WEEK 2 - QA & QC UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

WEEK 2 - QA & QC UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. Quality Assessment
Answer:
an all inclusive system monitoring the accuracy of test results where all steps before, during, and after the
testing process are considered.

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2. Quality Control
Answer:
system to monitor the analytical process; detect errors during the analysis and prevent reporting erroneous
test results

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3. Internal QC
Answer:
set of daily procedures to monitor testing for accuracy, precision, and reliability (in house)

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4. External QC
Answer:
third party procedures to verify accuracy, prevent bias, and ensure compliance (treated the same way that
patient samples are treated)

Question:
5. When is QC ran?
Answer:
daily, when establishing reference ranges, when validating a new reagent, and following instrument repair

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6. Assayed QC
Answer:
control samples provided with manufacturer assigned target/acceptable ranges

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7. Unassayed QC
Answer:
control samples that lack manufacturer target values. labs assign their own.sta

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8. Calibrator solution
Answer:
stable liquid with a known, precise value to maintain instruments

, Question:
9. Standard solution
Answer:
solution containing a known concentration to determine unknown concentrations

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10. Proficiency testing
Answer:
external agency sends unknown samples to a lab to test their accuracy

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11. Accreditation
Answer:
formal recognition by an authoritative body that a lab is competent and meets standards

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12. Accrediting agencies
Answer:
JCAHO, CAP, AABB, COLA

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13. JCAHO
Answer:
Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

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14. CAP
Answer:
College of American Pathologists

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15. AABB
Answer:
American Association of Blood Banks

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16. COLA
Answer:
Commission on Laboratory Assessment

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17. Preanalytical factors
Answer:
Test requests, patient preparation, specimen collection, specimen handling, and specimen storage