CEM 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Joint Commission, Phlebotomy, Medical Record
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The laboratory manager receives a complaint from the icu about turnaround times for coagulation tests. Which action by the phlebotomist will comply with the college of american. Pathologists (cap) patient safety goal "to improve patient and sample identification at the time of specimen collection" and the joint commission patient. A swab and requisition are received in the microbiology laboratory with the following information: The laboratory receiving clerk notes a discrepancy between the patient identifiers on the requisition and the specimen label, and questions the emergency department nurse mb. This is the fourth specimen this week that has had a specimen discrepancy. Preanalytical variables in laboratory testing include: a result accuracy report delivery to the ordering physician c test turnaround time d specimen acceptability d specimen acceptability. A new methodology for amylase has been developed and compared with the existing method as illustrated in the graph shown above.
