MLT 110 Exam 1 Study Guide Questions & Answers 2023/2024

MLT 110 Exam 1 Study Guide Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Accessioning - ANSWER-The process by which specimens are logged in, labeled, and assigned a specimen ID code. Accreditation - ANSWER-Voluntary process in which an independent agency grants recognition to institutions or programs that meet or exceed established standards of quality. American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) - ANSWER-International association that sets blood bank standards, accredits them, and promotes high standards of performance in the practice of transfusion medicine. Accredits blood banks. Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA '88) - ANSWER-Federal act that specifies minimum performance standards for clinical labs. Objective is to improve and ensure the quality of lab testing. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) - ANSWER-Responsible for implementing CLIA '88. All clinical sites that perform lab tests on humans must register and obtain a certificate from CMS. Nonhospital Clinial Laboratories - ANSWER-POLs, reference labs, government labs Certificate of Waiver - ANSWER-Permits a lab to perform only CLIA-waived tests. Certificate of Registration - ANSWER-Permits the lab to conduct moderate or high complexity lab testing (or both) until the lab is determined by survey to be in compliance with CLIA regulations. Certificate of Compliance - ANSWER-Issued to a lab operating under a certificate of registration after an inspection finds lab to be in compliance with all applicable CLIA regulations.