Quick Review Cards for Medical Laboratory Science

Contents

Section 1 Laboratory Operations

Review, 1

Credentialing, 2

Agencies That Issue Guidelines/

Standards, 3

Federal Regulatory Agencies, 4

Federal Regulations, 5

CLIA ‘88 Test Complexities, 6

Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, 7

Specimen Infectivity, 8

Packaging of Biologics for Shipping, 9

Hazard Communication Standard (HCS),

10

Occupational Exposures to Hazardous

Chemicals in Laboratories Standard,

11

Hazard Categories of Chemicals, 12

Hazard Identification System, 14

Storage of Chemicals, 16

Fire Safety, 17

Commonly Used Anticoagulants/

Additives, 18

Recommended Order for Drawing

Evacuated Tubes & Filling Tubes From

a Syringe, 19

Recommended Order for Filling

Microcollection Tubes from Capillary

Punctures, 20

Special Situations in Phlebotomy, 21

Special Test Requirements, 22

Phlebotomy Sources of Error, 23

Guidelines for Specimen Handling &

Processing, 25

Centrifuges, 26

Examples of Criteria for Specimen

Rejection, 27

Types of Glass, 28

Types of Plastic, 29

Glassware Inscriptions, 30

Volumetric Glassware, 31

Glass Pipets, 32

Mechanical Micropipets, 33

Grades of Chemicals, 34

Purified Water, 35

CAP Reagent Labeling Requirements,

36

Brightfield Microscopy, 37

Other Types of Microscopy, 39

Informatics, 41

Computer Hardware, 42

Computer Software, 43

Information Systems, 44

Computer Networks, 45

Quality Assessment, 46

Quality Control, 47

Quality Control Statistics, 48

Interpretation of Quality Control Data,

50

Westgard Multirules, 53

Typical Steps Taken When a Control

Is Outside Acceptable Range,

54

Calibration, 55

Test Performance Specifications and

Verification, 56

Diagnostic Value of a Test, 58

Other Components of a QA

Program, 59

CLIA Requirements for Procedure

Manuals, 61

Ethical and Legal Issues, 62

Commonly Used Prefixes in the Metric

System, 64

General Laboratory Calculations,

65

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