The Clinical Laboratory Professional Flashcards
American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
society and accreditation agency for medical assistents
American Medical Technologists (AMT)
society and accreditation agency for categories for medical technicians
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS)
Soceity for clinical lab personnel
American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
Soceity for clinical lab personnel and allied health personnel
American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians (ASPT)
soceity and accreditation agency for phlebotomists/speaciality areas
ASCP Board of Certification (ASCP BOC)
if you merge NCA and ASCP BOR, you get this; provides certificates for medical lab personnel
clinical/medical laboratory science
job where you perform lab analysis used to diagnose and treat disease and helps with good health maintance
clinical laboratory scientist (CLS)
job that requires a bacholers degree; pass national certifiying exam; completed training in a science program
clinical laboratory technician (CLT)
job that requires 2 years in training of related field; pass national certifiying exam;
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
agency taht accreidts educational program for allied eahlth rpofessional
ethics
system of how you should act; rules for professionalism
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Gurantees privacy of patient
National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)
Accredits educational programs for clincial lab personnel
National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA)
A credentialing agency for clinical laboratory
personnel
What do Clinical Lab Personnel do?
Observe change in cells, identif microorganisms and measure substances in stuff like glucose