UNIT 4: LABORATORY PROCESSES Flashcards
LABORATORY REQUISITION
USED BY PHYSICIANS TO DOCUMENT THAT TEST THAT ARE TO BE PERFORMED BY PATIENTS
LABORATORY REQUISITION FORM CONTAINS?
PATIENT: NAME, ADDRESS, BIRTH, GENDER
DATE & TIME OF HOSPITAL IN-OUT
TEST TYPE
DATE & TIME OF COLLECTION
SIGNS FROM: PERSON WHO TOOK SAMPLES, ORDERING PHYSICIAN
SOURCE OF SPECIMEN
PHYSICIAN’S CLINIC
ADDITIONAL NEEDED COMMENTS
LABORATORY REQUEST FORM
FORM NEEDED FOR LAB TO START DIAGNOSING PROCESS
NO REQUEST FOR NO TEST
LABORATORY DIRECTORY
TEST NUMBER
REFERENCE RANGE
SPECIMEN TYPE
LABORATORY: NAME, LOCATION, CONTACT
PATIENT: NAME, IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
DATE OF REPORT
3 PHASES OF LAB TESTING
PREANALYTICAL
ANALYTICAL
POSTANALYTICAL
PREANALYTICAL
SPECIMEN:
COLLECTED
PROCESSING
STORAGE
TRANSPORTED
BY: MEDICAL TECHNICIAN & PHLEBOTOMIST
ANALYTICAL PHASE
LAB TESTING PHASE
QUALITY CONTROL
REAGENT CONTROL
BY:
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST
LAB SCIENTIST
POST-ANALYTICAL PHASE
REVIEW ANALYSIS RESULTS
TRANSPORTING RESULTS
STORAGE/ DISPOSING OF SPECIMEN
RELEASING RESULTS: CHECKED BY PATHOLOGIST FIRST
BY:
MEDTECH
SECTION SUPERVISOR
CHIEF MEDTECH
OFFICE CLERK/STAFF
QUALITY CONTROL
ENSURE ACCURACY OF:
TEST REAGENTS/KITS
TESTING PROCESS
PERSONNEL WHO MADE TEST
SPECIMEN CONTAINERS
LEAKPROOF
NAME, IDENTIFICATION #, DATE & TIME OF COLLECTION
CLEAN AND STERILE
WITHSTAND BOILING
URINE SAMPLE TRAY
SHOULD WITHSTAND DISINFECTION
UPRIGHT W FITTED COVER
SEPARATED FROM REQUEST FORM
WORKLOAD CAPACITY OF LAB DEPENDS ON?
THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF STAFF
GOOD AMOUNT OF TRAINING
SIZE OF THE LAB
AVAILABILITY OF LAB FACILITIES (AUTOMATIC / MANUAL)
LAB WORK HOUR
CAN ONLY HAVE OVERTIME FOR URGENT SPECIMEN
REFFERAL OF SPECIMEN
WHEN A TEST CANNOT BE PERFORMED IN THE LAB DUE TO LACK OF SUPPLIES
