Chapter 3 Quiz Flashcards
Quality management consist of:
Quality assurance
Quality control
In addition to blood and urine, the major types of body fluid specimens that can be tested by clinical laboratory include:
Synovial fluid, cerebrospinal fluid
Peritoneal fluid, pericardial fluid
Sweat, seminal fluid
The CLIA ‘88 amendment regulations establish minimum requirements with general QC system for:
ALL non waived testing
The abbreviation TJC stands for an organization that:
Accreditation hospitals and inspects clinical laboratories
The abbreviation (Cap) stands for an organization that:
Accredits only hospital laboratories
The abbreviation (COLA) stands for an organization that:
Accredits physician laboratories
The abbreviation CLIA stands for an organization that:
Determines minimum QC requirements for non waived assays
ISO 15189 is intended for use in:
Medical laboratories
Six Sigma management focuses on:
Reduction of variability in laboratory results
CLIA ‘88 required
Participation in proficiency testing
If the incorrect anticoagulant is in blood collection tube, it is:
An active error
An example of a (pre-analytical ( pre-examination) error is):
Incorrect identification of a patient
An example of an analytical ( examination) error is:
Malfunction of a microprocessor that affects accuracy in testing
An example of a (post-s analytical ( post-examination) error is):
Transposition of a numeric critical value in transmitting a report
Blood from the wrong patient is an example of a/an:
Pre-analytical ( pre-examination) error
Specimen collected in the wrong tube is an example of a/an:
Pre-analytical ( pre-examination) error
Quality control outside of acceptable limits is an example of
Analytical ( examination) error
Proficiency testing is required by CLIA for:
Non-waived tests
FDA cleared and approved moderate - complexity or high complexity assays
If proficiency testing (PT) is not available fro a specific analyze, one alternate assessment method is:
Internal split - sample analysis
The Delta check cutoff value may be presented as:
Absolute change
Percent change
Rate of change
Quality control evaluate the ________ phase of testing
Analytical
Systematic error:
Is the most commonly encountered laboratory testing error
The “ Matrix” of a specimen
Has the components of a specimen other than the analyze of interest
More closely resembles the patient specimen
Accuracy is defined as:
How close a test result is to the true value
