Multiskilling: Waived Laboratory Testing for the Health Care Provider (Delmar's Multiskilling Series) - Softcover

Kovanda, Beverly M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0766802124 ISBN 13: 9780766802124

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

This module provides the essential laboratory practices and principles of quality assurance that are required of any health care worker to accurately report and safely perform the CLIA approved waived laboratory tests. CLIA waived tests include the collection of urine, capillary collection of a quality blood specimen, frequently ordered point of care testing procedures, and those analyses that can quickly provide important diagnostic information in minutes. ALSO AVAILABLE - INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructor's Manual ISBN: 0-7668-0914-5

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INTRODUCTION TO WAIVED TESTS: Overview. CLIA '88. JCAHO. CAP. COLA. NCCLS Standards. Safety Regulatory Considerations. Risk Management in CLIA Waived Tests. ANALYSIS OF URINE: Overview. Formation of Urine. Verification of Order/Clients Identification. Specimen Collection. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: Overview. Urinary Color. Transparency. Other Physical Properties. Handling of Urine Specimens. REAGENT STRIP TESTS: Overview. The Reagent Strip. Testing Methodology. Reagent Strip Tests. Quality Control. Changes in Old Urine. QUALITY ASSURANCE IN LABORATORY TESTING: Overview. Quality Assurance. Quality Control. Terms Describing Quality. Types of Tests. Range in Values. Calibration.Testing Assessment. Test Parameters. Documentation. THE FUNDAMENTALS OF LABORATORY TESTING: Overview. Rewriting a Waived Analysis for the Procedures Manual. Common Accreditation Deficiencies. THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CAPILLARY BLOOD COLLECTION: Overview. Capillary Puncture Collection. Safety Considerations. GLUCOSE ANALYSIS. HEMOGLOBIN AND HEMATOCRIT. PREGNANCY AND OVULATION TESTS. CHOLESTEROL MONITORING. STREPTOCOCCUS SCREEN. FECAL OCCULT BLOOD. APPENDIX: Check Off Sheets. Tests Granted Waived Status Under CLIA As of 5/97. OSHA, CDC, NCCLS Bloodborne Pathogen Student Training. Frequently Requested Tests, Normal Values, Clinical Significance.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0766802124
• ISBN 13: 9780766802124
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192