Question 31
This scenario's answer can be calculated by first deciding what the total quality control labor costs are as well as what the total consumable costs are. In this case, if quality control is run 3 times per day, a total of 1095 quality control runs are performed each year. The direct labor cost of $2.63 multiplied by 1095 quality control runs equals $2879.85 per year in quality control direct labor. The hospital pays $354.00 per month on quality control consumables, which equals $4248.00 per year. The total quality control costs in a year are equal to
$2879.85 + $4248.00 = $7127.85. If 76,000 new chemistry tests panels are peformed each year, the total quality control cost per new chemistry test panel will be $0.09.
General Hospital is considering the addition of a new chemistry panel containing 12 tests. The laboratory is asked to calculate the total cost of quality control per new chemistry test panel. Quality control must be performed 3 times per day (every 8 hours). The labor cost per quality control test for this panel is $2.63. A month's worth of quality control reagent costs $354.00. What is the total quality control cost per new chemistry test panel if 76,000 of these new panels are performed each year?
Question 32
Medical Technology is the profession concerned with performing laboratory analyses
Question 33
Diagnosis of malaria may require thick smears as well as conventional thin blood smears.
A definitive diagnosis of malaria can be made by:
Question 34
CAMP is the correct answer because the case is typical of Streptococcus agalactiae(Group B strep). The main presumptive identification test is CAMP. Bile solubility is positive for Streptococcus pneumonia. Coagulase would be positive for Staphylococcus aureus. PYR is positive for Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A strep) which is ruled out by the resistance to bacitracin.
Microbiology
Spinal fluid cultures on a 3-day-old infant revealed beta-hemolytic, Gram-positive cocci occurring in pairs and chains. The organism was catalase-negative and bile esculin-negative. Resistance to 0.04 U disk of bacitracin was noted. The other test necessary to identify this organism is a positive test by:
Question 35
Which of the following legislation was developed to protect the privacy of all patient information in the health care?