Legal, Ethical, & Professional Considerations Test Review

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Which of the following is the oldest and largest healthcare standards-setting body in the nation?

a) American Medical Association

b) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

c) College of American Pathologists

d) The Joint Commissions

d

The CLIA federal regulations are administered by

a) CAP

b) CLSI

c) CMS

d) CoW

c

Which of the following are set up to monitor all areas of care that tend to cause problems?

a) Internal report forms

b) Quality indicators

c) Sentinel events

d) Threshold values

b

Proper patient identification includes

a) actively involving patients in their own identification

b) asking a second person to verify your ID procedure

c) checking the requisition against the patient’s room number

d) scanning patient ID bands with barcode readers only

a

Which manual describes the necessary steps to follow in patient preparation for laboratory tests?

a) The patient record

b) The procedure manual

c) The safety manual

d) The test catalog

d

Which of the following can identify trends for risk management?

a) Delta checks

b) Incident reports

c) Safety data sheets

d) Test menus

b

Informed consent means that a

a) nurse has the right to perform a procedure on a patient even if the patient refuses

b) patient agrees to a procedure after being told of the consequences associated with it

c) patient has the right to look at all his or her medical records and tests results

d) phlebotomists tells the patient why the test is ordered and the meaning of the results

b

A national organization that develops guidelines and sets standards for laboratory procedures is the

a) CAP

b) CLIAC

c) CLSI

d) NAACLS

c

A physician is sued for negligence due to the action of an inexperience, contracted phlebotomist hired to cover summer vacations. This is an example of

a) assault and battery

b) res ipsa loquittur

c) the statute of limitations

d) vicarious liability

d

A young adult comes to an outpatient lab to have his blood draw. the phlebotomist refuses to draw this patient’s blood because the patient

a) does not have insurance, but offers to pay cash

b) has never had his blood drawn before this time

c) has not reached the age of majority in the state

d) has not eaten breakfast and feels lightheaded

c

The NPSGs are

a) CLSI’s voluntary standards and guidelines

b) NAACLS national educational guidelines

c) Safety rules set down by CDC and OSHA

d) TJC’s annual safety requirement goals

d

A delta check refers to

a) checking the wristband with the requisition

b) comparing current test results with previous ones

c) documenting all of the results of the QC checks

d) reporting new infection control precautions

b

Blood culture contamination is a quality indicator for the

a) environmental services area

b) infection control department

c) microbiology

d) specimen processing area

c

Failure to exercise due care is

a) assault and battery

b) invasion of privacy

c) negligence

d) res ipsa loquitur

c

The statute of limitations timing can begin

a) on the day the negligent act took place

b) the first day in a series of medical treatment

c) the first day of consulting with a lawyer

d) a month after the injury was discovered

a