HISTOPATH Flashcards
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First clinical laboratory in the Philippines:
Manila Public Health Laboratory
Introduced medical technology practice in the Philippines after World War II:
26th Medical Laboratory of the 6th US Army
RA 5527 consists of:
32 sections
Which of the following amends RA 5527 on June 11, 1978?
PD 1534
All are sections of RA 5527 amended by PD 1534, except:
Section 18
All are qualifications of the Board of Medical Technology, except:
In practice of laboratory medicine or MT for at least 5 years prior to his appointment
In practice of laboratory medicine or MT for at least 10 years prior to his appointment.
Revocation:
Unanimous vote (3/3)
Suspension:
Majority vote (2/3)
Which of the following can only be done in a tertiary category laboratory?
Special hematology
Start of renewal of Clinical Laboratory License:
October 1
Non–hospital based clinical laboratories shall file applications for renewal of LTO beginning on the FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER UNTIL THE LAST DAY OF NOVEMBER of the current year.
The LICENSE TO OPERATE (LTO) issued to the CLINICAL LABORATORY is valid for:
One year
According to DOH A.O. 2020-0031, certificate of accreditation of laboratories for DRINKING WATER ANALYSIS is valid for __ year(s) and expires on the last day of December. TAKE NOTE OF YEAR 2020 DOH REVISION.
Three years
Administrative Order No. 2006-0024 known as the “Rules and Regulations Governing the Accreditation of Laboratories for Drinking Water Analysis
Certificate of Accreditation is valid for 2 years and expires on the last day of December
DOH A.O. 2020-0031 (July 17, 2020)
Revised Rules and Regulations Governing the Accreditation of Laboratories for Drinking Water Analysis Laboratory for Drinking Water Analysis (LDWA)
DOH Certificate of Accreditation is valid for 3 years, effective from January 1 of the first year, and shall expire on the last day of December on the third year
LICENSE TO OPERATE (LTO) Blood Service Facilities is valid for a period of ____ years.
3 years
Part of drinking water analysis, except:
Potassium
License and accredit drug testing centers in each province and city:
DOH
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA):
Ecstasy
Random drug test:
Students of secondary and tertiary schools
A drug test is valid for:
One year
All results of HIV/AIDS testing shall be confidential and shall be released only to the following persons, except:
Boyfriend of the patient
All results of HIV/AIDS testing shall be confidential and shall be released only to the following persons:
1. Person who submitted himself/herself to such test
2. Either parent of a minor child who has been tested
3. Legal guardian in the case of insane persons or orphans
4. Person authorized to receive such results in conjunction with the AIDSWATCH program
5. Justice of the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court
The current (September 2022) PRC CHAIRPERSON is:
Charito Zamora
An act done to avoid harming the patients:
Non-maleficence
All traits are mentioned in the MT CODE OF ETHICS, except
Humility
Uphold the dignity and respect of my profession and conduct myself a reputation of reliability, honesty and integrity.
Fill in the blank (Code of Ethics): Be dedicated to ____.
Use of clinical laboratory science to promote life and benefit mankind
Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016:
RA 10912
Published standards for GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE:
WHO
An example of cellular adaptation is:
Cellular adaptations:
1. Atrophy
2. Hypertrophy
3. Hyperplasia
4. Metaplasia
5. Dysplasia
Low temperature:
Retard fixation
Stopping all cellular activities so that the cells can be viewed under the microscope as if they are still in their original living state:
Fixation
For most instances, dehydration starts by placing the fixed specimen in:
70% ethyl alcohol
Fixative for electron microscopy:
Glutaraldehyde
Most common and fastest decalcifying agent used:
Nitric acid
These knives are used to cut block for ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (EM):
Diamond or glass knives
Transition step between dehydration and infiltration with the embedding medium:
Clearing
Enclosed tissue processor:
Fluid transfer
Sections fail to form ribbons:
Sections are too thick
Surfaces and edges of the block are not parallel
Horizontal surface of the block is not parallel to the knife
Paraffin wax is too hard
Knife is tilted too much
Sections are too thick
Knife is dull
Effect of basic pH to ripening process:
More rapid oxidizing process
pH will have effect on rate of oxidation.
1. Neutral aqueous solution of hematoxylin will form hematein in a few hours
2. Alkaline solutions - more rapid oxidizing process
3. Acid solutions - slower oxidizing process
RETICULIN FIBERS IN GOMORI’S silver impregnation stain:
Black
A stain containing silver nitrate for demonstration of spirochetes:
Warthin-Starry
RETICULIN FIBERS IN GOMORI’S silver impregnation stain:
Black
Frozen sections are stained by hand because:
Faster for one or a few individual sections
_______ are raised against specific cellular _____ and then conjugated with a _______.
Antibody, antigen, visual marker
Gastrointestinal specimens, except:
Induced vomiting
Liquid-based cytology samples:
Body fluids
It is considered to be a most sensitive and specific reagent for lipid staining:
Sudan Black
One measure of the efficiency of a surgical pathology service:
Rapidity of accurate reporting the diagnosis to clinicians
Objective of a quality assurance program in histopathology:
Ensure the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of a histopathology report
Primary objective in quality and safety control programs in histopathology laboratories:
Promotion of health and safety of patient, laboratory personnel and environment
Which of the following fixatives contains picric acid, formalin, and acetic acid?
Bouin
The volume of fixative should exceed the volume of the tissue by:
10 to 20 times
Which of the following fixatives contains formalin, potassium dichromate, and mercuric chloride?
Helly
Precipitate left in tissues that have been fixed in solutions containing mercuric chloride may be removed by immersion in:
Iodine
Commercial stock formaldehyde solutions contain:
37 to 40% formaldehyde
The combination of a dye and a mordant is called a/an:
Lake
The active staining ingredient in ripened hematoxylin solutions is:
Hematein
The most important step in regressive hematoxylin staining is:
Differentiation in acid-alcohol
Mercuric oxide (or sodium iodate) is used in Harris hematoxylin to:
Form hematein
DNA can be demonstrated with:
Feulgen reaction
The mordant in Weigert hematoxylin is:
Iron
Acetic acid is added to Harris hematoxylin to:
Make nuclear staining more specific
Which of the following is stained rose by the methyl green-pyronin (MGP) technique?
RNA
The oil red O stain requires which of the following sections?
Frozen
The oil red O stain might be used to demonstrate:
*
Liposarcomas
The best stain for the demonstration of Mycobacterium leprae is the:
Fite
The PAS reaction will demonstrate fungi, because the cell wall contains:
Carbohydrates
The Perl’s stain is used for the detection of:
Hemosiderin
A stain that may be used to demonstrate calcium is the:
von Kossa silver nitrate
A tissue frequently used as a control for the Fontana-Masson stain is:
Skin
Toluidine blue stains:
Helicobacter
Spirochetes in fixed tissue are best demonstrated by:
Metallic impregnation