MLT 101: Final Review

set of medical laboratory science cards focused on different areas

In case of fire:

Rescue

Activate the Alarm

Contain the Fire

Extinguish

To use a fire extinguisher

P = pull the pin

A = aim at the base of the fire

S = squeeze the lever

S = sweep motion back and forth over the fire

which should be added when mixing acid and water?

Add acid to water

chemicals that can cause harm to the fetus or embryo

teratogen

fire extinguisher suitable for use on grease or kerosene

Type B

capable of causing gene changes

mutagen

blue part of NFPA diamond

indicates a health hazard

pictogram of flame of circle

indicates substance is an oxidizer

white part of NFPA diamond

specific hazard or do not use with water

the hazard communication symbol that indicates a health hazard

an outline of a person with burst on chest

HIPPA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

organization that accredits hospital laboratories

CAP

an example of droplet precaution illness

whooping cough

the organization that accredits MLT programs

NAACLS

Maintain the computer systems necessary to house and transmit health information from the laboratory to physicians and other health providers.

LIS technicians

personnel that perform testing of samples "on the bench."

testing personel

after collection, samples are processed, logged into the computer system, and sorted by department and status

specimen processing/processor

STAT

short turn around time

NAACLS

National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences

ASCP

American Society for Clinical Pathology

ASCLS

American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science

signing your name as an MLT

Ashley Kaylor, MLT (ASCP)^CM

ACT

Apologize

Corrective Action

Thank

when an employee communicates about the care being provided as a patient is handed over to someone else.

managing up

examples of unethical conduct

Clocking a coworker in and out

Looking at a patient's chart for no reason

Taking shortcuts that may compromise patient care

waste

when one uses, consumes or spends thoughtlessly

fraud

intentional deceit through false information or representation

examples of fraud

Billing for a test not performed

Misrepresenting your credentials

Backdating a legal document

Turning in an inaccurate timecard

four sections of the Lewis Blackman Act

1. All staff must wear badges stating their names, titles, and departments.

2. Written information must be provided to the patient about the roles of their healthcare providers.

3. Patients have a right to speak to an attending physician and must be provided with a means of doing so.

4. Upon request, a patient can receive assistance in placing a call to the attending physician.

CAP

College of American Pathologists

CMS

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

AABB

American Association of Blood Banks

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

COLA

Commission on Office Laboratory Accreditation

Prepared by passing tap or deionized H2O through a resin column that contains positively and negatively charged particles.

Deionized Water

Tubes should be capped during centrifugation to prevent ___________ formation.

aerosol

True or False? Temperatures of refrigerators, water baths and incubators are monitored weekly.

False

prepared from forcing water through a semi-permeable membrane with a pore size of less than 0.001 micron

Reverse Osmosis

type of water used for washing and the first rinse after washing glassware

Autoclave and wash water

type of reagent water that is the most pure and should be used for procedures that require maximum purity, such as reconstitution of controls

Clinical Laboratory Reagent Water

a dissolving agent, usually a liquid

solvent

wide, straight-sided cylindrical vessels and are available in many sizes and in several forms. They are used for general holding and mixing and for reagent preparation

beaker

True or False? A beaker is a long slender tube used in the laboratory for measuring and transferring of liquids

False - graduated cylinder

pipet is a straight piece of glass tubing with a tapered end and graduation marks on the stem separating it into uniform increments

serological pipet

What type of plastic ware possesses excellent chemical resistance to almost all chemicals used in the clinical laboratory?

Teflon

have a round bulb at the bottom which tapers to a long neck, on which the calibration mark is found. This glassware is manufactured and calibrated to NIST standards. It is used for measurements that require precision and accuracy.

volumetric flask

are used by reading volumes at the meniscus

graduated cylinders

D & C

dilation and curettage

B.O.P

blood, ova, parasites

N.

normal

S. Hgb

sickle-cell hemaglobin

LD, LDH

lactate dehydrogenase

LDL Chol

low density lipoprotein cholesterol

T.D.

to deliver

Rt

routine

meq

milliequivalent

MCV

mean corpuscular volume

RPM

revolutions per minute

MCHC

mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration

ppt

precipitate

EEG

electroencephalogram

HCL

hyrdochloric acid

sol

solution

MCH

mean corpuscular hemoglobin

SAT

saturated

A

absorbance

M.

molar

c

with

GB

gallbladder

semi

half

ab

away from

dia

through

ambi

both

trans

through

meta

after, next

a, an

absent

infra

beneath

dys

bad, painful, difficult

intra

within

inter

among

medi

middle

morph

shape

olig

few

orth

straight

retro

backward

steno

narrow

cry

cold

cyt

cell

myco

fungus

sarco

flesh

adeno

gland

brachi

arm

calc

stone

caud

tail

cyst

bladder, bag

gran

grain

histo

tissue

iatro

physician

lith

stone

myo

muscle