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Chapter 1 Phleb book
Terms and key points in chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define Phlebotomy | Incision of a vein for blood collection |
| Lab analyses of specimens are used for what 3 important purposes? | Diagnostic testting (to figure out what is wrong with the patient) Therapeutic Assessments (to develop the appropriate therapy or treatment of the medical condition) Monitoring (making sure the therapy or treatment is working to alleviate the illness) |
| Define POC (Point of Care) | Areas where lab testing is performed. Patient's bedside, mobile sites, or in the home. |
| Examples of acute care are | hospitals with short term stays, urgent care centers. |
| Examples of long term care are | nursing homes, hospital based clinics, urban or rural hospitals |
| Define POL | Physician's Office Laboratory |
| Define Ambulatory Care | Patients are not as critical and can be treated at mobile sites such as, mobile vans, rehab centers, school-based clinics, and prison clinics. |
| Define Clinical Pathology | Area of the lab where blood and other types of body fluids and tissues and analyzed. (Urine, CSF, Sputum, Gastric secretions, synovial fluid) |
| Define Anatomical Pathology | Area of the lab where where autopsies, histologic, cytologic, procedures are utilized for tissue and fluid specimens and surgical biopsy tissues and analyzed. |
| Peexamination process (preanalytical phase) | Part of the lab process that occurs from the time the tests are ordered, through the time the specimens are delivered/transported to the lab. |
| Examination (Analytical phase) | Testing |
| Post Examination (post analytical phase) | What happens after testing (reporting results, storing specimens appropriately, and obtaining info needed for follow up testing) |
| FDA | Food and drug administration. |
| CMS | Centers for medicare and medicaid services |
| OSHA | Occupational safety and health administration |
| DOT | Department of transportation |
| CLIA 1988 | Clinical laboratory improvement amendments of 1988 |
| CLSI | Clinical laboratory standards institute |
| Define standards of practice | procedural guidelines set by governmental, accreditation, certification agencies, professional organizations, and/or manufacturing and equipment requirements, |
| What are waived tests | tests that are easiest to perform, the least susceptible to error, and the least risky to patients. |
| What are tests of moderate complexity | tests that are simple to perform but may involve more risk to the patient if results are inaccurate. |
| What are tests of high complexity | tests that are complex to perform and may allow for reasonable risk of harm to the patient is results are inaccurate. |
| Define CE | Continuing education. |
| NPA | National phlebotomy association |
| ASCLS | American society for clinical laboratory science |
| AMT | American medical technologies |
| NAACLS | National accrediting agency for clinical laboratory services |
| ASCP | american society for clinical pathology |
| ASPT | american society of phlebotomy technicians |
| NHA | National health career association |
| NCCT | National Center for competency testing |
| ACA | american certification agency |
| Define Professionalism | the skill, competence, or character expected of an individual in a trained profession. |
| What are some clinical duties of phlebotomists | Identify patients, asses patients prior to blood collection, performing punctures, labeling blood specimen tubes |
| What are some technical duties of phlebotomists | manipulating small objects, selecting and using appropriate equipment, preparing and processing sample for testing |
| What are some clerical duties of phlebotomists | Answering phones, demonstrate courtesy in all patients interactions, and respect privacy and confidentiality. |
| What are PPEs | Personal protective equipment |
| Give some examples of external stakeholders | local community, insurance companies, employers, state and federal agencies |
| Give some examples of internal stakeholders | impatients, outpatients, and blood donors, patient's families, secretaries and other staff, students and volunteers |
| Define CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement) | concept of meeting and exceeding customer expectations by solving immediate problems and improving where problems do not exist. |
| Define nonsocomial infections | hospital acquired diseases |
| What types of patients should be monitored for excessive blood loss | neonates, patients with poor prognoses, and patient who are being tested frequently |
| Define QC (Quality Control) | measures and functions of everyday practice in clinical laboratories to make the testing process more accurate and precise |
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