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quiz two
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is the emergency room rainbow colors? | light blue, red, green, lavender |
| why does the gel move during centrifuge? | prevents remixing |
| what does STAT mean? | results immediately (critical) |
| what does ASAP mean? | results as soon as possible (not critical but important) |
| what does time collected mean? | has to be collected at a specific time |
| what is the Federal privacy and safety regulations (AKA HIPPA) | Passed in 1996, HIPPA protects med info, written consent, PRIVACY, and ensures patients are treated properly |
| OSHA ensures...? | safety precautions and transmission based precautions-infection control |
| what are SDS? what is their purpose? | SDS-(Safety data sheet) Safety info about chemicals and materials handling, storage, spill, disposal instructions Required in healthcare facilities, and Chemical safety |
| what is the joint commission? | independent accrediting organization that Evaluates healthcare facilities, patient safety, and quality |
| the joint commission inspects every... | 3 years |
| the joint commission oversees...? | reporting methods, faxing results to doctors |
| it is NOT acceptable under any circumstances for us to? | verbally read the results to patients, and/or email them |
| when was CLIA passed? | 1988 |
| what is CLIA? | federal law regulating US labs to ensure accurate lab results (applies to all performing lab testing) |
| CLIA inspects how often? | every two years |
| what is a waived test? | a simple test with low risk error that can be performed outside of traditional labs (like strep/covid/pregnancy tests) |
| *before a waived test, what should you do?* | run controls on a new box-check expiration dates |
| Needlestick prevention act, what is it? | if a needle is to accidently prick you, you should wash exposed area, report it, then follow facility protocol |
| NPSG's are developed by... | the joint commission to improve patient identification, ensure accurate lab results, reduce infections |
| the CLSI does what | DEVELOPS (not checks) lab standards |
| what is quality assurance? | a review process that ensures labs policies and procedures. This maintains accuracy, safety and consistency when testing blood. |
| what is the goal or point of quality assurance in terms of you? | To prevent human error, ensures current procedures are followed correctly, which includes training, labeling, workflow, and culture contamination prevention |
| blood culture contamination CANNOT go over...? | 3% contamination |
| what is quality control? | routine checks to test that equipment results are accurate, calibrating correctly, testing the right specimen quality, test performance, and detects errors properly |
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