Nature of Clinical Laboratory Flashcards
the main task is to provide accurate and reliable information to medical doctors for the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and management of disease
Clinical Laboratory
The clinical laboratory law is the republic act 4688. True or False
True
It is mandatory for all of the laboratories to be registered. True or False
True
A laboratory doesn’t need a pathologist if there are already senior med techs. True or False
False (pathologists are needed)
The license is valid for 5 years. True or False
False (1 year only)
The prevailing law regarding this is DOH Administrative Order No. 2007-0037. True or False
False (DOH Administrative Order No. 2007-0027)
The Inspection of Laboratory is w/in 60 days after filing of
application. True or False
True
The license expires every first day of January. True or False
False (Every last day of December of
the year)
The renewal of the license is every last 2 months of the year
and must be processed not later than 5 days prior to the expiration of the license. True or False
True
intends to operate a clinical lab
Applicant
document issued by DOH to the applicant upon compliance
License
whom the license is issued
Licensee
moves from testing site but affiliated with base lab
Mobile Clinical Laboratory
series of tests done on patients
Monitoring Examinations
gov’t hospital lab designated by DOH and may or may not be a part of general clinical lab
NRL or National Reference
Laboratory
The NRL for confirmatory testing of blood units, i.e. Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Syphilis, and Malaria.
CHOICES:
East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC), Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI), Philippine Heat Center (PHC), San Lazaro Hospital (SLH)
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM)
The NRL for Anatomic Pathology for cardiac diseases
CHOICES:
East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC), Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI), Philippine Heat Center (PHC), San Lazaro Hospital (SLH)
Philippine Heart Center (PHC)