Clinical Laboratory Misconceptions

The history of lab technicians can be dated back to the same time as medicine actually maybe even a little earlier. The ancient Greeks, “saw the value in examining body fluids to determine a disease”(Berger 1). Because they saw this is part of the reason that Lab Technician’s exist today. The beginning of this history can be dated back to “1658 with Jan Swammerdam’s discovery of red blood corpuscles”(Career Research). Coming along with another great accomplishment was, “Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur discovery in bacteriology in the 1870s”(Career Research). These discoveries have helped us overcome boundaries in the twentieth centuries and discover so much more than we already know. “In 1928 Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin in his lab

I was scrolling through the weekly microbiology email update when the rare job section caught my eye. I saw there was an opening to be a lab assistant. I immediately filled out the application and attached my resume, hopeful that I would be considered for an interview. After I submitted my application, I began to anticipate what the microbiology lab would be like.Would there be other freshman working as assistants? What sort of research would they conduct? Finally, the day arrived to find out.

The healthcare problem I would like to address, as the topic of this paper will be mislabeling of laboratory specimens in the emergency room, and can barcode-scanning aid in reducing this risk.

Take for instance an associate degree or diploma nurse who checks their laboratory results on their patient. They find the patients potassium level to be high. They call the doctor only to be told that this patient is expected to have high potassium because the patient is on dialysis. If this nurse had done a through check in the history and physical documentation by the doctor, she would have determined that this patient is on dialysis. If this nurse had a bachelors of science in nursing degree she would have the critical thinking skills to identify this to be an expected finding for this type of patient. This is

This essay is about why lab procedures and practice must be communicated in a lab.

Our beliefs, time, money, and actions are all being fought over with design as the arsenal. The graphic designer learns how to participate in this fight through education, intuition, creativity, and technical skills. Though helpful, a formal education in design is not what is meant here. The education needed is more about understanding the previously mentioned rules we are working with. Intuition is required in order to know when it is appropriate to adjust or disregard these rules. Creativity is needed because redundancy will not break through the wall into the internal world. Technical skills are essential because poor craft reduces credibility. This idea of the world as an arena is a reoccurring theme in The Cheese Monkeys, and the importance of education, intuition, creativity, and technical skills have been further reinforced to us through the grading process and classroom discussions in Graphic Design

Now that I remain in the CLT program, it has actually opened my eyes to a complete different world of operating in the medical laboratory field. Having that chance to be more involved with the breakdown of the process of the clinical laboratory studies is astounding. I ‘am pleased to have prepared myself to travel beyond with a little in order to succeed with wealth of

Quality patient care relies on having an educated workforce. There is a growing body of evidence that shows that the Bachelor of Science Nursing graduate brings unique skills to their work as nursing clinicians and play an important role in the delivery of safe patient care. In addition to having basic nursing fundamentals nurse’s today are expected to take a huge part and lead professional initiatives that drive towards improving the safety, quality, and efficiency of care that is delivered to patients.

It is important as an APRN to understand the rules and regulations of laboratory processes to better provide accurate testing for patients and because it is federal law. After reading and researching on Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), I can see how it is important for a future nurse practitioner to have this knowledge. There is a process that a clinic is required to understanding to obtain the correct certificate for performing lab testing. There are five different types of certifications: certificate of waiver (CW), Certificate for Provider- performed Microscopy Procedures (PPMP), certificate of registration (COR), certificate of compliance (COC) and certificate of accreditation (COA). I see that the certificate of waiver

In conclusion, I feel that the states should have licensure for laboratory scientist if they choose to work in a clinical laboratory. The arguments for outweigh the arguments against state licensure as well as both ASCLS and ASCP are in support of such action. The laboratory field has a broad range of option for a laboratory scientist to choose with options in research, clinical or even forensic with each having a different impact on the public. The clinical laboratory has the most the most immediate impact on the health of people in the community making the people working in those laboratories responsible for accuracy and quality of the patient testing. I explained that difference between certification and licensure is that the licensure was

Congress held hearings at which people who had been harmed by laboratory errors testified. These hearings revealed serious deficits in the quality of work from physician office laboratories and in Pap smear testing results (R. D. Feld, M. Schwabbauer, and J. D. Olson, 2001, The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act [CLIA] and the physician's office laboratory; Virtual Hospital, University of Iowa College of Medi-cine [www.vh.org/adult/provider/pathology/CLIA/CLIAHP.html]). In 1988, Congress once again responded to public concerns about the quality of laboratory testing by passing CLIA '88. CLIA '88 expanded the laboratory standards set by CLIA '67 and extended them to include any facility performing a clinical test. Currently, under CLIA '88,

Journal article based on Lisa Epsioteo’s article “Hospital Labs: Behind the Scenes,” posted on 30 January 2015 from U.S News, which demonstrate the importance of lab tech duties like analyzing specimen for the patient safety. It gives basic ideology of lab tech work, also informs, and provides learning experience about covert scientist and phlebotomist working at their respective work

This paper will explore into a Laboratory Technician based on information collected from one textbook, and six published books. Chernecky (2009) will discuss the type of work done in the career, specifically towards collecting samples and analyzing body fluids, and other substances. McPherson (2007) will provide the information on the working conditions and the job outlooks for the future and the wages and benefits of the career. Van Leeuwen (2009) will explain the three methods and strategies for dealing with stress in this career, explaining strategies and basic techniques. Ramakrishnan (2012) will discuss the educational requirements, and the advancements opportunities. Hopkins (2009) will state the equipment utilized with this career, and

In the article Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium, by Sox, the author’s focus was on the three fundamentals and ten professional responsibilities that are bestowed on medical professionals today. These are principles and guidelines that we, as medical professionals, should consider and adhere to daily while performing our duties. Although all the points made in the article are important there are a few that can be incorporated into the Medical Laboratory Scientist’s everyday performance. In my opinion, these principles are improving quality care, patient confidentiality, scientific knowledge, professional competence, and professional responsibilities. In addition, I would incorporate always having the patient’s best interest at

This lab and its procedures are all about finding out the unknown identification of a given bacteria. The lab consists of specific techniques, tests, chemicals, and vocabulary that are necessary for the finding of the bacterial identity. A bacterium is randomly assigned and it is a group effort to find the bacteria name through many of its specialties and characteristics. An example of classifying it would be to determine whether the bacteria is catalase negative or positive, or if the species is gram negative or positive. This lab is of huge significance because of its medical microbiology connections. Scientists Gurtler and Stanisich explained the connections more eloquently. They stated, in their medical article, that, “Medical microbiology