RA 4688

Clinical Laboratory Act

RA 4688 is entitled____

June 18,1996

Approval date of RA 4688

President Ferdinand E. Marcos

President who signed the act

Administrative Order no. 274 series of 1976

Rules and regulations governing affiliation of medical technology schools, colleges and universities in government hospitals under the department of Health

2 Interns at any one time

Each section of the laboratory can be utilized for training only if it can accommodate at least ____

Member of the specialty society in laboratory medicine

The laboratory should have a training program for medical technology interns. The person responsible for this program should be a ____

Committee on affiliation with the contract of affiliation,

The training program should be Prepared in coordination with the training officer of the hospital or health region and submitted to the ____?

3000 exam/annum

What is the minimum number of examinations or samples for clinical chemistry?

1500 samples/annum

What is the minimum number of examinations or samples for clinical microscopy (urinalysis and Parasitology)?

1 member

10 interns

At least ____ member of the professional staff of the laboratory to every group of interns not exceeding ____ in each section should be provided.

10

No more than ___ medical technology interns shall be allowed to train during the night shift in understaffed hospitals and so certified by the director of the same, such interns should have a medical technologist to work with them.

Administrative order no. 2007-0027

Revised rules and regulation governing the licensure and regulation of clinical laboratories in the philippines

Clinical Laboratory

A facility where tests are done on specimens from the human body to obtain information about the health status of a patient for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases.

License

The document issued by the DOH to an individual, agency, partnership or corporation that operates a clinical laboratory upon compliance with the rests compliance with this order

Licensee

The individual to whom the license is issued and upon who rests compliance with this order.

Mobile Clinical laboratory

A laboratory testing unit that moves from testing site to another testing site or has a temporary testing location.

Routine tests

The basic, commonly requested tests in a laboratory.

Satellite testing site

any testing site that performs laboratory examinations under the administrative control of a licensed laboratory, but performed outside the physical confines of that laboratory

STAT Tests

Test done on urgent cases, the results of which shall be released immediately within 1 hour after the procedure.

sta’tim

STAT is an abbreviation “____” which means Immediately

Bureau of Health Facilities and Services

BHFS stands for?

Department of Health

DOH stands for?

External Quality Assessment Program

EQAP stands for?

License to Operate

LTO stands for?

National Reference Laboratory

NRL stands for?

Physician’s Office Laboratory

POL stands for?

Point of Care Testing

POCT stands for?

• Government

• Private

Enumerate the Classification of Clinical Laboratory by OWNERSHIP

• Clinical Pathology

• Anatomic Pathology

Enumerate the Classification of Clinical Laboratory by FUNCTION

• Institution Based

• Freestanding

Enumerate the Classification of Clinical Laboratory by INSTITUTIONAL CHARACTER

• Primary Category

• Secondary Category

• Tertiary Category

Enumerate the Classification of Clinical Laboratory by SERVICE CAPABILITY (GENERAL)

Government

Operates and maintained, partially or wholly, by the national government, a local government unit, any other political unit or any department, division board or agency

Private

Owned, established and operated by any individual or corporation

Clinical pathology

Includes clinical chemistry, hematology, immunohematology, microbiology and others

Anatomic pathology

Includes surgical pathology, immunohistopathology, cytology, autopsy, forensic pathology and molecular pathology

Institution Based

A laboratory that operates within the premises and as part of an institution

Freestanding

A laboratory that does not form part of any other institution

Primary Category

Classification of clinical lab that provides the minimum services such as:

• Routine hematology

• Qualitative platelet determination

• Routine urinalysis

• Routine Fecalysis

• Blood typing

Secondary Category

Classification of clinical lab that provides the minimum services such as:

• Routine clinical chemistry

• Quantitative platelet determination

• Cross matching

• Gram staining

• KOH

Tertiary Category

Classification of clinical lab that provides the minimum services such as:

• Special chemistry

• special hematology

• immunology

• Microbiology

• aerobic and anaerobic

Limited service capability (for institution based only)

Provides the laboratory tests required for a particular service in institutions such as but not limited to dialysis centers and social hygiene clinics

Special Clinical Laboratory

A laboratory the offers highly specialized laboratory services that are usually not provided by a general clinical laboratory