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Module 4- Quality Control Flashcards

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1
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True/False: majority of medical decisions are made using laboratory data

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True

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_____ involves the systematic monitoring of analytic processes in order to detect analytic errors that occur during analysis

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Quality control

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3
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Prevents reporting of incorrect patient test results

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Quality control

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4
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True/False: expected values are represented by intervals of accepted values with upper and lower limits

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True

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True/False: Expected values falls within control limits = correct values

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True

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True/False: when values fall outside control limits, further analysis is done to avoid erroneous reporting of patient results

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True

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7
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Specimens analyzed for quality control purposes

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QC materials

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8
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Gold standard for clin. laboratory proficiency testing

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CAP Program

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9
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A pair of medical decision points that span the limits of results expected for a given condition

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Reference interval

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10
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How many study individuals are required in verifying a reference interval (transference)?

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As few as 20 study individuals

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11
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Reference interval applied to therapeutic drug

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Therapeutic range

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12
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_____ Indicates that test values tend to be lower than the reference value

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Negative bias

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13
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Ability of a test to detect a given disease or condition

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Diagnostic sensitivity

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Ability of a test to correctly identify the absence of a given disease or condition

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Diagnostic specificity

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______ Indicates test values are generally higher

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Positive bias

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Chance of an individual having a given disease or condition if the test is abnormal

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Positive predictive value

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Ability of a method to detect small quantities of an analyte

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Analytic sensitivity

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18
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Chance of an individual does not have a given disease or condition if the test is within tje reference interval

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Negative predictive value

19
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Ability of a method to detect only the analyte it is designed to determine

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Analytic specificity

20
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Ability of a method to measure only the analyte of interest

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Specificity

21
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Error always in one direction

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Systemic/systematic error

22
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Approach focusing on process improvement as a means to meet a set standard

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Quality management

23
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Used for monitoring teat performance and quality control

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Descriptive statistics

24
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Average

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Mean

25
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Middle of data

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Median

26
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Most frequently occurring

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Mode

27
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Represent the relationship of all the data points to the mean

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Spread

28
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Dispersion of values around the mean

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Coefficient variation

29
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Attempt to apply conclusions that have been obtained from one experimental study to more general population

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Inferential statistics

30
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Analyses if the means of two data sets are greatly different from each other

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T-test

31
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______ is performed when it is not known whether the two populations have the same variance

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F-test

32
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May be caused by variations in techniques

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Random error

33
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May be due to several factors, including poorly made standards, reagents, instrumentation problems, etc.,

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Systematic error

34
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Pioneered by shewhart in 1920s

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Levey Jennings

35
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One control observation exceeding the mean ±2s

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1 2s

36
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One control observation exceeding the mean ±3s

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1 3s

37
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Two control observation consecutively exceeding the same +2s or -2s

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2 2s

38
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One control exceeding the +2s and another exceeding -2s

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R 4s

39
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Four consecutive control observations exceeding +1s or -1s.

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4 1s

40
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Ten consecutive control observations falling on one side or the other side of the mean

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10x

41
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True/False: all proficiency failures and significanys shifts and trends musy be reviewed, investigated, and resolved with 30 days of final receipt of proficiency results.

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True

42
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True/False: acceptability criteria for proficiency testing are not provided by the proficiency program

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False

43
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True/False: proficiency testing program must demonstrate a dynamic and real-time review time of all proficiency test results by the laboratory director and delegated management personnel

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True

44
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Most frequently used measure of variation

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Standard deviation

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