Chapter 2 Health Care Structure Flashcards
____ and ____ are responsible for admissions and medical records, as well as for billing, accounting, and other financial aspects of the hospital
Fiscal and Information Services
____ includes all aspects of the physical plant of the hospital, such as cleaning, maintenance, and security, as well as food service and purchasing.
Support services
____ provide direct care to patients. Phlebotomists deal directly with them as well.
Nursing services
____ provide services at the request of licensed practitioners who aid in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
Professional Services
____ department evaluates and treats patients with cardiovascular disease by inserting devices into the bloodstream that are threaded up to the heart
Cardiac Catheterization
____ analyzes samples from patients at the request of physicians or other licensed health care personnel.
Clinical Laboratory
____ is an examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause or extent of a disease.
Biopsy
____ is the likely course of a disease or ailment
Prognosis
____ uses radioisotopes to perform tests and treat diseases
Nuclear Medicine
____ are often used as tracers and in large doses can be used to destroy cancerous tissue.
Radioisotopes
____ assess patients and design adaptive aids or compensatory strategies to help people with physical or mental impairments perform tasks of daily living and reach their maximum potential.
Occupation Therapy
____ department treats cancer, using x-rays or other high energy radiation sources to destroy tumors.
Radiation Therapy
____ often perform arterial punctures for the determination of arterial blood gas measurements.
Respiratory Therapy
The clinical laboratory is divided into two main areas, ____ and ____.
Anatomical and Surgical Pathology
Clinical Pathology
____ area analyzes the characteristics of cells and tissues
Anatomical and Surgical
____ area analyzes blood and other body fluids.
Clinical Pathology
The phlebotomist works in the ____ of the ____
clinical pathology area
clinical laboratory
The clinical laboratory is usually under the supervision of a ____
pathologist
____ is a physician with special training in lab analysis of tissues and fluids or a physician who has a minimum of 2 years’ experience directing or supervising high complexity testing, or a one who holds an earned doctorate in chemical, physical, biological, or clinical laboratory science from an accredited institution.
Pathologist
The ____ department examines chromosomes for evidence of genetic disease, such as Down syndrome
Cytogenetic so
The ____ department processes and stains cells that are shed into body fluids or removed from tissue with a needle and examines them for presence of cancer or other diseases.
Common test performed is the ____
Cytology
Pap smear
The action of drawing fluid by suction from a vessel or cavity
Aspiration
The ____ department prepares tissues from autopsy, surgery, or biopsy for microscopic examination by a pathologist.
Histology
The ____ or ____ dept ideals with blood used for transfusions. Here ____ testing is performed to ensure that the patient’s immune system does not reject the donor blood.
Blood bank, immunohematology
Compatibility
Specimens for the Blood bank dept are drawn in a ____ which contains ____ additives. They can also be drawn in a ____ containing a chemical called ____. Strict attention must be paid to ____ and ____ to prevent a fatal transfusion.
Plain red-top tube No Pink-top tube EDTA Patient ID Sample labeling
____ is determined by the presence and type of particular antigens on the surface of red blood cells.
Blood type
In routine blood typing two major antigen groups are tested for ____ and ____
Rh, ABO
In compatibility testing, patient serum is mixed with donor RBC’s to look for ____ caused by a reaction between the patient’s ____ and ____.
Clumping of cells (if cells clump, donor blood cannot be used)
Antibodies, Antigens
Patients can donate their own blood for later use called ____.
Autologous donation
Chemistry tests may be performed singularly or in groups called ____.
Chemistry panels
The three depts. in the Anatomical and Surgical Pathology area are ____.
Cytogenetics
Cytopathology
Histology
