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Basic Management Principles Questions and Answers Your laboratory has 17,264 hours of total paid labor time. Of this amount, 1458 hours are nonproductive hours. If your employees work 40-hour work weeks each year, what is the total number of FTEs (full time equivalents) needed to run the laborator...

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Basic Management Principles Questions
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Your laboratory has 17,264 hours of total paid labor time. Of this amount, 1458 hours
are nonproductive hours. If your employees work 40-hour work weeks each year, what
is the total number of FTEs (full time equivalents) needed to run the laboratory? -
answer 8.3

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Regulations
apply to which type of patient health information? - answer Paper, electronic, and
oral forms

Which of the following methods may be used by a laboratory to document and analyze
all of the steps that bring a laboratory test result to the customer (eg, physician, nurse,
and/or patient)? - answer Value stream mapping

All of the following are examples of entities covered by the HIPAA Privacy Rule,
EXCEPT? - answer Hospital and laboratory accrediting agencies

What is the intent of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) of
1996? - answer Establish security and privacy standards

What is considered a Lean principle? - answer Streamlines a process to reduce wait
times

Which of the following is the main function of the ASCP Board of Certification? - answer
Maintain a registry of certified personnel

What is the focus of both Lean principles and the Six Sigma methodology? - answer
Process improvement

What is a LIS in a hospital setting? - answer Laboratory Information System

Which of the following are appropriate ways to dispose of unneeded patient reports
containing PHI? - answer Wipe, shred, or in some manner destroy any paper reports
or electronic media.

A laboratory information system (LIS) consists of: - answer The computer hardware
and software which provide the means to manage data used in laboratory operations.

The laboratory compliance plan states that an employee can be disciplined for violating
laws and compliance policies up to and including: - answer Immediate termination

, Your community hospital is considering the addition of a new hematology screening
test. The laboratory is asked to calculate the total cost of quality control per new test.
Quality control must be performed 3 times per day (every 8 hours). The labor cost per
quality control test is $8.95 each. A day's worth of quality control reagent costs $23.62.
What is the total quality control cost per new hematology test if 6700 of these new tests
are performed each year? - answer $2.75

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? - answer $0.09

Which of the following would be the BEST data source to identify opportunities to
improve timeliness? - answer Outliers in turnaround time studies

The overtime budget for the laboratory is $37,883, but $60,419 has already been spent.
What percent over budget does this represent? - answer 59%

When can a doctor order a panel made up of tests he/she specifically wants? - answer
Only if the laboratory ensures the ordering physician knows what tests are included in
the panel or profile and has the appropriate procedure and diagnostic codes for each
test.

What minimum level of specific resistance (megohms@25o C) is required for a Type I
water system: - answer 10.0

What is the correct order of steps that should be taken when a Six Sigma approach is
used for problem-solving? - answer Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control

In which of the following circumstances is it acceptable to change a physician's testing
orders without contacting the physician first? - answer It is the sole responsibility of
the physician to change the test order.

A medical event occurs that results in serious injury to a patient. All systems, processes,
and common causes that were involved in the adverse event should be evaluated. A
method that can be implemented to effectively study the underlying causes is known as:
- answer Root cause analysis

A new clinic in the area is sending a very large number of additional chemistry tests to
the laboratory. The existing chemistry instrument is only 2 years old and works well,
however, there is a need to acquire a high throughput instrument. Which one of the
following is the appropriate "Justification Category?" - answer Increased testing
volume

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