PMLS LESSON 3 Flashcards
What are the opportunities for medical technologist?
Laboratories
Clinical Areas
Business and industrial areas
academic areas
what are the two fields in the laboratory that a medical technologist can work on?
Immunology and serology
Cell Marker Technology
A study of the immune system and it deals with antigen and antibody reactions.
immunology and serology
A specialized technology in clinical laboratory wherein cell markers are identified, monitored, and examined
Cell Marker Technology
serves as monograms to help identify and classify cells. Since there are a lot of different types of cells within the body. It is important that all the cells are properly identified
cell markers
may be employed in cancer research as well.
Cancer research
Medical laboratory technologists have the opportunity to be employed in __________ as they have received proper training in ___________ at a duly accredited drug testing training center.
drug testing centers,
drug testing
It is an area of Center employing biogenetics or stem cell center, especially a cord blood center, would probably be the best center for medical technologists
clinical areas
what are the business and industrial areas included?
Product development and Design
Marketing and Sales
Quality control and Assurance
Environmental Health
Insurance
in what area is it being considered that “The most noble job opportunities for medical laboratory technologists are those in teaching and research.”
Academic Areas
in what area does the concept belong? “these job opportunities may require higher education attainment and experience”
Academic areas
what are the challenges faced by medical technologist?
Future challenges - technology continue to thrive, most laboratories will be highly specialized
medical technologists must undergo a lot of special tranings in order to maximize the full capability
Current challenges - vacancy rate- 10.4%
-high risk challenges
-compensation is low
at what percent is medical technologist at vacant?
10.4%
why is taking up medtech in the Philippines an advantage?
Philippine Health System is patterned after the united states health system
Gives additional credentials to the applicant.
o It can be taken online and after passing this exam it will give an additional credentials to the applicant, which can
be used to work abroad.
ASCP
Whats the meaning of ASCP
American Society for Clinical Pathology Examination
what happened during 1982?
emigration of professional manpower where 14000 medical doctos and 89000 nurses moved from the Philippines to other countries
whats the relationship of the population and demand of service?
Directly proportional, where the increase in population also increases the demand of service
it is a dynamic medical profession at the forefront of medical
science discovery.
Medical Technology/ Clinical Laboratory Science Profession
what profession is Constantly changing and advancing as new technology
evolves.
Medical Technology/Clinical Laboratory Science Profession
a profession that is considered as “Best Jobs”
* Positions available are master’s degree and PhD level
practitioners.
Medical Technology/Clinical Laboratory Science Profession
What are the two types of clinical laboratory practitioners
Clinical Laboratory Scientist/ Medical Technologist
(CLS/MT)
Clinical Laboratory Technician/ Medical Laboratory
Technician (CLT/MLT)
what does both CLS/MT and CLT/MLT Do?
Performs test that analyzes blood, urine, tissue or other body specimenes
Cerebral Spinal Fluid
Synovial Fluid
Sputum
Stool Samples
And many others
(CASSS)
lab of a medical technologist is to _____________
only perform test and provide data
Use complex instrumentation, sophisticated techniques and specialized knowledge to provide critical data for diagnosis, treatment, planning and preventive healthcare. What type of professionals within the clinical laboratory
both CLS/MT and CLT/MLT
the medtech will always be supervised by a __________
Pathologist
The Medical laboratory technician will always be supervised by the ___________
Medical Technologist/Clinical laboratory science
It is an independent laboratory that is not part of the hospital or hospital-based facility.
What are its characteristics?
Free-standing Laboratory
Perform more common and lesser test compared to hospital- based laboratories. Examples are:
Examples of a free standing laboratory?
High-precision
LH Prime
Are those labs within a hospital
Hospital-based laboratories
Examples of hospital based laboratory?
o Cebu Velez General Hospital
o Chung-Hua hospital
o Vicente Sotto Hospital
How do you classify medical laboratory technologist in other countries?
MLT 1 for a resident of the country
MLT 2 for a non-resident who has experience and a license from other countries
in the Philippines the MT/CLS are registered under the?
PRC (Professional Regulatory Commission)
They are the ones who administer the board exams and after you successfully pass the exam, they will be the one to give you, their license.
