Recording Information and Courses from MediaLab, Inc.
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| Donor completes certification statement The collector now directs the donor to read, sign, and date the certification statement located on the "pink" page of the control form. The donor must provide date of birth, printed name, and day and evening contact telephone numbers.The collector completes the collector's portion of the chain of custody on the control form by printing his or her name, signing where indicated, and recording the date and time of the collection. The collector must also enter the specific name of the delivery or courier service transferring the specimens to the laboratory if applicable. | View Page |
| Monitoring Methods Coefficient of variation is commonly used as a means of measuring the variability of an instrument. The data are gathered by recording the values for the normal and abnormal controls for each test run. At the end of the month, the standard deviation, mean, and coefficient of variation are calculated. The testing data for a particular instrument might look like this: January February March Normal Control s CV 100.9 2.43 2.41 103.1 2.99 2.90 102.0 2.21 2.17 Abnormal Control s CV 209.5 4.41 2.11 211.6 4.00 1.89 206.8 3.95 1.91 The coefficient of variation stays fairly constant from month to month. If there is a sudden increase, there might be a problem with the method or the equipment.In the clinical laboratory, the use of CV as a measure of relative variability should not be confused with the use of the standard deviation as a measure of absolute variability. For example, support physicians agreed that for accurate patient treatment, the inherent variability in a glucose method should be less than 5 mg/dL. In this case, neither the hexokinase nor the orthotoluidine method is acceptable. It does not matter which is more precise if neither is precise enough to result in adequate patient care. | View Page |
| Case Study: Minimum Necessary Use & Disclosure
You are a phlebotomist at a specimen collection center. A patient arrives with an order for a blood glucose test, and a lipid profile. You get the patient's address, phone number, health insurance coverage, and ask how long ago he ate his most recent meal. You then ask him about his recent auto accident, his wound infection, and his family. You write down all the extra information. Under the HIPAA Privacy Regulations, which of the following information requests is acceptable? | View Page |
| Controls should be run every day that testing will take place. | View Page |
| Recording Bacterial Characteristics The Gram stain reaction, shape, and arrangement of bacteria, and the presence or absence of intracellular organisms must be noted on the worksheet.Examples:Gram positive cocci in chains are present.Gram negative diplococci, intracellular, are present within white blood cells.Quantitate by approximating the average number of each cell type seen in 10 oil immersion fields, and record as:Many = More than 15/fieldModerate = 4-15/fieldFew = 1-3/fieldOccasional = 2-10/10 fieldsRare = 0-2/10 fields | View Page |
| All of the following statements are true, except: | View Page |