OSMT Exam Study Guide

OSMT Exam Study Guide CHA - Answer️️ -Canada Health Act; Canada's federal legislation for publicly funded health care insurance. Medicare: - Answer️️ -Canada's health care system; National health insurance program. Composed of: 13 interlocking provincial and territorial health insurance plans. *framed by the CHA TDGA: - Answer️️ -Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992 Primary purpose of the TDGA is: - Answer️️ -To endure the safety of everyone affected by the movement of dangerous goods and the preservation of our environment. TDGA Schedule: Class 1 - Answer️️ -Explosives, including explosives within the meaning of the Explosives Act. TDGA Schedule: Class 2 - Answer️️ -Gases: compressed, deeply refrigerated, liquefied or dissolved under pressure TDGA Schedule: Class 3 - Answer️️ -Flammable and combustible liquids TDGA Schedule: Class 4 - Answer️️ -Flammable solids: Substances liable to spontaneous combustion; substances that on contact with water emit flammable gases. TDGA Schedule: Class 5 - Answer️️ -Oxidizing substances; organic peroxides TDGA Schedule: Class 6 - Answer️️ -Poisonous (toxic) and infectious substances ©SOPHIABENNETT EXAM SOLUTIONS Saturday, September 7, 2024 6:58 PM Page | 2 TDGA Schedule: Class 7 - Answer️️ -Nuclear substances, within the meaning of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, that are radioactive TDGA Schedule: Class 8 - Answer️️ -Corrosives TDGA Schedule: Class 9 - Answer️️ -Miscellaneous products, substances or organisms considered by the Governor in Council to be dangerous to life, health, property or the environment when handled, offered for transport or transported and prescribed to be included in this class. CLIA' 88 - Answer️️ -Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1988 *Regulation of all facilities that perform patient testing. CLSI - Answer️️ -Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute * Non-profit organization formally known as National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) CDC - Answer️️ -Centre for Disease Control and Prevention CMLTO - Answer️️ -College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Ontario *Responsible for the regulation of MLTs CSMLS - Answer️️ -Canadian Society of Medical Laboratory Science *Is also a regulatory body for Technologists and technicians OSMT - Answer️️ -Ontario Society of Medical Laboratory Technologists OAHPP - Answer️️ -Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion OLA - Answer️️ -Ontario Laboratory Accreditatio