NATURE OF CLINICAL LABORATORY Flashcards
Examination of materials derived from the human body (such as fluids, tissues, or cells) for the purpose of providing information on diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, or treatment of disease.
Medical/Clinical Laboratory
Classification of laboratories according to…
AO 59 s2001
According to function
Clinical pathology
Anatomical pathology
According to institutional character
Hospital based
Non-hospital based
According to service
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
What are the classifications of laboratories?
According to function (Clinical Pathology; Anatomic Pathology)
According to institutional character (hospital based; non-hospital based)
According to service capability
(primary, secondary, tertiary)
Focuses on the areas of clinical chemistry, immunohematology & blood banking. Medical microbiology, immunology & serology, hematology, parasitology, clinical microscopy, toxicology, therapeutic drug monitoring, & endocrinology among others
Clinical pathology
Concerned with the diagnosis & treatment through laboratory testing of blood & other body fluids
Clinical pathology
Concerned with the diagnosis of diseases through microscopic examination of tissues & organs.
Anatomical pathology
A clinical laboratory that focuses on the areas of histopathology, immunohistopathology, cytology, autopsy, & forensic pathology among others
Anatomical pathology
Classification of laboratories based on..
AO 27 s2007
Classification of laboratories based on AO 27 s2007
According to ownership (government; private)
According to function (clinical pathology; anatomic pathology)
Institutional character (institution-based; freestanding)
According to service capability (primary; secondary; tertiary)
A clinical laboratory that operates within the premises or part of an institution such as hospital, school, medical clinic, medical facility for overseas workers & seafarers, birthing homes, pyschiatric facility, drug rehabilitation center.
Institution based
A clinical laboratory which is NOT part of an established institution like a free standing out patient clinical laboratory
Free-standing
Licensed to perform basic & routine lab testing like routine hematology, routine stool exam, routine urinalysis, etc
Primary Category
Floor area requirement: 10 square m
Primary Category
Tests done of primary + routine clin chem
Secondary category
Floor area requirement: 20 meter
Secondary category