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Lab Orientation & Quality Assessment Flashcards

1
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Must be readily available in the laboratory

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Safety procedure manuals

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2
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It states that all patients are considered to he possible carriers of bloodborne pathogens

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Universal precautions

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3
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Consider all body fluid and moist body substances to be potentially infectious

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Body substance isolation guidelines

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4
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Who combined the major features of UP and BSI Guidelines?

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CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and HICPAC (Healthcare Infectious Control Practices Advisory Committee

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What are the Standard Precautions

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  1. Hand hygiene
  2. Gloves
  3. Mouth, nose, and eye protection
  4. Gown
  5. Patient care equipment
  6. Environmental control
  7. Linen
  8. Patient placement
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6
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Includes both handwashing and using alcohol based antiseptic cleansers

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Hand hygiene

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7
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All buologic waste, except _____, must be placed in appropriate containers labeled with the biohazard symbol

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Urine

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8
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Empty urine confainers can be discarded as

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Non-biologically hazardous waste

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9
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Urine may be discarded by pouring it into laboratory sink under a

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Plexiglas countertop shield

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10
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All sharp objects must be disposed in

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Puncture-resistant, leak-proof container with biohazard symbol

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Information contained in an MSDS

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  • physical and chemical characteristics
  • fire and explosion potential
  • reactivity potential
  • health hazards and emergency first aid procedures
  • methods for safe handling and disposal
  • primary routes of entry
  • exposure limits and carcinogenic potential
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12
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Refers to the overall process of guaranteeing quality patient care and is regulated throughout the total testing system

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Quality assessment

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Refers to all laboratories policies, professes, procedures, and resources needed to achieve quality testing

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Quality system

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14
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Quality assessment program referred to as

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Quality control

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15
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What is PPPR

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Policies
Processess
Procedures
Resources

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16
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Referring to three phases of examination

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Quality assessment program

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17
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What are the QAP

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  • procedure manuals
  • internal quality control
  • external quality control
  • electronic quality control
  • standardization
  • record keeping
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18
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Contains all the procedures performed in the urinalysis section and must be available for reference in the working area and must comply wity the CLSI guidelines

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Procedure manual

19
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Occur beforr the actual testing of the specimen

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Preexamination

20
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What are examples of preexamination?

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Test requests, patient preparation, timing, specimen collection, handling and storage

21
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We reject tye sample if the specimen is:

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  • contaminated
  • insufficient sanple of urine
  • improper transport or improper behavior reservatives
  • delay
22
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Policy for handling mislabled specimen

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  • do not assume any information about the specimen or patient
  • do not relabel an incorrectly labeled specimen
  • do not discard the specimen until investigation is complete
23
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Process that directly affect the testing of specimens

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Examination variables

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Example of examination variables

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  • reagents
  • instrumentation or equipment
  • quality control
  • testing procedure
  • preventive maintenance
25
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It should be checked against known negatige and positive control solutions on each shift or at a minimum once a day

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Reagent strip

26
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Frequently encountered instruments

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Refractometers , osmometers

27
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Common equipment

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Refrigerator, centrifuge, microscope

28
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Used to calibrate centrifuge

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Tachometer

29
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When do you perform QC?

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At the beginning of each shift or before testing the patient samples

30
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Used to verify accuracy and precision of a test and are exposed to the same conditions as the patient samples

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External Quality Control

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Consists of internal monitoring systems built in to the test system and are called internal and procedural controls

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Internal quality control

32
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Uses a mechanical or electrical device in place of a liquid QC specimen

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Electronic control

33
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Can be internal or external component inserted into a point of care instrument

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Electronic controls

34
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Testing of unknown samples received from an outside agency, and provides unbiased validation of the quality of patient test results

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Proficiency testing or external quality assessment

35
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Proficiency testing also known as

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External quality assessment

36
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RA4688

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Clinical Laboratory Law

37
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NRL for clinical chemistry

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Lung Center of the Philippines

38
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NRL for hematology

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National Kidney and Transplant Institute

39
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NRL for toxicology, water testing analysis and drug testing

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East Avenue Medical Center

40
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NRL for microbiology and parasitology

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Research Institute for Tropical Medicine

41
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Process that affect the reporting of results and correct interpretation of data

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Postexamination variables

42
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Quality assessment error in preexamination

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  • patient misidentification
  • wrong test ordered
  • insufficient urine volume
  • delayed transport of urine to the laboratory
  • incorrect storage or preservatives of urine
43
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Quality assessment errors in examination

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  • sample misidentification
  • poor testing technique
  • instrument malfunction
44
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Quality assessment errors of postexamination

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  • patient misidentification
  • poor handwriting
  • transcription error
  • failure to send report
  • poor quality of instrument printer

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