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Phlebotomy chapter 2 Questions

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Deceitful practice or false portrayal of facts either by words or conduct is the definition of
fraud
Legal actions in which two private parties are involved is called?
civil action
Guides used to monitor all aspects of patient care are called:
QA indicators
The period within which an injured party may file a lawsuit is known as:
statute of limitations
Action in which you do something that a reasonable person would not do, is called:
negligence
The abbreviation for the federal regulations that established quality standards for all laboratories that test human specimens is:
CLIA '88
Which of the following is NOT an area of phlebotomy subject to quality control (QC) procedures?
Patient PICC line adjustment
laboratory technician asked a phlebotomist to recollect a specimen on a patient. When the phlebotomist asked what was wrong with the specimen, the technician replied, " The specimen was okay, but the results were inconsistent." How would the laboratory technician have decided that the results were questionable? The results did NOT.
Compare with previous results after a delta check
Which action will compromise the quality of a specimen?
Using an outdate or expired tube
A process in which one party questions another under oath while a court reporter records every word is
deposition
What is the name of an individual risk management plan called?
Individualized Quality Control Plan
CLIA laboratories that perform high-complexity testing:
are subjected to routine inspections
Which organization provides voluntary laboratory inspections and proficiency testing?
CAP
QC protocols prohibit the use of outdated evacuated tubes for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
stoppers may have shrunk, allowing specimen leakage if inverted
When the threshold value of a QA clinical indicator is exceeded and a problem is identified:
a corrective action plan is implemented
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