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screen Pts for diseases
are an essential part for medical diagnosis
Laboratory tests performed to help provider to decide what treatment
needed + monitor the effect of medications + how disease
process
- know proper patient preparation
- the procedure of each test
- the normal range of results for each test
MA's musts in POLs
- carefully following to instructions in labeling specimens
and sending them to the laboratory
- good communication
POL physician's office laboratory
MT (ASCP) - medical technologist
ASCP (American Society for Consultant Pharmacists) MLT (ASCP) - Medical Laboratory Technician (certificate)
MLT-AD (ASCP) (associate degree)
MT (AMT) - medical technologist
MLT (AMT) - Medical Laboratory Technician
AMT (American Medical Technologists)
MLA - Medical Laboratory Assistant
RMA - Registered Medical Assistant
DHHS (Department of Health and Human Services) CLT (HHS) - Clinical laboratory technologist
NCA (National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Per- CLS (NSA) - Certified laboratory scientist
sonnel) CLT (NSA) - Certified laboratory technitian
ISCLT (International Society for Clinical Laboratory Tech- RMT (ISCLT) registered medical technologist
nology) RLT (ISCLT) registered laboratory technician
AAMA (American Association of Medical Assistants) CMA (AAMA)
CCMA - certified clinical medical assistant
NHA (National Healthcareer Association) CPT - certified phlebotomy technician
CMLA - certified medical laboratory assistant
Laboratory (Division)
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UA
Hematology
chemistry
microbiology
specimen collection and processing
blood bank
coagulation
serology
cytology
toxicology
special chemistry
any facility that performs lab testing on specimens derived
from human body for the purpose to provide information
Clinical laboratory
about the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of disease
or the impatient of health
in vitro in the laboratory
CLIA-waived tests
Three ClIA categories of laboratory tests moderate-complexity tests
high-complexity tests
testing performed on organisms to establish an appropri-
sensitivity testing
ate antibiotic therapy for that specific bacteria
the study of tissues histology
free from living pathogenic organisms aseptically
a solid, liquid, or semi-solid medium designed to support
the growth of microorganisms, especially bacteria and culture media
fungus
Free from all living organisms sterile
the growth of only one microorganism in a culture, or on
pure culture
nutrient medium
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