Clinicals Ch 40 & UA Flashcards
HCFA
Health Care Financing Administration
CLIA
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act
Developed in 1988 to oversee work in labs.
Meets quality assurance and quality control standards
JCAHO
Joint Commission & Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Requires a program of quality assurance.
Monitors quality improvement and provides training
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
POL
Physician Office Laboratory
Accuracy
The quality or state of being correct or precise
Precision
Is the degree to which further measurements or calculations show the same or similar results
Name lab and pathology sections of a laboratory
- Processing. 2. Urinalysis. 3. Hematology
- Chemistry. 5. Microbiology. 6. Immunology
- Blood Bank 8. Histology. 9. Coagulation (?hematology)
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NAACLS
National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Lab Sciences
QA
Quality Assurance
Is designed to monitor and evaluate the quality of test results as processed by personnel
QC
Quality Control
Is a process that provides the means to ensure that test results are accurate as processed by the equipped.