MLPAO - Medical Laboratory Professionals Association of Ontario Professional and Ethical Practices Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

Under the College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Ontario (CMLTO) Standards of Practice, which principle requires a medical laboratory technologist to maintain current knowledge and skills?

Accepted Answer

Continuing competence

Answer

Continuing competence is the CMLTO standard that requires MLTs to maintain and update their professional knowledge, skills, and judgment throughout their career.

Question 2

A patient requests access to their own laboratory test results. Under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) in Ontario, what is the laboratory's obligation?

Accepted Answer

Provide access within 30 days with limited exceptions

Answer

PHIPA grants patients the right to access their own personal health information within 30 days of a request, with limited exceptions such as risk of serious harm.

Question 3

An MLT is asked by a colleague to process a stat sample for the colleague's own family member without a physician's requisition. What is the most appropriate response?

Accepted Answer

Decline, as this violates professional and ethical standards

Answer

Processing specimens without a valid physician's requisition violates laboratory policy, professional standards, and the ethical principle of maintaining professional boundaries.

Question 4

What ethical principle is being upheld when a medical laboratory technologist ensures that all patient specimens are processed with equal priority regardless of the patient's social status?

Accepted Answer

Justice

Answer

Justice in healthcare ethics requires fair and equal treatment of all patients without discrimination based on social, economic, or personal characteristics.

Question 5

A medical laboratory technologist discovers that a co-worker has been consistently falsifying quality control results. What is the CMLTO's expected response from the discovering MLT?

Accepted Answer

Report the concern to management and/or the CMLTO as a professional obligation

Answer

CMLTO Standards of Practice require MLTs to report serious concerns about the conduct of colleagues to appropriate authorities when patient safety or professional standards are at risk.

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MLPAO - Medical Laboratory Professionals Association of Ontario Professional and Ethical Practices Questions and Answers 2