Medix MLAT Test 1 Questions and Answers
1) "Standard of Practice"? - ANSWER-A standard of practice is defined as the measure
by which the accuracy or quality of performants of an individual is judged
1) confidentiality of all patients' information", what does that mean? - ANSWER-Abide
by the Personal Health information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
Ethically, MLAs shall hold in confidence and protect all the information relating to
patients
1) institutional protocol for the collection of specimens, MLAT's are required to properly
identify? - ANSWER-The appropriate sites for venous and capillary sample collection for
adults, infants and timed specimens
1) The Canada Health Act? - ANSWER-the Ontario law that governs health and safety
hazards in the workplaces. It sets out the rights and duties of all parties in the workplace
and establishes procedures for dealing with workplace hazards, and provides for
enforcement of the law where compliance has not been achieved voluntarily
1) Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act (TDGA)? - ANSWER-All controlled products
must be transported in accordance with the requirements of the Transportation of
Dangerous Goods Act
1) Under the "Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act", "Direct
Supervision" is a term used to describe the following relationship between who? -
ANSWER-The Lab Technician and the Lab Technologist/Respiratory Therapist/Medical
Radiation Technologist, laboratory supervisor or laboratory director
1) what knowledge does an MLTA have to demonstrate - ANSWER-knowledge of the
pertinent theoretical and practical items in the OSMT common core competency
guidelines
A laboratory may perform tests at the request of the following? - ANSWER-A legally
qualified medical practitioner or dentist, a midwife, a person who legally practices a
health profession in a jurisdiction outside Ontario, if in that jurisdiction a laboratory may
lawfully examine specimens at the request of that person, at the request of an insurer or
an agent within the meaning of the Insurance Act, in respect of HIV antibody testing, of
an RN who holds an extended certificate of registration under the nursing Act 1991, a
person who is a participant in the provincial colorectal cancer screening program, or a
member of the college of naturopaths of Ontario, in respect of a test specified in
Appendix C
Canadian occupational health and safety legislation does not promote which of the
following objectives? - ANSWER-right of employees to be able to choose their own
hours and schedules, they are all set based on the worked needed to be completed
1) "Standard of Practice"? - ANSWER-A standard of practice is defined as the measure
by which the accuracy or quality of performants of an individual is judged
1) confidentiality of all patients' information", what does that mean? - ANSWER-Abide
by the Personal Health information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
Ethically, MLAs shall hold in confidence and protect all the information relating to
patients
1) institutional protocol for the collection of specimens, MLAT's are required to properly
identify? - ANSWER-The appropriate sites for venous and capillary sample collection for
adults, infants and timed specimens
1) The Canada Health Act? - ANSWER-the Ontario law that governs health and safety
hazards in the workplaces. It sets out the rights and duties of all parties in the workplace
and establishes procedures for dealing with workplace hazards, and provides for
enforcement of the law where compliance has not been achieved voluntarily
1) Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act (TDGA)? - ANSWER-All controlled products
must be transported in accordance with the requirements of the Transportation of
Dangerous Goods Act
1) Under the "Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act", "Direct
Supervision" is a term used to describe the following relationship between who? -
ANSWER-The Lab Technician and the Lab Technologist/Respiratory Therapist/Medical
Radiation Technologist, laboratory supervisor or laboratory director
1) what knowledge does an MLTA have to demonstrate - ANSWER-knowledge of the
pertinent theoretical and practical items in the OSMT common core competency
guidelines
A laboratory may perform tests at the request of the following? - ANSWER-A legally
qualified medical practitioner or dentist, a midwife, a person who legally practices a
health profession in a jurisdiction outside Ontario, if in that jurisdiction a laboratory may
lawfully examine specimens at the request of that person, at the request of an insurer or
an agent within the meaning of the Insurance Act, in respect of HIV antibody testing, of
an RN who holds an extended certificate of registration under the nursing Act 1991, a
person who is a participant in the provincial colorectal cancer screening program, or a
member of the college of naturopaths of Ontario, in respect of a test specified in
Appendix C
Canadian occupational health and safety legislation does not promote which of the
following objectives? - ANSWER-right of employees to be able to choose their own
hours and schedules, they are all set based on the worked needed to be completed
