Defining the Medtech Profession Flashcards
is the application of science in ways that are considered beneficial to society
technology
technology can be defined in three ways (Howell,1996)
1.) it is a physical artefact, machine, or instrument
2.) activity or means to accomplish a goal
3.) as knowledge
“technology is a design for instrumental desired outcome”
Rogers (1983)
is designed to improve the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of diseases
Medical Technology
who wrote the original version of the medical technology code of ethics
Dr. Nardito Moraleta
who wrote the revised version of the medical technology code of ethics
Prof. Rodolfo Rabor
Clinical Laboratory Act
(1966) or RA 4688
Blood Banking Act
(1996) RA 1517& (1995) RA 7719
PAMET meaning
Philippine Association of Medical Technologists Inc
PASMETH
Philippine Association of Schools of Medical Technology and Public Health, Inc.
is a duly registered physician who is specially trained in methods of laboratory medicine, or the gross and microscopic study and interpretation of tissues, secretions and excretions of the human body and its functions in order to diagnose disease, follow its course, determine the effectivity of treatment, ascertain cause of death, and advance medicine by means of research
Pathologist
is a person certified by and registered with the Board of Medical Technology and qualified to assist a medical technologist and/or qualified pathologist in the practice of medical technology as defined in the aforementioned act
Medical Laboratory Technician
Failed to pass the medical technology licensure examination given by the Board of Medical Technology but obtained a general rating of at least 70%
Medical Laboratory Technician
is an individual trained to draw blood either for laboratory tests or for blood donations.
Phlebotomist
