Module 1

Question 1

A clinical Science and discipline, devoted to quantitative measurement, or qualitative assessment of any substance which can be assayed in any type of biological fluid of any animal species

Answer 1

Laboratory Medicine

Question 2

Staff of Clinical Laboratory

Answer 2

• Clinical Pathologists
• Blood Bank Pathologists
• Other Pathologists with Specialization
• Medical Technologists
• Receptionists and Laboratory Technicians

Question 3

Sections/Methods of Laboratory Medicine

Answer 3

• Reception/Specimen Processing
• Clinical Chemistry
• Clinical Immunology
• Clinical Microscopy
• Hematology & Coagulation
• Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking
• Clinical Microbiology
• Anatomic Pathology
• Molecular Genetics
• Immunopathology
• Point of Care Testing
• Molecular Diagnostics

Question 4

Overall Diagnostic Process

Answer 4

a. Pre-Analytical
b. Analytical
c. Post-Analytical

Question 5

Disciplines in Clinical Laboratory

Answer 5

• Anatomic Pathology
• Clinical Chemistry
• Clinical Microscopy
• Endocrinology
• Hematology
• Immunology and serology
• Microbiology
• Toxicology
• Molecular and Nuclear Diagnostics

Question 6

Classifications of Clinical Laboratories

Answer 6

1. Classification by Ownership
2. Classification by Institutional Character
3. Classification by Function
4. Classification by Service Capability

Question 7

2 Types of Classification by Ownership

Answer 7

a. Government - operated by local or national government unit
b. Private - privately owned

Question 8

2 Types of Classification by Institutional Character

Answer 8

a. Institution Based - within the premise of DOH
b. Non-institution Based - independent and not attached to DOH

Question 9

3 Classifications by Function

Answer 9

a. Clinical Pathology - deals with chemical and cellular analyses of blood and other body fluids, and identification of microbes and parasites
b. Anatomic Pathology - Processing and examination of surgical specimens
c. Molecular Pathology - Analysis of certain genes, proteins, and other molecules to diagnose disease

Question 10

Other Clinical Laboratories

Answer 10

• Mobile Clinical Laboratory
• National Reference Laboratory
• Physician’s Office Laboratory
• Free Standing Laboratories
• Point of Care Testing