Chapter 1: Types of Medical Laboratories Flashcards
Laboratory testing can occur in many different settings, from medical facilities such as?
Hospitals, and physician’s offices to government-owned labs.
What are Hospital Laboratories?
Hospital Laboratories perform lab tests required by the hospital for inpatients as well as outpatients who are under the treatment of hospital-affiliated physicians.
What are Physician’s Office Laboratories (POL)?
POL located physically within a physician’s office to provide point-of-care testing and to offer timely diagnostics to improve patient care.
What are Clinical Reference Laboratories?
Private companies do high-volume routine and specialty testing for all patient types.
Clinical Reference Laboratories have more expensive in?
Negotiating with both private and government payers.
Many health insurance plans require that patients use?
Clinical Reference Laboratories such as LabCorp or Quest Diagnostics.
What are the 3 sections of laboratories perform research?
Academic laboratories, government laboratories and private sector laboratories.
Some of the world’s most famous discoveries have been mede through?
Research laboratories.
Public Health Laboratories are run by?
State and local health departments to protect the public from health treats such as: outbreaks of infectious diseases (like SARS-CoV-2) and environmental toxins (such as lead).
