TERMS Flashcards
“an incision into a vein”
PHLEBOTOMY
Oldest medical procedures by early Egyptians
PHLEBOTOMY
is first used to cure diseases and maintain the body in a state of well- being
“bloodletting”
believed that disease was caused by an excess of body fluids, including blood, bile, and phlegm, and that removal of the excess would cause the body to return to or maintain a healthy state.
Hippocrates
Bloodletting is now called___
“therapeutic phlebotomy”
is cross-trained in venipuncture, capillary collection, patient care, receptionist duties, sample processing and computer work.
Phlebotomist
provide the personal and professional rules of performance moral behaviour as set by members of a profession.
code of ethics
focus on the patient to ensure that all members of a health-care team possess and exhibit the skill, knowledge, training, professionalism, and moral standards necessary to serve the patient.
Medical ethics or bioethics
wrongful act committed by one person against another that causes harm to the person or his or her property.
Tort
threat to touch another person without his or her consent and with the intention of causing fear of harm.
Assault
actual harmful touching of a person without his or her consent.
Battery
spoken or written words that can injure a person’s reputation.
Defamation
false defamatory writing that is published.
Libel
-false and malicious spoken word.
Slander
s the violation of the patient’s right to be left alone and the right to be free from unwanted exposure to public view.
Invasion of Privacy
misconduct or lack of skill by a health-care professional that results in injury to the patient.
Medical Malpractice
as failure to give reasonable care by the health-care provider, must be proven in a malpractice suit
Negligence
is responsible for the analysis of surgical specimens, frozen sections, biopsies, cytological specimens, and autopsies.
Anatomical Area
responds to telephone calls, handles specimen collection requests and handles some specimens.
Administrative Office
collects samples from patients and processes samples for testing or transport.
Phlebotomy (Sample Collection)
cytologists (CTs) process and examine tissue and body fluids for the presence of abnormal cells, such as cancer cells.
Cytology Section
is one of the most common tests performed in cytology.
Papanicolaou (Pap) smear
histologytechnicians (HTs) and technologists(HTLs) process and stain tissue obtained from biopsies, surgery, autopsies, and frozen sections. A pathologist then examines the tissue.
Histology Section
is the section in which chromosome studies are performed to detect genetic disorders. Blood, amniotic fluid, tissue, and bone marrow specimens are analyzed.
Cytogenetics
is the study of the formed (cellular) elements of the blood. In this section, the cellular elements, red blood cells(RBCs), white blood cells(WBCs), and platelets (Plts) are enumerated and classified in all body fluids and in the bone marrow.
Hematology
sometimes a part of the hematology section, but in larger laboratories it is a separate section. In this area, the overall process of hemostasis is evaluated; this includes platelets, blood vessels, coagulation factors, fibrinolysis, inhibitors, and anticoagulant therapy (heparin and Coumadin).
Coagulation Section
most automated area
May perform electrophoresis, therapeutic drug monitoring and enzyme immunoassays to measure substances such as proteins, carbohydrates, enzymes and hormones and toxicology
Clinical Chemistry Section
Where blood may be collected, stored, and prepared for transfusion.
Blood Bank Section
Performs tests to evaluate the body’s immune response; that is, the production of antibodies (immunoglobulins) and cellular activation.
Immunology and Serology Section
Responsible for the identification of pathogenic microorganisms and for hospital infection control. In large laboratories, the section may be divided into bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, and virology.
Microbiology Section
Routine screening procedure to detect disorders and infections of the kidney and to detect metabolic disorders.
Urinalysis Section
Is the collection, testing, preparation and storage of blood from donors who are usually volunteers.
Blood Donation
Involves donation of blood for the use of general public
Allogenic Donation
Involves donation of blood use of specific patient
Directed Donation
Donate blood for your own use in the future
Autologous Donation
donate specific component of blood
Apheresis Donation
