Clinical Medical Laboratory Assistant Review

Who is responsible for classifying a hazardous chemical, preparing, and providing the Safety Data Sheet?

• employer

• consumer

• lab personnel

• manufacturer

Laboratories are subject to the regulations imposed by CLIA 1988 only when requesting Medicare reimbursement.

• True

• False

Quality Control samples for CBC's must be performed at least

• before running proficiency testing

• each 8 hours of patient testing or at least once per shift

• after running patient tests

• weekly

• daily

The acceptable range for QC results is the mean +/-

• 2SD

• 20%

• 3SD

• 30%

All records for laboratory testing must be kept for ____ years

• 20

• 5

• 10

• 2

Quality Assessment monitors must be evaluated at least

• quarterly

• periodically

• weekly

• monthly

• annually

The anticoagulant of choice for a CBC is

• sodium fluoride

• EDTA

• sodium heparin

• lithium heparin

• sodium citrate

The red top tube is most frequently used in which lab department?

• Hematology

• Urinalysis

• Microbiology

• Blood Bank

• Chemistry

What three phases of laboratory testing are monitored by Quality Assurance?

• Pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic

• collection, testing, and reporting

• QC, maintenance, and analysis

• enrollment, testing, and inspection

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd

Laboratories with a certificate of waiver can perform urine microscopies if the the provider does the test.