history of med tech in us

Question 1

Emergence of clinical laboratories in the United States due to advances in medical science.

Answer 1

Late 19th Century

Question 2

_________ established a laboratory at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College.
He gave the first laboratory course in Pathology ever offered in American Medical School.

Answer 2

1878 Dr. William H. Welch

Question 3

_____became the first professor of Pathology at John Hopkins University.

Answer 3

1885 Dr. William H. Welch

Question 4

First clinical laboratory was opened at …by…

Answer 4

John Hopkins Hospital by Dr. William Osler.

Question 5

“Routine examination were carried out, special attention being written to the search for malarial parasites in the blood”

Answer 5

1896

Question 6

A clinical laboratory was opened at the University of Pennsylvania

Answer 6

1896- (William Pepper Laboratory)

Question 7

________wrote “A Method of Clinical Diagnosis”
The book was entitled “Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods” in its 19th edition.
This book became the standard reference for laboratories.

Answer 7

Dr. James C. Todd

Question 8

in (year)Dr. James C. Todd wrote _________
The book was entitled _______ in its 19th edition.
This book became the standard reference for laboratories.

Answer 8

“A Method of Clinical Diagnosis”
“Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods”
1908

Question 9

In____,100 male technicians were employed in the United States, increased to 3500 in the ____

Answer 9

1900-

1920s

Question 10

In 1922, _____ hospitals had clinical laboratories

Answer 10

3035

Question 11

The__________enacted a law requiring all hospitals and institutions to have an adequate laboratory and to employ a full time laboratory technician.

Answer 11

in 1915, The State legislature of Pennsylvania

Question 12

One of the first schools for training workers was established.

Answer 12

University of Minnesota

Question 13

An important factor in the growth of the clinical laboratory and produced great demand for technicians.

The demand for technicians in the clinical laboratories continued, so practicing physicians with the knowledge of the laboratory work began to teach their assistants to do some tests for them.

Answer 13

World war I

28 Jul 1914 – 11 Nov 1918

Question 14

In ___ a course bulletin entitled __________ was issued.

Answer 14

1922 – “Courses in Medical Technology for Clinical and Laboratory Technicians”

Question 15

First to have a degree level program believed to be in

Answer 15

1923.University of Minnesota

Question 16

Denver Society of Clinical Pathologists was organized.

More societies were developed

Answer 16

1921

Question 17

American Board of Pathology was established.

Answer 17

1936

Question 18

Marked effect on laboratory medicine
The used of blood and the “______” was widely adopted.
Instrumentation was advanced, and with these instruments, the measurement of the intensity of color production, dozens of new chemical tests became possible.

Answer 18

World War II-
1 Sep 1939 – 2 Sep 1945
closed system

Question 19

Automated equipment appeared and quality control programs became common place.
Laboratory medicine certainly moved into an era of sophistication.

Answer 19

World War II

Question 20

There is a certain local progression of the growth of the clinical laboratory.
First portion to developed was ________ which was followed in order by _________ with a latter addition of some studies of ________and ________.

Answer 20

Pathology
clinical microscopy
blood cells and physiological chemistry.

Question 21

Arnold M. Mendoza,

Answer 21

RMT, MBA, MHA, CHA, FPCHA