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PMLS LESSON 3 Flashcards

1
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What are the opportunities for medical technologist?

A

Laboratories
Clinical Areas
Business and industrial areas
academic areas

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what are the two fields in the laboratory that a medical technologist can work on?

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Immunology and serology
Cell Marker Technology

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A study of the immune system and it deals with antigen and antibody reactions.

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immunology and serology

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A specialized technology in clinical laboratory wherein cell markers are identified, monitored, and examined

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Cell Marker Technology

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serves as monograms to help identify and classify cells. Since there are a lot of different types of cells within the body. It is important that all the cells are properly identified

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cell markers

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6
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may be employed in cancer research as well.

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Cancer research

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7
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Medical laboratory technologists have the opportunity to be employed in __________ as they have received proper training in ___________ at a duly accredited drug testing training center.

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drug testing centers,
drug testing

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8
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It is an area of Center employing biogenetics or stem cell center, especially a cord blood center, would probably be the best center for medical technologists

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clinical areas

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9
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what are the business and industrial areas included?

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Product development and Design
Marketing and Sales
Quality control and Assurance
Environmental Health
Insurance

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in what area is it being considered that “The most noble job opportunities for medical laboratory technologists are those in teaching and research.”

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Academic Areas

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11
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in what area does the concept belong? “these job opportunities may require higher education attainment and experience”

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Academic areas

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12
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what are the challenges faced by medical technologist?

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Future challenges - technology continue to thrive, most laboratories will be highly specialized
medical technologists must undergo a lot of special tranings in order to maximize the full capability
Current challenges - vacancy rate- 10.4%
-high risk challenges
-compensation is low

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13
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at what percent is medical technologist at vacant?

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10.4%

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14
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why is taking up medtech in the Philippines an advantage?

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Philippine Health System is patterned after the united states health system

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15
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Gives additional credentials to the applicant.
o It can be taken online and after passing this exam it will give an additional credentials to the applicant, which can
be used to work abroad.

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ASCP

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16
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Whats the meaning of ASCP

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American Society for Clinical Pathology Examination

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17
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what happened during 1982?

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emigration of professional manpower where 14000 medical doctos and 89000 nurses moved from the Philippines to other countries

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whats the relationship of the population and demand of service?

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Directly proportional, where the increase in population also increases the demand of service

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19
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it is a dynamic medical profession at the forefront of medical
science discovery.

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Medical Technology/ Clinical Laboratory Science Profession

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20
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what profession is Constantly changing and advancing as new technology
evolves.

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Medical Technology/Clinical Laboratory Science Profession

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21
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a profession that is considered as “Best Jobs”
* Positions available are master’s degree and PhD level
practitioners.

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Medical Technology/Clinical Laboratory Science Profession

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22
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What are the two types of clinical laboratory practitioners

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Clinical Laboratory Scientist/ Medical Technologist
(CLS/MT)
Clinical Laboratory Technician/ Medical Laboratory
Technician (CLT/MLT)

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23
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what does both CLS/MT and CLT/MLT Do?

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Performs test that analyzes blood, urine, tissue or other body specimenes
Cerebral Spinal Fluid
Synovial Fluid
Sputum
Stool Samples
And many others
(CASSS)

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24
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lab of a medical technologist is to _____________

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only perform test and provide data

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25
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Use complex instrumentation, sophisticated techniques and specialized knowledge to provide critical data for diagnosis, treatment, planning and preventive healthcare. What type of professionals within the clinical laboratory

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both CLS/MT and CLT/MLT

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26
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the medtech will always be supervised by a __________

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Pathologist

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27
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The Medical laboratory technician will always be supervised by the ___________

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Medical Technologist/Clinical laboratory science

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28
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It is an independent laboratory that is not part of the hospital or hospital-based facility.
What are its characteristics?

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Free-standing Laboratory
Perform more common and lesser test compared to hospital- based laboratories. Examples are:

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29
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Examples of a free standing laboratory?

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High-precision
LH Prime

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30
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Are those labs within a hospital

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Hospital-based laboratories

31
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Examples of hospital based laboratory?

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o Cebu Velez General Hospital
o Chung-Hua hospital
o Vicente Sotto Hospital

32
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How do you classify medical laboratory technologist in other countries?

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MLT 1 for a resident of the country
MLT 2 for a non-resident who has experience and a license from other countries

33
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in the Philippines the MT/CLS are registered under the?

A

PRC (Professional Regulatory Commission)

34
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They are the ones who administer the board exams and after you successfully pass the exam, they will be the one to give you, their license.

A

PRC

35
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are those who did NOT satisfactorily pass the licensure examination for Medical Technologists administered by PRC or students who unsatisfactorily completed the Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology program.

