MIDTERMS rebyuwer Flashcards
otherwise known as the Clinical
Laboratory Act of 1966;
it was approved on
June 18, 1966.
Operation and
Maintenance of Clinical Laboratories
has never been amended.
DOH is the implementing agency
RA 4688
implementing agency of RA 4688
the Clinical Laboratory Act of 1966;
DOH
not allowed to
supervise a Clinical Laboratory
Medical Technologists
head of the Clinical Laboratory shall
be a
pathologist certified by a
professional organization
All Clinical Laboratory shall be headed by a
pathologist certified in Clinical Pathology by
the Board of Pathology of the Philippine
Society of Pathologist.
EXCEPT FOR:
Tertiary CL with anatomic
pathology service
Tertiary CL with anatomic
pathology service shall be headed by
pathologist certified in
both Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.
those that perform histopathology, biopsy, pap
smear, autopsy.
anatomic pathology
CLs that are operated and maintained
exclusively for research and teaching
purposes shall be required to register with the
(DOH-HFSRB).
Department of Health-Health Facilities and
Services Regulatory Bureau
A facility that is involved in the
(a) preanalytical,
(b) analytical,
(c) and postanalytical
CLINICAL LABORATORY
not included in Clinical
Laboratory
Research laboratories and academic
laboratories
- given unknown samples for analysis
- ordinary human specimens
EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT
PROGRAM (EQAP):
▪ Best practice to maintain quality
of lab and check skills of MTs
NATIONAL EXTERNAL QUALITY
ASSESSMENT SCHEME (NEQAS):
Working area doesn’t include other parts of the
laboratory
(waiting area, cashier, comfort room).
(CLINICAL MICROSCOPY)
o Urinalysis
o Fecalysis
o Fecal Occult Blood Test
o Pregnancy Test
▪ Rapid Test Kits – Lateral Flow
o Wet Smear for Trichomonas
PRIMARY
(CLINICAL MICROSCOPY)
Wet Smear for Trichomonas
SECONDARY:
one (1) or two (2) specialised
tests are not classified under anatomic or
molecular pathology
LIMITED:
(CLINICAL CHEMISTRY)
o Fasting and Random Blood Sugar
o Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
o Lipid Profile
PRIMARY
Hospital-based:
Arterial Blood Gases
▪ Schistosomiasis
▪ Malarial Smear
▪ Filaria Smear
▪ Slit skin Smear
▪ Rapid Plasma Reagin for Syphilis
Kato Katz for:
Clinical Laboratory in a hospital performing
diagnostic tests or a Freestanding Clinical
Laboratory must secure a license to operate.
from the
Center for Health Development
(CHD)!!!!
don’t need a license to operate however
they must be registered to the DOH-HSFRB
every three (3) years
- Research Laboratories,
- Special Laboratories,
- Academic Training Laboratories
Laboratories like Research Laboratories, Special
Laboratories, Academic Training Laboratories
they don’t need a license to operate however
they must be registered to the
DOH-HSFRB
every three (3) years
The license to operate CL is
non-transferable
License to operate is valid for
one (1) year.
License to operate a clinical lab must be
renewed starting ___ days before the
expiration date; they all have the same
expiration day which is December 31st
of the year.
90 days
teaching and research laboratories, the
registration to the HFSRB is valid for____
three (3) years
easy to renew licenses as they have One Stop
and Shop Hospital Licensing.
hospital-based clinical laboratories