CLIA and POCT Testing Exam Questions With Verified Answers.

CLIA and POCT Testing Exam Questions With Verified Answers. CLIA - answerClinical Laboratory Improvement Act CLIA-waived tests - answertests that provide simple, unvarying results and require a minimum amount of judgment and interpretation POCT (point of care testing) - answerDiagnostic testing at or near the site of patient care Average urine output - answer mL per day specific gravity of distilled water - answer1 Normal pH of urine - answer6 hemoccult test - answera lab test for hidden blood in the stool Beta-HCG-test - answertest for the presence of a portion of human chorionic gonadotropin hormone (a marker for testicular cancer) UA dipstick - answer- Urinalysis multi-stix do not precisely quantify levels in the urine but can approximate ranges to give an indicator if additional testing is needed or of general health of the sample - With a point of care/CLIA-waived reader, these tests can provide quantifiable results, but they are still less accurate than CLIA-regulated testing clean catch specimen - answera urine specimen