AST LECT Flashcards

(41 cards)

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The discipline of laboratory can be viewed as a

bridging endeavor linking the

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basic medical,
biologic and physical science with medical
practice.

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The activities in clinical laboratories are

divided into four categories:

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  1. Administration
  2. Patient care service
  3. Research
  4. Teaching
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_____ is among the
hospital services that produce some of
the revenue needed to offset hospital
costs for which patients are not billed.

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The clinical laboratory

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____ also conducts
thousands of tests on blood, tissues and
various body fluids.

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The laboratory department

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PERFORMS COMPLEX ANALYSES AND

EXAMINATIONS SUCH AS THE FOLLOWING:

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• To confirm clinical impression or
establish diagnosis
• To rule out a diagnosis
• To monitor therapy (management
guide)
• To establish prognosis
• To screen for or detect disease
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The efficient operation of a clinical laboratory
and the effective delivery of medical
laboratory services to the clinicians ad their
patient require a complex inter-digitations of:

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a) Expertise in medical, scientific and
technical areas
b) Resources in the form of personnel,
laboratory and data processing
equipment, supplies and facilitates
c) Skills in organization, management and
communication
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What is management?

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Working with and through people to
accomplish a common mission is usually
the core of the short descriptions that
have been proposed.

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FIVE INGREDIENTS AND/OR CONDITIONS
NECESSARY FOR MANAGEMENT TO
SUCCEED WHICH INCLUDES:

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Mission
Authority
Resources
Responsibility
Accountability
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goal that the organization sub-unit expects

to accomplish

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Mission

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needed to direct the team toward the

goal

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Authority

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includes people, equipment, supplies

and money

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Resources

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for achieving the goals assigned

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Responsibility

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for using the resources established

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Accountability

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____ is working with and through

people to accomplish a common mission

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Management

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is a distinct process consisting of
planning, organizing, actuating (leading) and
controlling, which are performed to determine
and accomplish the objectives by the use of
people and resources.

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Management

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is the effective motivation of men
and the efficient utilization of resources for the
attainment of a pre-determined objective.

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Management

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NATURE OF MANAGEMENT

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Management is both an art and science.

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MANAGEMENT is an art because

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it results in the accomplishment of
objective by the use of human efforts. It requires skill
and careful study of its application.

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MANAGEMENT is a science

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because it is a systematic body of
knowledge. It gathers and analyzers facts and
formulates general law or principles from these facts.

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As an art and science,

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management seeks to integrate
into a unified, coordinated whole of all the essential
factors that make up an organization.

21
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The functions of management refer to those
distinctive activities that must be carried
out by the manager if the objectives of an
organization are to be achieved. These
functions of management may be grouped
into

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planning, organizing, directing and

controlling.

22
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Is a mental effort by which executives anticipate the
possible causes or factors that may effect or change
the activities and objectives of a particular
organization.

23
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It controls the nature and direction of change and
determines what measures or actions are necessary
to accomplish predetermined goals.

24
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In ___, efforts should include several possible
alternative sources of action that may be taken
under varying conditions. From these alternatives,
the best course of action under the circumstances
will be considered.

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Is the grouping together of men and establishing relationships among them, defining the authority and responsibility to the personnel, who are to perform the work in order to use maximum advantage of the laboratory’s material resources in the attainment of a common objective.
ORGANIZING
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Refers to the way of getting all personnel in an organization to accomplish what management desires.
DIRECTING
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It is telling what each man should do and | making him like doing it.
DIRECTING
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It involves both motivation and | communication.
DIRECTING
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``` Means checking the work accomplished against plans or standards, and making adjustments or corrections when new developments or unforeseen circumstances necessitate. ```
CONTROLLING
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The bases for controlling
standard quantity, standard time standard cost.
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Three aspects are involved IN CONTROLOLING namely:
1. Planned performance 2. Measure of actual performance 3. Corrective measures
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AS A LEADER OF ORGANIZATIONS, MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO PLAY BASIC ROLES SUCH AS:
1. As a PERSON 2. As a SERVANT 3. As a REPRESENTATIVE
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• The manager is first and foremost a person. Like other people, have similar fears, dreams, hoes, difficulties, potentials, expectations and weaknesses as well. • There seemed to be “natural leaders” with inborn skills however, without an understanding of the management process, they soon fail when put in situations that require exacting attention to detail.
1. As a PERSON
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``` • Managers must become a supporter of their staff and provide the means for the staff to meet the needs of their patient and customers. • This is necessary for the organization to function well. ```
2. As a SERVANT
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• They too may quickly run into trouble when required to interact with or direct a group of people. The ability to deal with both people and things is essential to management. Indeed, managers are made not born.
2. As a SERVANT
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• The manager is paid representative of the owners of the people he supervise and presenting their concerns to the owners.
AS A REPRESENTATIVE
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A _____is an individual whose job is to guide the organization to attain its objectives. He performs the function of planning, organizing, directing and controlling the work of his subordinates. The term manager is commonly confused with director, administrator and supervisor.
manager
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A __directs the affair of an organization by establishing goals and priorities that determine the direction the organization will take. The director might not directly supervise or manager in a technical sense his role is primarily one of broad policy making.
director
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An ___ administers or runs an organization within the framework of the various directives and policies given to him.
administrator
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A ____ oversees the activities of others to get them to accomplish specific tasks or to perform scheduled activities most efficiently.
supervisor
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A ____ takes charge of the management or oversees the functioning of an activity to achieve a set of goals or purposes. His strength is in his ability to use all of his resources to get things done properly. In reality, everyone who has responsibility for a section, an office, a laboratory, any activity- functions as a manager.
manager