Test #1 Flashcards
(49 cards)
meaning of POCT?
Point of Care Testing
POCT is common for?
glucose test
POCT is also known as?
bedside testing/ near patient testing
what does POCT decreases?
pre-analytical phase errors
meaning of CSMLS?
canadian society of medical lab science
each province has what?
provincal society that regulates practice of medical lab science
CSMLS code of conduct?
professional expectation and ethics
purpose #1
to record an individual state of health
purpose #2
to satisfy employement, insurance, or legal requirements
purpose #3
to gain statistics for research and clinical trials
purpose #4
to detect asymptomatic conditions and diseases
purpose #5
to conform a clinical diagnose
purpose #6
to differentiate between two or more diseases
purpose #7
to diagnose
purpose #8
to determine the effectiveness of treatments
purpose #9
to prevent diseases/disorders
purpose #10
to prevent the exacerbation (aggravation) of diseases
pre analytical
before testing, collection of speciments, done by MLA’s
analytical
testing and resulting, done by MLT’s
post analytical
done after the testing, done by MLA’s, storage of specimens, labelling, filling out lab reports
most errors happen in which stage?
pre analytical because of the collecting of the speciment
controls
done when the patient result is questionable, after maintenance, caliberation, repair.
standards
used to calibarate instruments, chemicals
accuracy
closeness of the agreement of a measured value with true value
