Question

1. Providing laboratory testing services to patients who do not present to the hospital for testing but rather have their blood collected at physician offices or in community-based patient service centers, long term care facilities, emergency walk-in centers, dialysis clinics or at home is called

1. 1. Community service laboratories
   2. Ambulatory care laboratories
   3. Laboratory outreach programs
   4. Outpatient laboratory services
2. The use of ___________________ has made the location of the laboratory a less critical issue, as they allow the movement of laboratory specimens between locations in a fast and efficient manner.
3. 1. Laboratory information systems
   2. Point of care testing
   3. Pneumatic tube systems
   4. Satellite ancillary service
4. In order to provide services in high quality, cost-effective manner, an organized delivery system needs several types of laboratory configurations. All of the following should be part of the laboratory’s configuration except
5. 1. Stand-alone emergency walk-in center labs
   2. Rapid response laboratories
   3. Drawing stations at various locations throughout the network
   4. Point of care testing (POCT) capabilities
6. All of the following play a role in determining a laboratory’s service level, except
7. 1. Access to information systems
   2. Turnaround time associated with testing
   3. The variety of tests offered
   4. All of these assist in determining a laboratory’s service level
8. The primary product of a clinical laboratory is
9. 1. Patient satisfaction
   2. Information
   3. Customer service
   4. Physician satisfaction

Answer 1

1. Providing laboratory testing services to patients who do not present to the hospital for testing but rather have their blood collected at physician offices or in community-based patient service centers, long term care facilities, emergency walk-in centers, dialysis clinics or at home is called

Answer: C. Laboratory outreach programs

Laboratory outreach programs are the services offered by the laboratory to the patients who are stay at distant places from the hospital. This helps the hospitals to increase their revenues and also to utilize their unused capacities and reaching out to the people in need. The other options given are not appropriate for the above statement.

2. The use of Pneumatic tube systems has made the location of the laboratory a less critical issue, as they allow the movement of laboratory specimens between locations in a fast and efficient manner.

Answer: C. Pneumatic tube systems

Pneumatic tube systems are a system that propels the cylindrical-shaped containers containing the samples by using co0mpressed air or partial vacuum to be transferred between locations in a fast and efficient manner the other options given are not correct. Laboratory information systems is a software in which all the data related to the patient, the test and their reports are stored and viewed when required. Whereas Point of care testing is when the test is done in close proximity with the patient and the medical decisions can be taken there itself and Satellite ancillary service is related to the federal communication commission’s technique

3. In order to provide services in high quality, cost-effective manner, and organized delivery system needs several types of laboratory configurations. All of the following should be part of the laboratory’s configuration except

Answer: A. Stand-alone emergency walk-in center labs.

For the smooth functioning of a laboratory, it is important that it should have a rapid response laboratory with drawing stations at different locations and should also provide a point of care testing facilities. The stand-alone emergency walk-in centre is a type of laboratory testing which allows only the emergency walk-in patients.

4. All of the following play a role in determining a laboratory’s service level, except

Answer: 4. All of these assist in determining a laboratory’s service level

Access to the information system, turnaround time associated with testing and the variety of tests offered all of these play an important role n determining the level of laboratory services. Therefore the last option “All of these assist in determining a laboratory’s service level” is the correct option.

5. The primary product of a clinical laboratory is

Answer: B. Information

The primary product of clinical laboratory is information. The clinical laboratories conduct clinical pathology testing’s on clinical samples obtain information regarding the patients health. Therefore the primary product of the clinical lab is information. The other options given are not appropriate as they are not the primary product, patient satisfaction and physician satisfaction is the results of efficient functioning laboratories and clinical laboratory is a type of customer service not the product of clinical laboratories.