TOPIC 2- SAS

Question 1

is a place where specimens from the human body may be collected, processed examined or analyzed

Answer 1

CLINICAL LABORATORY

Question 2

Concerned with the diagnosis and
treatment of disease through laboratory
testing of blood and other body fluids.

Answer 2

CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

Question 3

Concerned with the diagnosis and
treatment of disease through
microscopic examination of tissues and
organs

Answer 3

ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY

Question 4

Operates within the premises of an institution such as
 Hospital
 School
 Medical Clinic
 Medical facility for overseas workers and
seafarers
 Birthing home
 Psychiatric facility
 Drug Rehabilitation center

Answer 4

INSTITUTION-BASED

Question 5

Not part of an established institution

 Free-standing Out-patient Clinical
laboratory is the most common
example

Answer 5

FREE-STANDING

Question 6

Owned wholly or partially, by national or
local government units

Answer 6

GOVERNMENT-OWNED

Question 7

Owned, established, and operated by an
individual, corporation, institution,
association, or organization

Answer 7

PRIVATELY-OWNED

Question 8

Licensed to perform basic, routine laboratory testing such as
 Routine Urinalysis
 Routine Fecalysis
 Routine Hematology
 Complete Blood Count
1. Hemoglobin
2. Hematocrit
3. WBC count
4. RBC count
5. WBC differential count
6. Qualitative platelet count
 Blood typing
 Gram staining (if hospital-based)

Answer 8

PRIMARYCATEGORY

Question 9

Licensed to perform tests done by PRIMARY
LABORATORIES along with
 Clinical Chemistry
1. Blood Glucose Concentration
2. Blood Urea Nitrogen
3. Blood Uric Acid
4. Blood Creatinine
5. Cholesterol Determination
6. Total protein Mass Concentration

Answer 9

SECONDARY CATEGORY

Question 10

Licensed to perform all the laboratory tests done by SECONDARY LABORATORY

Answer 10

TERTIARY CATEGORY

Question 11

A laboratory in a government hospital designated
by the DOH to provide special diagnostic functions
and services for certain diseases

Answer 11

NATIONAL REREFENCE LABORATORY

Question 12

Act regulating the operation and maintenance of
clinical laboratories and requiring the registration of
the same with the department of health, providing
penalty for the violation thereof, and for other
purposes.

Answer 12

REPUBLIC ACT
NO. 4688:
Clinical
Laboratory
Act of 1966

Question 13

“Rules and Regulations Governing the Establishment,
Operation and Maintenance of Clinical Laboratories
in the Philippines”
* Created to implement R.A. 4688

Answer 13

ADMINISTRATIVE
ORDER
NO. 59 s. 2001

Question 14

Managed by a licensed physician certified
by the Philippine Board of Pathology

Answer 14

HEAD - STAFFING

Question 15

Shall have sufficient number of Medical
Technologies proportional to the workload
and be available at all times during hours
of operation.

Answer 15

PERSONNEL - STAFFING

Question 16

 There shall be a documented, continuous competency
assessment program for all laboratory personnel
 The program shall provide appropriate and standard
laboratory methods, reagents and equipment
 There shall be a program for the proper maintenance
and monitoring of all equipment
 The program shall provide for the use of quality control
reference materials

Answer 16

INTERNAL QUALITY
CONTROL PROGRAM

Question 17

 All laboratories shall participate in an External Quality
Assurance Program given by National Reference
Laboratories and other reference laboratories
 A satisfactory performance rating given by a National
Reference Laboratory shall be one of the criteria for
the renewal of license
 Any refusal to participate in an EQAP given by NRL
shall be one of the bases for suspension/ revocation
of the license of the laboratory

Answer 17

EXTERNAL QUALITY
CONTROL PROGRAM

Question 18

-Testing blood and other body fluids to quantify essential
soluble chemicals such as waste products
- Urine and Blood are the 2 most common fluids
-One of the busiest sections, state-of-the-art, fully
automated facility

Answer 18

CLINCAL CHEMISTRY

Question 19

Identification of bacteria and fungi on
specimens received (usually blood and
other fluids, stool, tissues, and swabs from
different sites in the body

Answer 19

MICROBIOLOGY

Question 20

Enumeration of cells in the blood and
other body fluids (e.g., CSF, pleural fluid,
etc.)

Answer 20

HEMATOLOGY

Question 21

1.Routine and special examination of urine
2. Examination of stool (routine fecalysis)

Answer 21

CLINICAL MICROSCOPY

Question 22

Blood typing and compatibility testing are the two main
activities

Answer 22

BLOOD BANK

Question 23

Analyses of serum antibodies in certain infectious agents
(primarily viral agents)

Answer 23

IMMUNOLOGY AND SEROLOGY

Question 24

Encompasses all activities
starting from a medical doctor
writing a laboratory request up to
the time (turn-around time [TAT])
the results are generated for
treatment and management of
patients.

Answer 24

LABORATORY
TESTING CYCLE