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Medical Laboratory Technician/ Clinical Laboratory Technician (MLT/CLT)

36
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in other countries MLT/CLT are also called?

A

Laboratory Assistants

37
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They can take the board exam again and they can be promoted into full-fledged Medical Technologists if they satisfactorily pass the licensure examination administered by
PRC, but subject to ___________________.

A

CHED Memorandum order

38
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what does a MLT/CLT do?

A

o Perform fewer complex tests and laboratory procedures
o Carrying out an inventory of laboratory materials
o Preparation of patients for laboratory examination
o Performs routine testing on specimens, quality control
tasks, calibrate instruments and perform preventive
maintenance, and report normal test results.
o Usually work under the supervision of the MT/CLS or a
laboratory manager.

39
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are the one supervising the MedTech

A

Pathologist

40
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A medical doctor who studies the cause and development of disease

A

Pathologist

41
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two types of pathologist?

A

Clinical and Anatomical Pathologist

42
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mainly examine body fluids, including blood, urine, and bone marrow.

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Clinical Pathologist

43
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analyze samples of tissues and cells to aid in determining the diagnosis and cause of diseases

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Anatomical Pathologist

44
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usually examines biopsy samples or fluid aspirates under the microscope and check for abnormalities

A

A pathologist

45
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Specially trained person who is responsible for drawing blood from patients

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PHLEBOTOMIST/PHLEBOTOMY TECHNOLOGIST

46
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who’s job is to draw blood from patients?

A

Phlebotomist/Phlebotomy Technologist

47
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in what country does the Phlebotomist and MT are considered as one?

A

Philippines

48
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Prepares and examines slides of cells
where Microscopically examines human cell samples for early signs of cancer and other diseases.

A

Cytotechnologist

49
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What is the Cytotechnologist best performance?

A

Pap’s smear examination

50
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is a routine screening procedure to detect cervical cancer

A

pap’s smear examination

51
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when abnormal cells without control and invade nearby tissues, such as cancer

A

Malignant

52
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Routinely prepares, processes, and stains biopsy and tissue specimens for microscopic examination by a pathologist

A

Histologic Technician

53
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a sample of tissue taken from any organ in the body to examine it more closely. It is quite a long procedure

A

Biopsy

54
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after _________ the histologic technician will placed it _______ and it will be _____________ so that the tissue will have colors and different structures will be visible when examined under the microscope

A

slicing to thin, a slide, stained

55
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what is the job of the Histologic technician

A

prepare, process and stain the samples

56
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Performs all aspects of a job that Histologic Technicians do but also perform more complex processing, staining, or identification procedures

A

histotechnologist

57
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whats the main focus of the histotechnologist?

A

determine any abnormality in tissues

58
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who will examined the prepared slide of a histotechnologist

A

pathologist

59
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Educated and trained only one laboratory discipline and therefore can only work in that area of the clinical or reference laboratory.

A

Categorical practitioner

60
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Works for several years in a specific discipline and who has extensive knowledge and experience in this area

A

specialist

61
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Cultures cells from tissue and body fluid in order to obtain chromosomes for analysis

A

cytogenetic technologist

62
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They specialize in the process of testing and preparing of blood for transfusion

A

Blood bank technologist

63
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jobs of a blood technologist

A

drawing of blood from the patient into the
blood bag.
Processing of blood
Checking for the compatibility of the blood
Testing for possible transfusion-transmissible diseases

64
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They are highly specialized health care professionals who look at how the body functions. This is to help in diagnosis and treatment of a range of conditions and diseases

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Nuclear Medical Technology

65
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small amounts of radioactive substances to patients for diagnosis and treatments

A

Radiopharmaceuticals

66
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They perform tests on samples collected by crime scene investigators

A

Toxicologist

67
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deal with toxic substances, or poisons

A

Toxicologist

68
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describes how close are the results or the
values are to each other

A

Precision

69
Q

how close are the results are to a certain
standard value

A

Accuracy

70
Q

what are the characteristics of a C/ML Practicitioners?

A

role model
problem-solver
focused
Good-communication skills
trustworthy
Efficient and self-reliant
Dignified and Respectable
Self-motivated

71
Q

POC meaning

A

Point of care

72
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it refers to small portable devides that can be brought to the patients’ bedside

A

Point of Care

73
Q

a device used for the blood glucose determination

A

Glucometer

74
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what are the traditional roles of a M/CLP?

A

Hospital clinical laboratory
Traditional disciplines
Infection control
POC testing
Research
Reference laboratory
Sales/technical representative
Laboratory administration
MedTech educator

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