Exam 1 medical lab sciences 300
Pathologists - Question and answersAre typically directors of the entire laboratory. M.D.
or D.O.
Use of Laboratory Tests - Question and answers1) Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease
- Up to 80% of medical diagnostic and treatment decisions are based on laboratory
results.
2) Monitoring Disease & Prevention of Disease
3) Maintenance of Health
4) Research, Drug Development
5) Veterinary Medicine
6) Food Production & Development and Food Quality
7) Community Outreach
8) Crime Labs
Anatomical Pathology department does - Question and answersHistology (tissue
preparation), Autopsy services, Cytology (Pap test), Cytogenetics
Laboratory Medicine Sections - Question and answers1) Hematology, Coagulation,
Chemistry, Blood Bank/Transfusion Services, etc.
2) Molecular Diagnostics
3) Point of Care Testing
Support services - Question and answersPhlebotomy, Specimen Processing, Clerical
Services, Laboratory Information Services
May have area managers (specialists in those areas) in which departments? - Question
and answersHematology, Coagulation, Chemistry, Blood Bank/Transfusion Services...
Hematology - Question and answersBlood cells & Diseases of blood cells, Anemia and
Leukemia
Coagulation - Question and answersCoagulation Factors (proteins) in the blood help
control bleeding. They compose the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Pathways of Coagulation.
Urinalysis - Question and answersThe physical, chemical, and microscopic analysis of
urine.
Clinical Chemistry - Question and answersThe measurement of chemical substances in
the body (glucose, hormones, minerals). The study of how levels of chemicals can be
altered in the presence of disease processes.
Microbiology - Question and answersDetection of microbes that cause disease and are
called Pathogens (bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, virology).
,Clinical Immunology - Question and answersThe study of the Immune Response, how
the body reacts to injury and insult. Testing methods detect infectious agents based on
the body's immune response, detecting antibodies produced to antigens
Blood Bank/Transfusion Services - Question and answersThe study of blood for
transfusion and the testing related to safe blood transfusion ( screening donors, drawing
units, preparing components, checking compatibility).
Molecular Diagnostics - Question and answersThis may be a separate area or part of
the Microbiology or Clinical Chemistry departments. Molecular Diagnostics adds a
predictive component to a disease or condition. adds a predictive component to a
disease or condition.
Quality Assurance - Question and answersAll methods are used to assure the accuracy
and precision of laboratory tests
1500 BC - Question and answers1) Parasites & their eggs in feces were described
2) Hindu doctors: ants attracted to the urine of diabetics
Middle Ages - Question and answersAutopsies were performed
Late 17th century - Question and answersThe compound microscope was invented by
Anton van Leeuwenhoek. Also, Initial designs looking like a telescope were made in the
1590s by Zacharias Jansen
1850's Carl Zeiss - Question and answersWorked with Otto Schott and Ernst Abbe to
improve the optical quality and manufacturing process
19th Century: - Question and answersa) Pathology evolved as a "cellular" based
science
b) Diagnosis of disease was based on changes in body cells
c) Chemicals as elements were classified
i) The composition of materials was studied
d) Bacteria were cultured on media
i) By the 1890s, Petri dishes and agar were developed
e) Joseph Lister, "father of antiseptic surgery."
i) Handwashing, sterilizing instruments, etc.
Late 19th Century - Question and answersThe first labs were research labs:
i) Example: Johns Hopkins University Lab (1885)
(1) 1885: used for teaching medical students
(2) Students and interns tested specimens
(3) Johns Hopkins Hospital Lab was not opened yet
, 1) 1900-1920: physicians trained individuals to perform tests and what are the
requirements: - Question and answersi) They needed to be interested in lab work
ii) Be trained by a physician
iii) 1900: Approximately 100 lab technicians, all male
1916 - Question and answers1) Pennsylvania enacted a law that hospitals had to
employ a lab technician to do lab work
Established the need for training programs
1922 - Question and answersthe University of Minnesota established the first collegiate
program in Medical Technology
1928 - Question and answersAmerican Society of Clinical Pathology's Board of Registry
created
1930 - Question and answers1) : ASCP BOR gave the first certificate
a) Medical Technologist: minimum requirement and took the examination
b) Laboratory Technician: minimum requirements but no examination
c) Required high school education plus some lab experience
d) This resulted in laboratory certification
1931 - Question and answers1) "M.T." & "L.T." adopted by ASCP
a) 40 schools approved by ASCP
1933 - Question and answers1) Board of Registry recommends colleges and
universities provide training along with hospitals
a) Required one year of college with chemistry and biology and 12 months of training in
the lab to take the exam
1935 - Question and answers1) Medical Technologist name was given to those certified
lab technicians with college degrees
1936 - Question and answersdiscontinued "Laboratory Technician."
a) First AMA list of "Accredited Schools for Clinical Laboratory Technicians."
1941 - Question and answers1) : First national recruitment of MTs
a) Due to wartime shortages
1944 - Question and answersEliminated the practical portion of the examination
1948 - Question and answersExamination changed to only "true-false" and "multiple
choice" format
1950: Emerging sciences - Question and answersa) Blood transfusion, Rh testing in
addition to ABO typing
b) Antibiotic use and susceptibility testing
Pathologists - Question and answersAre typically directors of the entire laboratory. M.D.
or D.O.
