Question | Answer |
What does CDC stand for and where are they located? | Center for disease control Atlanta, Georgia |
What does OSHA stand for and what does it regulate? | Occupational Safety and Health Administration. require employers to ensure employee safety in regard to occupational exposure to potentially harmful substances. |
What does CLIA stand for and what does it regulate? | Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments. safeguard the public by regulating all testing of specimens taken from the human body |
When was CLIA established? | 1967 then reastablished in 1988 |
What does MSDS stand for? | Material Safety Data Sheet |
What does CHP stand for? | Chemical Hygiene Plan |
What are the four colors used and what is the numbering system? | Blue-health hazard, Red-fire hazard, Yellow-instability hazard, white-use of PPE, 0 to 4 with 4 being the worst |
What are the lab departments discussed in ch 39 | Independent laboratories, patient service center or small satellite, hospital-based laboratories, and reference laboratories |
What are examples of PPE's? | goggles, gloves, apron, face shields, mask, |
What is the proper way to carry a microscope? | with one hand securely supporting the base and the other hand holding the arm |
what is the most commonly used microscope in a clinic setting? | compound microscope |
what is the name of the microscope used to view virus? | electron microscope |
what does POL, POCT, and PPM stand for? | Physicians office labatory, Point-of-care testing, Provider-Performed microscopy |
What information is needed for a lab rquisition | Patient name, name and address of laboratory, date and time of collection, name of test requested, diagnosis |
What are the three main types of laboratories? | Independent labs, hospital-based lab, reference labs, |
How often do you renew your lab certificates? | every two years |
What are some reasons we do lab testing? | To record an individual's state of health, to satisfy employment, insurance, or legal requirements, gain statistics for research and clinical trials, detect asymptomatic conditions or diseases, confirm a clinical diagnosis, differentiate between diseases |
What are the three levels of testing under CLIA? | Waived tests, moderate-complexity tests and PPM, High-complexity tests |
What is the purpose for control testing? | to further ensure accurate test results. |
What are the 4 EKG interference? | Somatic tremor artifact, AC Interference, Wandering Baseline Artifacts, Interrupted BaseLine Artifacts |
What does the P and T wave represents? | P wave represents atrial depolarization and is recorded as a positive deflection. T wave represents ventricular repolarization and is a positive deflection. |
How many chambers does the heart have? | 4 two upper atria and two lower ventricles |
What is the SA node? | Sinoatrial node aka the pacemaker of the heart it starts the electrical impulses of the heart beat. |
How do you calculate heart rate? | count the big boxes between peaks and divide by 300. |
What are the five purposes for EKG? | 1.detect myocardial ischemia 2.estimate damage to the myocardium caused by a myocardial infarction 3.detect and evaluate cardiac arrhythmia 4. assess effects of cardiac medication on the heart 5.determine if electrolyte imbalance is present |
What is an myocardial infarction? | is a heart attack |
what does sinus bradycardia mean? | a heart rate less than 60 beats/min |
what does sinus tachycardia mean? | greater than 100 beats/min |
What is a holter monitor? | portable continuous recording of cardiac activity for a 24-hour period. |
What is an AED? | Automated external defibrillator |