Defining The Practice Of The Medical Technology Flashcards
what are Medical Technologists?
Provides innovative instrumentation and methods to improve prevention, diagnosis, therapy and rehabilitation
What is the nature of medical technology?
Contextual, interdisciplinary, interdependent, and systems-based
5 natures of medical technology
- Substantial Procedural
- Investigative Complicity
- Inter-medical procedural inference
- Assiduous Partner
- Circumstantial Medical Evidence
defined the medical technology profession and its practice
Section 2 of R.A. 5527
- Approved on June 21, 1969
- The Medical Technology became a regulated profession
- “Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969”
R.A. No. 5527
R.A. 5527 amendments:
R.A. 6138
- August 31, 1970
- Sections 16, 21, and 22
P.D. 498
- June 28, 1974
- Sections 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17, 21, and 29
P.D. 1534
- June 11, 1978
- Sec. 3, 8, and 13
Charlemagne T. Tamondong
- worked for House No. 7682 thru the help of Cong. Jose Moreno and Cong. Magnolia Antonio
May 10, 1965
Nardito D. Moreleta
- worked for Senate Bill No. 996
January 27, 1969
R.A. 5527 was finally signed and passed in the Senate and House of Representatives under the headships of Sen. Gil J. Puyat and Cong. Jose B. Laurel Jr.
May 22, 1969
R.A. 5527 was approved and signed by Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos
June 21, 1969
PRACTICE OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
- Examination of tissues, secretions, and excretions of the human body and body fluids
- Blood banking procedures
- Parasitologic, mycologic, and microbiologic techniques
- Histopathologic and cytotechnology
- Clinical research
- Preparations and standardization of reagents
- Clinical laboratory quality control
- Collection and preservation of specimen
When was the code of ethics first released?
August 6, 1968
When was the code of ethics revised under the leadership of PAMET President Norma Chang?
March 7, 1997
What is the basis of the code of ethics?
1987 PH Constitution
What are the roles and responsibilities of Medical Technology Professionals?
- Perform clinical laboratory testing
- Perform special procedures
- Ensure accuracy and precision of results
- Be honest in practice
- Ensure timely delivery of results
- Demonstrate professionalism
- Uphold confidentiality
- Collaborate with other healthcare professionals
- Conduct research
- Involvement in health promotion programs
Other laboratory personnel
- Pathologist
- Medical Laboratory Technician
- Phlebotomist
- Cytotechnologist
- Histotechnologist
- Nuclear Medical Technologist
- Toxicologist
- With specialty in Anatomic and/or Clinical Pathology
- Head of clinical laboratory
- Deals with gross and microscopic study and
interpretation of tissues, secretions and excretions of the human body and its functions in order to diagnose disease, follows its course, determine the effectivity of treatment, ascertain cause of death and advance medicine by means of research
Pathologist
- Graduate of B.S. Medical Technology
- Average of 74.9 below
- Performs the work of medical technology under the supervision of a registered medical technologist and/or qualified pathologist
Medical Laboratory Technician
- With Phlebotomy training/certification
- is a person responsible for drawing blood from patients for laboratory tests, transfusions, or donation
Phlebotomist
- Registered Medical Technologist
- Specializes in cytology, which is the study of the formation, structure and function of cells
Cytotechnologist
- Registered Medical Technologist
- Responsible for the routine preparation, processing, and staining of biopsies and tissue specimens for microscopic examination by a pathologist
Histotechnologist
- Registered Medical Technologist
- With certification of training in Nuclear Medicine under Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI)
- Prepare radioactive drugs and administer them to patients for imaging or therapeutic purposes
Nuclear Medical Technologist
- Registered Medical Technologist
- Determines the risk of negative effects of certain chemicals or toxic substances on the physiological functions of human beings, animals, and the environment to develop data for use in consumer protection and industrial safety programs
Toxicologist