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CHAPTER 1.2
SAFETY REGULATION AGENCIES (EXAM 1)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which agency in 1988 was involved in assuring quality control and maintaining personnel requirements to only allow qualified individuals to perform in a lab? | CLIA |
| What does CLIA stand for? | Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments |
| Which OSHA regulation is responsible for ensuring that personnel/patients are not only informed about medical practices, but also have access to the tools that require them? | Right to Understand (2012) |
| Which OSHA regulation was created in 1993 in order to set a standard for how to navigate exposure to bloodborne pathogens or bodily fluids? | Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (1992/2001) |
| TJC stands for | The Joint Commission |
| What is The Joint Commission in charge of | Ensuring that the lab meets the highest standard of quality and patient safety through inspections and citations |
| What Voluntary Agencies were discussed in this chapter? | TJC, CAP, CLSI |
| CLSI stands for | Clinical Laboratory Sciences Institute |
| CLIA stands for | Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment |
| When was the CLIA's personnel requirement act enstated? | 1988 |
| What 1970 act is responsible for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of laborers? | Occupational Safety and Health Act |
| What impact does the Hazard Communication Standard 1983? | It governs hazards for manufacturers and enforce the generation of the Safety Data Sheet |
| CDC stands for | Center of Disease Control and Prevention |
| What impact does the CDC have on the government? | It sets lab safety standards and publishes booklets regarding how to control/handle infectious hazards |
| Which OSHA regulation was involved in | Construct standards and trainings to assure the safety of all workers in the workplace |
| Which of the following agencies in this chapter are both Certifying and Professional | ASCP |
| Which of the agencies in this chapter are both Regulatory and Professional | CAP, TJC |
| What standards does CAP utilize during their voluntary inspections of medical sites? | CLSI |
| TJC can also be called | JCAHO |
| What does CLSI primarily focus on? | The development of stands to improve lab safety and efficiency |
| Why would hospitals want to go through voluntary inspection and accreditation? | Accreditation can convey the message that an institution is operating at the highest standard of efficiency and safety for both patients and healthcare personnel wellbeing. It also establishes trust with future patients |
| COLA stands for | Commission on Office Laboratory Accreditation |
| What does COLA do? | Maintain staff compliance with CLIA, particularly on more independent labs running out of medical offices |
| Which professional accrediting agency carries on inspections by following CLSI standards? | CAP |
| Which professional accrediting agency carries on inspections by following CLIA standards? | COLA |
| What is the difference between AMT and ASCP? | AMT focuses on emphasizing the individual growth of lab personnel that are not pathologists/physicians; |
| Which agencies are Certification based? | ASCP and AMT |
| Which agencies are Regulatory? | TJC. CLSI, OSHA |
| Which agencies are Professional? | ASCLS, CAP, COLA |
| ASCLS stands for | American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science |
| Where is the Registry held? | BOC |
| BOC stands for | Board of Certification |
| Which agency holds the BOC | ASCP |
| NIOSH means | National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health |