Definition of Medical Technology Flashcards
According to Ruth Heinemann, ________ is an application of the principles of natural, physical, and
biological sciences to the performance of laboratory
procedures which aid in the diagnosis and treatment of
diseases.
Medical Technology
According, to __________, Medical Technology is a branch of medicine concerned with the performance
of laboratory determinations and analyses used in the
diagnosis and treatment of disease and the
maintenance of health.
Anne Fagelson
Republic Act No. 5527 - “The Philippine
Medical Technology Act of 1969 states that Medical Technology is an auxiliary branch of laboratory medicine which deals with the examination of tissues, secretion, and
excretion of the human body and body fluids by various electronic, chemical, microscopic, and other medical
laboratory procedures or techniques either manual or automated which will aid the physician in the diagnosis, study and treatment of disease and in the promotion of health in general.” (T or F)
True
It is a facility that performs chemical and microscopic examinations of various body fluids.
CLINICAL LABORATORY
They are licensed physician with
specialty in pathology; director of the clinical laboratory.
Pathologist
They are graduate of BS Medical
Technology from a college or university recognized by CHED and has passed the licensure examination administered by the Board of Medical
Medical
Technologist
They are an individual certified and registered with the PRC to log specimens, prepare samples and run various tests under the supervision of a registered Medical Technologist
Medical Technician
MedTechs is an integral part of the science community (T or F)
True
They prepare and perform tests to detect, analyze, diagnose, and treat diseases a highly technical field that requires the use of
complex equipment
Medical Technologists
Accuracy is vital to the correct diagnosis and
treatment of patients
- analysis can determine a match for a
blood transfusion
- locate an abnormal cell in an otherwise
healthy tissue sample
(T or F)
True
Medical Lab Technicians work superior the
supervision of a Medical Technologist (T or F)
False (work UNDER)
MedTechs either work in a variety of areas in a clinical laboratory or specialize in a particular area and help and improve the health and life of their
patients (T or F)
True
This is placed under a microscope where field of visions could be seen and performed by Medical Technologists
Peripheral Blood Smear
One of the roles of MedTechs is to observe, identify, and analyze organisms and cells causing infection and disease (T or F0
True
Q1 Doctor wants to figure out what bacteria
is causing the illness and what antibiotic
to give to the patient, what will a medical technologist do?
- Medical Technologists will smear a streak of the sample from the patient
- After 24 hours, growth could be observed in the petri dish
- a portion of the growth will be taken and tested to determine what type of bacteria it is
Q2 for sensitivity tests, medicine is placed
onto the _______ with the sample
petri dish
Q3 if _____ could be observed in the area, bacteria is resistant to
the antibiotic, thus doctor could not prescribe this medication; if there is ________ found (clear), bacteria is sensitive,
thus medication is effective and could be prescribed to the patient
growth; no growth
MedTechs do not perform blood tests (T or F)
False (MedTechs perform blood tests
MedTechs collect and smear the sample onto a ___________
microscope slide
Measure substance in
_______ and other body
fluids
blood
in different samples, ______ is taken
and placed in machines to test glucose value, cholesterol, can determine whether patient has diabetes, thus could be given
appropriate medication
serum
can determine whether urine sugar is high, presence of protein and
urobilinogen
urinalysis
Medical Technologists operate complex apparatus, instruments, and machines. Samples are placed into machines
- readings are then shown and printed (T or F)
True
When using ______, result must come out as normal (for glucose normal range is
80-100, must exactly be within the range)
control normal (CN)
When using ________, result must be within 200-250
control pathologic
MedTechs do not work under pressure with accuracy and
precision (T or F)
False (MedTechs work under pressure..)
Medical Technologists adhere to high ethical standards of performance. Confidentiality towards the patient’s results and
diagnosis. Not to disclose any information on status regardless of person’s hierarchy (T or F)
True
Oldest laboratory procedure through visual examination (400 BC)
Urinalysis