CMLA ACTUAL EVALUATION UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Scope of Practice - ✔✔Describes all of the procedures that an individual is qualified
to perform.
✔✔Standards of Practice - ✔✔The desired and achievable performance level against
which actual performance can be judged; it provides a benchmark for evaluating
acceptable performance levels.
✔✔Quantitative - ✔✔Counts of the various blood components, such as the number of
leukocytes (white blood cells), erythrocytes (red blood cells), or platelets.
✔✔Qualitative - ✔✔Various blood components are observed microscopically for
qualities such as cell size, shape, and maturity.
✔✔Certification - ✔✔Awarded to people who have met pre-established standards of
education and/or proficiency.
✔✔Accreditation - ✔✔Comes from an outside, objective source that confirms that what
you are doing meets the standard.
, ✔✔Professional Responsibility and Accountability - ✔✔Medical laboratory assistants
are responsible for their individual professional practice and conduct, following the
CSMLS Code of Professional Conduct and Code of Ethics.
✔✔Competent Application of Knowledge - ✔✔Medical laboratory assistants possess
scientific knowledge relating to the theories and techniques associated with their role in
medical laboratory testing.
✔✔Competence and Proficiency in Laboratory Practice - ✔✔Medical laboratory
assistants must be skilled in pre- and post-analytical techniques regarding the
procurement and handling of specimens.
✔✔Critical Thinking - ✔✔MLA applies critical thinking skills to constructively investigate,
evaluate, and problem solve.
✔✔Duties of an MLA - ✔✔Check information on documents that accompany
specimens, enter data into computers, collect, label, and deliver specimens, set up,
operate, and maintain lab equipment.
✔✔Safety Protocol - ✔✔Follow safety protocol and procedures.
✔✔Hazardous Materials - ✔✔Handle hazardous materials.
✔✔Hematocrit - ✔✔A test commonly performed to help diagnose anemia.
✔✔Blood Indices - ✔✔Tests commonly performed to help diagnose anemia.
✔✔Hemoglobin - ✔✔A test commonly performed to help diagnose anemia.
✔✔Microscopic Examination - ✔✔Abnormalities are noted during microscopic
examination of the blood smear, including immature leukocytes or erythrocytes.
✔✔CSMLS Code of Professional Conduct - ✔✔A guideline that medical laboratory
assistants must follow to ensure professional practice and ethics.
✔✔Lifelong Learning - ✔✔Medical laboratory assistants commit to lifelong learning and
sustain their professional skills.
✔✔Interdisciplinary Collaboration - ✔✔Promote interdisciplinary collaboration with other
health professionals.
✔✔Patient Welfare - ✔✔Place patient welfare above all other considerations.
✔✔Protocols - ✔✔Established procedures to follow in medical laboratory practices.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Scope of Practice - ✔✔Describes all of the procedures that an individual is qualified
to perform.
✔✔Standards of Practice - ✔✔The desired and achievable performance level against
which actual performance can be judged; it provides a benchmark for evaluating
acceptable performance levels.
✔✔Quantitative - ✔✔Counts of the various blood components, such as the number of
leukocytes (white blood cells), erythrocytes (red blood cells), or platelets.
✔✔Qualitative - ✔✔Various blood components are observed microscopically for
qualities such as cell size, shape, and maturity.
✔✔Certification - ✔✔Awarded to people who have met pre-established standards of
education and/or proficiency.
✔✔Accreditation - ✔✔Comes from an outside, objective source that confirms that what
you are doing meets the standard.
, ✔✔Professional Responsibility and Accountability - ✔✔Medical laboratory assistants
are responsible for their individual professional practice and conduct, following the
CSMLS Code of Professional Conduct and Code of Ethics.
✔✔Competent Application of Knowledge - ✔✔Medical laboratory assistants possess
scientific knowledge relating to the theories and techniques associated with their role in
medical laboratory testing.
✔✔Competence and Proficiency in Laboratory Practice - ✔✔Medical laboratory
assistants must be skilled in pre- and post-analytical techniques regarding the
procurement and handling of specimens.
✔✔Critical Thinking - ✔✔MLA applies critical thinking skills to constructively investigate,
evaluate, and problem solve.
✔✔Duties of an MLA - ✔✔Check information on documents that accompany
specimens, enter data into computers, collect, label, and deliver specimens, set up,
operate, and maintain lab equipment.
✔✔Safety Protocol - ✔✔Follow safety protocol and procedures.
✔✔Hazardous Materials - ✔✔Handle hazardous materials.
✔✔Hematocrit - ✔✔A test commonly performed to help diagnose anemia.
✔✔Blood Indices - ✔✔Tests commonly performed to help diagnose anemia.
✔✔Hemoglobin - ✔✔A test commonly performed to help diagnose anemia.
✔✔Microscopic Examination - ✔✔Abnormalities are noted during microscopic
examination of the blood smear, including immature leukocytes or erythrocytes.
✔✔CSMLS Code of Professional Conduct - ✔✔A guideline that medical laboratory
assistants must follow to ensure professional practice and ethics.
✔✔Lifelong Learning - ✔✔Medical laboratory assistants commit to lifelong learning and
sustain their professional skills.
✔✔Interdisciplinary Collaboration - ✔✔Promote interdisciplinary collaboration with other
health professionals.
✔✔Patient Welfare - ✔✔Place patient welfare above all other considerations.
✔✔Protocols - ✔✔Established procedures to follow in medical laboratory practices.
