can be done intentionally or not