Use of Laboratory Tests - Question and answers1) Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease
- Up to 80% of medical diagnostic and treatment decisions are based on laboratory
results.
2) Monitoring Disease & Prevention of Disease
3) Maintenance of Health
4) Research, Drug Development
5) Veterinary Medicine
6) Food Production & Development and Food Quality
7) Community Outreach
8) Crime Labs
Anatomical Pathology department does - Question and answersHistology (tissue
preparation), Autopsy services, Cytology (Pap test), Cytogenetics
Laboratory Medicine Sections - Question and answers1) Hematology, Coagulation,
Chemistry, Blood Bank/Transfusion Services, etc.
2) Molecular Diagnostics
3) Point of Care Testing
Support services - Question and answersPhlebotomy, Specimen Processing, Clerical
Services, Laboratory Information Services
May have area managers (specialists in those areas) in which departments? - Question
and answersHematology, Coagulation, Chemistry, Blood Bank/Transfusion Services...
Hematology - Question and answersBlood cells & Diseases of blood cells, Anemia and
Leukemia
Coagulation - Question and answersCoagulation Factors (proteins) in the blood help
control bleeding. They compose the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Pathways of Coagulation.
Urinalysis - Question and answersThe physical, chemical, and microscopic analysis of
urine.
Clinical Chemistry - Question and answersThe measurement of chemical substances in
the body (glucose, hormones, minerals). The study of how levels of chemicals can be
altered in the presence of disease processes.
Microbiology - Question and answersDetection of microbes that cause disease and are
called Pathogens (bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, virology).
,Clinical Immunology - Question and answersThe study of the Immune Response, how
the body reacts to injury and insult. Testing methods detect infectious agents based on
the body's immune response, detecting antibodies produced to antigens
Blood Bank/Transfusion Services - Question and answersThe study of blood for
transfusion and the testing related to safe blood transfusion ( screening donors, drawing
units, preparing components, checking compatibility).
Molecular Diagnostics - Question and answersThis may be a separate area or part of
the Microbiology or Clinical Chemistry departments. Molecular Diagnostics adds a
predictive component to a disease or condition. adds a predictive component to a
disease or condition.
Quality Assurance - Question and answersAll methods are used to assure the accuracy
and precision of laboratory tests
1500 BC - Question and answers1) Parasites & their eggs in feces were described
2) Hindu doctors: ants attracted to the urine of diabetics
Middle Ages - Question and answersAutopsies were performed
Late 17th century - Question and answersThe compound microscope was invented by
Anton van Leeuwenhoek. Also, Initial designs looking like a telescope were made in the
1590s by Zacharias Jansen
1850's Carl Zeiss - Question and answersWorked with Otto Schott and Ernst Abbe to
improve the optical quality and manufacturing process
19th Century: - Question and answersa) Pathology evolved as a "cellular" based
science
b) Diagnosis of disease was based on changes in body cells
c) Chemicals as elements were classified
i) The composition of materials was studied
d) Bacteria were cultured on media
i) By the 1890s, Petri dishes and agar were developed
e) Joseph Lister, "father of antiseptic surgery."
i) Handwashing, sterilizing instruments, etc.
Late 19th Century - Question and answersThe first labs were research labs:
i) Example: Johns Hopkins University Lab (1885)
(1) 1885: used for teaching medical students
(2) Students and interns tested specimens
(3) Johns Hopkins Hospital Lab was not opened yet
, 1) 1900-1920: physicians trained individuals to perform tests and what are the
requirements: - Question and answersi) They needed to be interested in lab work
ii) Be trained by a physician
iii) 1900: Approximately 100 lab technicians, all male
1916 - Question and answers1) Pennsylvania enacted a law that hospitals had to
employ a lab technician to do lab work
Established the need for training programs
1922 - Question and answersthe University of Minnesota established the first collegiate
program in Medical Technology
1928 - Question and answersAmerican Society of Clinical Pathology's Board of Registry
created
1930 - Question and answers1) : ASCP BOR gave the first certificate
a) Medical Technologist: minimum requirement and took the examination
b) Laboratory Technician: minimum requirements but no examination
c) Required high school education plus some lab experience
d) This resulted in laboratory certification
1931 - Question and answers1) "M.T." & "L.T." adopted by ASCP
a) 40 schools approved by ASCP
1933 - Question and answers1) Board of Registry recommends colleges and
universities provide training along with hospitals
a) Required one year of college with chemistry and biology and 12 months of training in
the lab to take the exam
1935 - Question and answers1) Medical Technologist name was given to those certified
lab technicians with college degrees
1936 - Question and answersdiscontinued "Laboratory Technician."
a) First AMA list of "Accredited Schools for Clinical Laboratory Technicians."
1941 - Question and answers1) : First national recruitment of MTs
a) Due to wartime shortages
1944 - Question and answersEliminated the practical portion of the examination
1948 - Question and answersExamination changed to only "true-false" and "multiple
choice" format
1950: Emerging sciences - Question and answersa) Blood transfusion, Rh testing in
addition to ABO typing
b) Antibiotic use and susceptibility testing
