NATURE OF CLINICAL LABORATORY

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

Medical/Clinical Laboratory

Question 2

Classification of laboratories according to…

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AO 59 s2001

Question 3

According to function

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Clinical pathology
Anatomical pathology

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According to institutional character

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Hospital based
Non-hospital based

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According to service

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Primary
Secondary
Tertiary

Question 6

What are the classifications of laboratories?

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According to function (Clinical Pathology; Anatomic Pathology)

According to institutional character (hospital based; non-hospital based)

According to service capability
(primary, secondary, tertiary)

Question 7

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

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Clinical pathology

Question 8

Concerned with the diagnosis & treatment through laboratory testing of blood & other body fluids

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Clinical pathology

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Concerned with the diagnosis of diseases through microscopic examination of tissues & organs.

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Anatomical pathology

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A clinical laboratory that focuses on the areas of histopathology, immunohistopathology, cytology, autopsy, & forensic pathology among others

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Anatomical pathology

Question 11

Classification of laboratories based on..

Answer 11

AO 27 s2007

Question 12

Classification of laboratories based on AO 27 s2007

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According to ownership (government; private)
According to function (clinical pathology; anatomic pathology)

Institutional character (institution-based; freestanding)

According to service capability (primary; secondary; tertiary)

Question 13

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.

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Institution based

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A clinical laboratory which is NOT part of an established institution like a free standing out patient clinical laboratory

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Free-standing

Question 15

Licensed to perform basic & routine lab testing like routine hematology, routine stool exam, routine urinalysis, etc

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Primary Category

Question 16

Floor area requirement: 10 square m

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Primary Category

Question 17

Tests done of primary + routine clin chem

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Secondary category

Question 18

Floor area requirement: 20 meter

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Secondary category

Question 19

Licensed to perform all lab b performed in secondary lab tests + immunology + microbiology + special CC + special hema + immunohematology

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Tertiary category

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Floor area requirement: 60 square meter

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Tertiary

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Limited service capability (institution-based)
(dialysis centers, social hygiene clinics)

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Tertiary category

Question 22

Special clinical laboratories (assisted reproduction technology laboratory; molecular & cellular technology; molecular biology; molecular pathology, forensic pathology, & anatomic pathology)

Answer 22

Tertiary category

Question 23

Any testing sites that perform laboratory examinations under the administrative control of a licensed laboratory but outside the physical confines of the laboratory

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Satellite testing sites

Question 24

A laboratory testing unit that moves from one testing site to another testing site or has a temporary testing location and a “base laboratory”

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Mobile clinical laboratories

Question 25

Shall be licensed as part of the main clinical laboratory and is permitted to collect specimens only and they dont test.

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Mobile clinical laboratories

Question 26

How long does the mobile clinical laboratories shall be allowed to operate from its main laboratory

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100-km radius

Question 27

Regulates the operation, maintenance and registration of clinical laboratories in the Philippines

Answer 27

RA 4688 s1996

Question 28

When did RA 4688 s1996 be approved?

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June 18, 1966

Question 29

Rules and regulation governing establishment, operation and maintenance of clinical laboratories in the Philippines

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AO 59 s2001

Question 30

When did the AO 59 s2001 approved?

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November 19, 2001

Question 31

What are the clinical laboratory laws?

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RA 4688 s1996 AO 59 s2001

Question 32

A laboratory that operates within a hospital

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Hospital based laboratory

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A laboratory that operates on its own

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Non-hospital based laboratory

Question 34

What are the requirements for equipment/instruments primary category?

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Clinical centrifuge Microhematocrit centrifuge Microscope with oil immersion objective Hemoglobinometer or its eqvlnt Differential blood counter or its equivalent

Question 35

What are the requirements for equipment/instruments secondary category?

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Refrigerator Photometer Timer Autoclave

Question 36

What are the requirements for equipment/instruments secondary category?

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All those in primary category plus the ff: Refrigerator Photometer or its eqvlnt Autoclave Timer ot its eqvlnt

Question 37

What are the requirements for equipment/instruments tertiary category?

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All those in the secondary category plus the ff: Triple beam/ analytical balance Rotator Serofuge or its eqvlnt Autoclave Drying oven Biosafety or its eqvlnt

Question 38

NRL for dengue, influenza, TB & other mycobacteria, malaria & other parasites, bacterial enteric diseases, measles, & other exanthems, mycology, enteroviruses, antimicrobial resistance, & emerging disease

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RITM ( Research Institute for Tropical Medicine)

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NRL for confirmatory testing of blood donors & blood units

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RITM (Research Institute for Tropical Medicine)

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NRL for environment & Occupational Health; Toxicology and Micronutrient Assay

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EAMC (East Avenue Medical Center)

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NRL for Hematology, Immunohematology, and Immunopathology

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NKTI (National Kidney and Transplant Institute)

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NRL for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, & other sexually transmitted infections

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SACCL - ( STD/AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory - San Lorazo Hospital)

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NRL for Anatomic Pathology and Biochemistry

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LCP (Lung Center Of the Philippines)

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Designated by the DOH to provide special functions and services

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National Reference Laboratory (NRL)

Question 45

reference means

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basis/standards

Question 46

It confirms whether it's positive or negative for that specific test

Answer 46

NRL - National Reference Laboratory