CLIA Safety & Risk Management in Clinical Labs 5

Question 1

CLIA requires that patient test results with critical values be reported to the authorized person within a specified timeframe. The PRIMARY purpose of this requirement is to:

Accepted Answer

Enable prompt clinical intervention to prevent patient harm

Answer

Critical value reporting requirements exist to ensure clinicians receive life-threatening results in time to intervene and prevent patient harm.

Question 2

A laboratory receives a corrected patient report after discovering a transcription error in the original result. Under CLIA, the corrected report must:

Accepted Answer

Clearly identify it as a corrected report and include the original result for comparison

Answer

CLIA requires corrected reports to be clearly identified as corrections and to include sufficient information (such as the original result) to allow the corrected report to be differentiated from the original.

Question 3

In the context of laboratory safety, the term 'universal precautions' means treating which specimens as potentially infectious?

Accepted Answer

All human blood and certain other body fluids, regardless of patient diagnosis

Answer

Universal precautions require treating all human blood and specified body fluids as potentially infectious, regardless of the patient's known diagnosis.

Question 4

A laboratory conducting high-complexity testing must have a technical supervisor who meets which minimum CLIA qualification?

Accepted Answer

Earned doctoral, master's, or bachelor's degree in a chemical, physical, or biological science with specific experience requirements

Answer

CLIA specifies that technical supervisors for high-complexity testing must hold at least a bachelor's degree in a relevant science field with defined years of laboratory training and experience.

Question 5

A laboratory's root cause analysis (RCA) of a specimen labeling error reveals that the collection tube rack design allows mix-ups between patient tubes. The MOST effective corrective action based on the hierarchy of controls is:

Accepted Answer

Redesign the rack to physically prevent tube mix-ups (engineering control)

Answer

Engineering controls are higher on the hierarchy of controls than administrative controls or PPE, making redesigning the physical environment the most effective long-term corrective action.

(CLIA) Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Certification Practice Test

(CLIA) Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Certification Practice Test

CLIA Safety & Risk Management in Clinical Labs 5