1 FUNDAMENTALS OF THE CLINICAL LABORATORY Flashcards
The correct designation for a generalist laboratory professional with a bachelor’s degree certified by the American Society for Clinical Pathology is:
a. Medical laboratory technician
b. Medical laboratory scientist
c. Medical technician
d. Medical technologist
b. Medical laboratory scientist
The role of the laboratory supervisor or manager is to:
a. Supervise technical aspects of testing.
b. Supervise business functions of testing.
c. Examine surgically removed organs.
d. Screen cytology for Pap smears
a. Supervise technical aspects of testing.
Which of the following acts, agencies, or organizations was created to make certain the quality of work done in the laboratory is reliable?
a. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
b. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA)
c. Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA ’88)
d. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
c. Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA ’88)
Laboratories performing which of the following types of
tests need to be enrolled in a CLIA-approved proficiency
testing program?
a. Waived
b. Moderately complex
c. Highly complex
d. Both b and c
d. Both b and c
The role of provider-performed microscopy (PPM) is the:
a. Continuation of the process of evaluating and monitoring all aspects of the laboratory to ensure accuracy of test results
b. Specific microscopic tests (wet mounts) performed by a physician for his or her own patients
c. Means by which quality control between laboratories is maintained
d. Process of performing laboratory testing at the bedside of the patient and a means of decentralizing
some of the laboratory testing
b. Specific microscopic tests (wet mounts) performed by a physician for his or her own patients
The newest direction for laboratory testing procedures is:
a. Larger automated instruments
b. Networked systems for point-of-care testing
c. Molecular diagnostic techniques in various laboratory departments
d. Robotic specimen handling
c. Molecular diagnostic techniques in various laboratory departments
A hospital chief operating officer is responsible for:
a. Implementing policies and oversight of daily activities
b. Finances
c. Setting policy and guiding the organization
d. Overseeing the hospital information system
a. Implementing policies and oversight of daily activities
What is the best description of the purpose of the College
of American Pathologists (CAP) pertaining to the clinical laboratory?
a. Sets accreditation requirements for physician office laboratories (POLs)
b. Administers both CLIA ’88 and Medicare programs
c. CMS has given CAP deemed status to act on the government’s behalf to certify clinical laboratories
d. Nonprofit educational group that establishes consensus standards for maintaining a high-quality laboratory organization
c. CMS has given CAP deemed status to act on the government’s behalf to certify clinical laboratories
What is the best description of the purpose of the
Commission on Office Laboratory Accreditation (COLA)
pertaining to the clinical laboratory?
a. Sets accreditation requirements for physician office laboratories (POLs)
b. Administers both CLIA ’88 and Medicare programs
c. CMS has given COLA deemed status to act on the government’s behalf to certify clinical laboratories
d. Nonprofit educational group that establishes consensus standards for maintaining a high-quality laboratory organization
a. Sets accreditation requirements for physician office laboratories (POLs)
What is the best description of the purpose of the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pertaining to
the clinical laboratory?
a. Sets accreditation requirements for physician office
laboratories (POLs)
b. Administers both CLIA ’88 and Medicare programs
c. CMS has given itself deemed status to act on the government’s behalf to certify clinical laboratories
d. Nonprofit educational group that establishes consensus standards for maintaining a high-quality laboratory organization
b. Administers both CLIA ’88 and Medicare programs
The role of point-of-care testing (POCT) compared with
in-laboratory testing is the:
a. Continuation of the process of evaluating and monitoring all aspects of the laboratory to ensure accuracy of test results
b. Specific microscopic tests (wet mounts) performed by a physician for his or her own patients
c. Means by which quality control between laboratories is maintained
d. Process of performing laboratory testing at the bedside of the patient and a means of decentralizing
some of the laboratory testing
d. Process of performing laboratory testing at the bedside of the patient and a means of decentralizing
Sally is seeing her new primary care provider for the first time. When she signs in, she is asked to sign papers for the release of medical records, including her laboratory
results. According to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), she must authorize release of records before __________ would be permitted to receive and review her records.
a. Her insurance company
b. Her attorney
c. Her husband
d. Any of the above
d. Any of the above
In which of the following laboratory situations is a verbal
report permissible?
a. When the patient is going directly to the physician’s office and wants to have the report available
b. When the report cannot be found at the nurse’s station
c. When preoperative test results are needed by the anesthesiologist
d. None of the above
d. None of the above
All the following characteristics are accurate for the influence of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act (HIPAA) except:
a. Replaces federal, state, or other laws that grant individuals even greater privacy protections than HIPAA
b. Covers entities that are free to retain or adopt more protective policies or practices
c. Establishes a minimum standard for security of electronic health information and the electronic interchange of information
d. Directly effects the laboratory information system (LIS)
a. Replaces federal, state, or other laws that grant individuals even greater privacy protections than HIPAA
In order to perform a venipuncture on a newly admitted
hospital patient, a phlebotomist needs to:
a. Ask for the patient’s written permission to perform the procedure.
b. Verify that the patient has specifically named the drawing of blood in the admissions papers.
c. Realize that an admitted hospital patient has given implied consent to routine procedures such as phlebotomy.
d. Verify with the patient’s primary care provider that phlebotomy is covered as a routine procedure.
c. Realize that an admitted hospital patient has given implied consent to routine procedures such as phlebotomy.