PRC
are those who did NOT satisfactorily pass the licensure examination for Medical Technologists administered by PRC or students who unsatisfactorily completed the Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology program.
Medical Laboratory Technician/ Clinical Laboratory Technician (MLT/CLT)
in other countries MLT/CLT are also called?
Laboratory Assistants
They can take the board exam again and they can be promoted into full-fledged Medical Technologists if they satisfactorily pass the licensure examination administered by
PRC, but subject to ___________________.
CHED Memorandum order
what does a MLT/CLT do?
o Perform fewer complex tests and laboratory procedures
o Carrying out an inventory of laboratory materials
o Preparation of patients for laboratory examination
o Performs routine testing on specimens, quality control
tasks, calibrate instruments and perform preventive
maintenance, and report normal test results.
o Usually work under the supervision of the MT/CLS or a
laboratory manager.
are the one supervising the MedTech
Pathologist
A medical doctor who studies the cause and development of disease
Pathologist
two types of pathologist?
Clinical and Anatomical Pathologist
mainly examine body fluids, including blood, urine, and bone marrow.
Clinical Pathologist
analyze samples of tissues and cells to aid in determining the diagnosis and cause of diseases
Anatomical Pathologist
usually examines biopsy samples or fluid aspirates under the microscope and check for abnormalities
A pathologist
Specially trained person who is responsible for drawing blood from patients
PHLEBOTOMIST/PHLEBOTOMY TECHNOLOGIST
who’s job is to draw blood from patients?
Phlebotomist/Phlebotomy Technologist
in what country does the Phlebotomist and MT are considered as one?
Philippines
Prepares and examines slides of cells
where Microscopically examines human cell samples for early signs of cancer and other diseases.
Cytotechnologist
What is the Cytotechnologist best performance?
Pap’s smear examination
is a routine screening procedure to detect cervical cancer
pap’s smear examination
when abnormal cells without control and invade nearby tissues, such as cancer
Malignant
Routinely prepares, processes, and stains biopsy and tissue specimens for microscopic examination by a pathologist
Histologic Technician
a sample of tissue taken from any organ in the body to examine it more closely. It is quite a long procedure
Biopsy
after _________ the histologic technician will placed it _______ and it will be _____________ so that the tissue will have colors and different structures will be visible when examined under the microscope
slicing to thin, a slide, stained
what is the job of the Histologic technician
prepare, process and stain the samples
Performs all aspects of a job that Histologic Technicians do but also perform more complex processing, staining, or identification procedures
histotechnologist
whats the main focus of the histotechnologist?
determine any abnormality in tissues
who will examined the prepared slide of a histotechnologist
pathologist
Educated and trained only one laboratory discipline and therefore can only work in that area of the clinical or reference laboratory.
Categorical practitioner
Works for several years in a specific discipline and who has extensive knowledge and experience in this area
specialist
Cultures cells from tissue and body fluid in order to obtain chromosomes for analysis
cytogenetic technologist
They specialize in the process of testing and preparing of blood for transfusion
Blood bank technologist
jobs of a blood technologist
drawing of blood from the patient into the
blood bag.
Processing of blood
Checking for the compatibility of the blood
Testing for possible transfusion-transmissible diseases
They are highly specialized health care professionals who look at how the body functions. This is to help in diagnosis and treatment of a range of conditions and diseases
Nuclear Medical Technology
small amounts of radioactive substances to patients for diagnosis and treatments
Radiopharmaceuticals
They perform tests on samples collected by crime scene investigators
Toxicologist
deal with toxic substances, or poisons
Toxicologist
describes how close are the results or the
values are to each other
Precision
how close are the results are to a certain
standard value
Accuracy
what are the characteristics of a C/ML Practicitioners?
role model
problem-solver
focused
Good-communication skills
trustworthy
Efficient and self-reliant
Dignified and Respectable
Self-motivated
POC meaning
Point of care
it refers to small portable devides that can be brought to the patients’ bedside
Point of Care
a device used for the blood glucose determination
Glucometer
what are the traditional roles of a M/CLP?
Hospital clinical laboratory
Traditional disciplines
Infection control
POC testing
Research
Reference laboratory
Sales/technical representative
Laboratory administration
MedTech educator
