CH.40 Physician Office Laboratory
Antigens
Foreign material that invades the body
Mycology is the study of
Fungi & yeast
Referral laboratory
Hospital laboratory
What are the 3 levels of testing ?
Moderate, high, waived
Who provides quality control instructions for a given test?
OSHA
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PPE
Personal Protection Equipment
POL
Physician office laboratory
POCT
Point of care testing
Aliquots
Portion of specimen used for testing
Reconstitution
Process of adding water to bring material back to its liquid state
What are the 3 types of laboratories?
Referral Lab Hospital Lab Physician Lab
Immunology
Study of immune system & antibodies
Sensitivity test
Test used in microbiology
Coagulation
Testing body's blood clotting process, PT & INR
Quality Control (QC)
Testing designed to detect problems that can happen because of operator error
Blood smear & bone marrow slides
Tests preformed in hematology
unitized test device
a self-contained test device to which a specimen is added directly and in which all steps of the testing process occur. A unitized device is used for a single test and must be discarded after testing
Reference intervals
acceptable ranges for a healthy population
Clinical Chemistry
analysis and study of blood, body fluids, excreta, and tissues in the diagnosis and treatment of disease
Immunohematology
blood bank
A Pap test specimen would be sent to which department for analysis
cytology
Pathology
deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes.
immunodeficiency
failure of the immune system
HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
serum
liquid portion of the blood that remains after clotting
High complexity tests
most complex, highest level of training
anticoagulant
prevents blood clotting
PPM
provider performed microscopy
PPMP
provider performed microscopy procedure
Autoimmunity
reaction of immune response to one's own tissues
specimen
sample
physician office laboratory (POL)
small medical laboratory located within a physician office, group practice, or clinic
hematology
study of blood and blood forming tissues
endocrinology
study of hormones
Cytology
study of structure and function of cells
Analytes
substances being measured
Quantitative
test measured and reporting using numbers
qualitative
test positive or negative result
fecal occult blood test (FOBT)
test to detect occult blood in feces
chain of custody
the documented and unbroken transfer of evidence
urinalysis
the examination of urine to determine the presence of abnormal elements
Histology
the study of the microscopic structure of tissues
Urine & dipstick test are examples of:
waived tests
CMS
Centers for Medicaid Services, they regulate all lab testing performed on humans through CLIA
CMS
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CLIA
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment-the law that regulates human testing
CLIA
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
Product insert
A printed document supplied by the manufacturer with a laboratory test product that contains information on the proper storage and use of the product.
Oncology
Medical treatment of cancer
COLA
Commission on Office Laboratory Accreditation
Cytogenetics
Type of cytology used to test genetic structure of cell obtained from guilds such as amniotic
Urine pregnancy tests may also be preformed in this department
Urinalysis
Quality Control (QC)
An assessment of quality based on internal standards, processes, and procedures established to control and monitor quality.
whole blood
Blood containing all its cellular components
referral laboratory
A large facility in which thousands of tests of various types are performed each day
Microbiology
Identifies the microorganisms that cause disease
Two types of controls in waived testing:
Internal control & external control
Plasma
Liquid part of blood
Waived tests
Lowest level of lab tests according to the Clinical Lab Improvement Amendment
