procedures under the direction of a physician as a medical assistant. Education Sanford Brown Institute‚ Landover‚ MD Medical Assistant Program‚ Certification‚ 2010 • Clinical skills: monitoring vital signs‚ charting‚ injections‚ and sterilization techniques. • Lab procedure: microscope usage‚ collecting specimen‚ glucose test‚ phlebotomy‚ laboratory procedures‚ urinalysis‚ autoclave‚ EKG test and microbiology. • Administration and health insurance processing: computer usage‚ billing
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tenth fastest growing jobs through the year 2018. No matter what‚ there will always be a need for medical workers. In this paper‚ I will discuss the overview of the profession I am pursuing‚ its educational requirements including any relevant certifications or credentials‚
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implementation of the test is done in a uniform manner. C. Some employees may bring law suits against the employer for a variety of violations. D. Employers have to pay a collection site to administer the test and have the specimen sent to a laboratory for certification II. The company may incur many costs that have been associated with the use of drugs and alcohol. A. Drug or alcohol use can cause accidents in the workplace‚ which costs the company a lot of time and money. B. Drug
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Medical Technology Laboratory – Section A COURSE CODE: MTCH 106 NUMBER OF CREDITS: One (1) NUMBER OF HOURS: One (1) NAME OF LECTURER: Fabian Pitkin EMAIL ADDRESS(ES): fabian.pitkin@ncu.edu.jm OFFICE HOURS: Wednesdays 12pm -2pm PREREQUISITES: Full acceptance into the Medical Technology programme Course Decription This course will introduce students to the role‚ ethics‚ conduct‚ certification‚ education‚ employment
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Information Fact Sheet What is Hemoglobin A1c? Hemoglobin (Hb) is the compound in the red blood cells that transports oxygen. One of the types of hemoglobin (Hb) is called HbA; HbA1c is a specific subtype of HbA. Glucose binds slowly to Hb and produces glycosylated Hb. There are several types of glycosylated hemoglobin measures (including total glycosylated Hb and HbA1)‚ but HbA1c‚ which is formed when HbA is glycosylated‚ is now considered the best and standard measure. The higher the blood sugar
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and Reference Laboratory (NTRL) Department of data and quality assurance – TB-HAART‚ National TB and Leprosy Program. By Denis Muwonge Abstract Objective: As a part of a quality assurance measure for TB-HAART in microscopy‚ the analysis was conducted to determine intralaboratory components of turnaround time according to specimen type‚ and to compare the present data with results obtained 1year after implementing this analysis program. Design: Assessment of intra-laboratory turnaround times
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Drug Testing – An Introduction Despite recent and strong empirical evidence proving employment-based drug screenings do not increase productivity – and in many cases may even adversely affect productivity – more and more employers continue to require a clean drug screening for consideration of employment. If you are applying for a job‚ the chances are good that you will need to take a drug test. While a few industries are still considered “safe” from drug testing (namely‚ restaurant and hospitality)
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Additional Duties of the Phlebotomist providing instructions and materials for specimen collection Collecting throat and nasopharyngeal swabs Performing sweat electrolyte collection Assisting physicians in bone marrow aspiration Interviewing blood donors Blood donor collection Transporting/receiving non-blood samples Delivery of samples to appropriate sections/shipment to reference lab Use of laboratory information system Patient Instruction Collection instructions Verbal Written
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important to the healthcare provider‚ healthcare facility or organization. One area that continues to be a safety issue is mislabeled or unlabeled specimens. Mislabeled specimens happen for a variety of reasons but regardless of the reason the outcome can be devastating to the patient‚ family‚ provider and institution (Intermec‚ 2010). Mislabeled specimens are not intentional and providers do not want harm to come to the patient‚ fortunately there are solutions that can help prevent this from happening
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night shift and there have been complaints about the delays in the turn-around time of the specimens from the operating room. On the night shift‚ there is one specimen accessioner and one supervisor and a person in each of different departments. There are hematology-coagulation‚ chemistry‚ blood bank and microbiology-immunology. In the healthcare system‚ turn-around time is a crucial factor in running the laboratory. Turn-around time can affect the treatment of the patient‚ for instance to specific treatment
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