Med Lab Exam 1-1,1-2

accrediting agency and professional society for medical assistants

AAMA

Process by which specimens are logged in and assigned an ID code

Accessioning

Voluntary process to obtain recognition for institutions meeting certain standards

Accreditation

The professional society and credentialing agency for medical assistants is the:

American Association of Medical Assistants(AAMA)

One professional society and credentialing agency for phlebotomists is the:

American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians(ASPT)

commission on Accreditation of Allied health Education Programs

CAAHEP, accrediting agency for educational programs for clinical laboratory personnel

Center laboratory for the nation public health system

CDC

The central laboratory for the national public health system is the

CDC

Federal act that specifies minimum performance standards for clinical labs

CLIA 88

Personnel qualifications for clinical laboratory workers are defined by __________ and are based on the job functions of the position

CLIA 88

International, nonprofit organization that establishes standards of best current practice for laboratories

CLSI

Agency within DHHS responsible for implementing CLIA 88

CMS

Agency that offers accreditation to physician office laboratories

COLA

The agency within Department of Health and Human Services(DHHS) responsible for implementing CLIA 88 is:

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services(CMS)

An international, nonprofit organization that establishes standards of best current practice for clinical laboratories is:

Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLIS)

2 years of specific training and successful completion of the national certifying exam

MLT or CLT

One agency that accredits educational programs for clinical laboratory personnel is the:

National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences(NAACLS)

Physician specially trained in the nature and cause of disease

Pathologist

The person responsible for the day-to-day operation of a laboratory and works directly under the authority of the laboratory director is the

Technical supervisor

Independent agency that accredits hospitals and large health care facilities

The Joint Commission

A phlebotomist is a healthcare worker trained in booed collection

True

Clinical laboratories were staffed mostly by doctors

True

Clinical laboratory person work as medical detectives

True

Early laboratories were staffer mostly by doctors

True

Epidemiology is an important function of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

True

In 2005 more than 189,000 clinical laboratories were listed with Department of Health and Human Service (DHHS) as providing services to humans in the United States.

True

Laboratory testing has become increasingly sophisticated.

True

The term clinical laboratory science has largely replaced medical technology for several years

True

The voluntary process by which an independent agency grants recognition to entities that meet or exceed established standards of quality is

accreditation

Medical assistants have been trained in:

all of the above

Educational programs for laboratory personnel consist of an academic component and a ___________ component

clinical

The health profession concerned with performing laboratory analysis is

clinical laboratory science

medical detectives

clinical laboratory science

the profession concerned with performing laboratory analyses

clinical laboratory science

Risk of patient information being improperly accessed has increased due to the use of ________ for storing patient records

computers

A health care worker trained in blood collection is an

phlebotomist

The ASPT is a professional and credentialing agency for

phlebotomists

The liquid portion of the blood in which the blood cells are suspended is called

plasma

Performing testing near the patient rather than in the traditional laboratory setting is called

point of care testing

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 protects

privacy

The liquid obtained from blood that has been allowed to clot is called

serum

Study of factors that determine disease frequency

Epidemiology

As long as health care workers are competent their manner of dress at work does not matter

False

Clinical laboratories are found only in university teaching hospitals.

False

The field of medical technology began 50 years ago

False

The division of Department of Health and Human Services(DHHS) responsible for protecting public health by ensuring the safety and efficacy of foods, drugs, biological products, medical device, and cosmetics is:

Food and Drug Administration(FDA)

The 1996 act of Congress that includes a guarantee of protection of privacy of an individual's health information is

HIPPA

The Privacy Rule that describes the patient's rights to privacy developed from

HIPPA

The governmental agency that overseas public health care matters in the United States is:

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Programs in which laboratories are sent blind samples that are analyzed, reported, and compared to the results from other laboratories are called ______________ programs

Proficiency Testing

system of conduct or behavior

ethics

To become a certified professional, one must complete an approved course of study and successfully complete a national

examination

Mycology is the study of

fungi

The study of human blood groups is called

immunohematology

technology that allows rapid testing and portable testing

laboratory instruments

All of the following are current trends in health care EXCEPT:

longer hospital stays

The AAMA is a professional society and credentialing agency for

medical assistants

the field of medical laboratory technology

medical technology

The branch of biology dealing with microbes is called

microbiology

geriatric medicine and home health care

new trends in the health care fields

A physician specially trained in the nature and cause of disease is an

pathologist