INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL
LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY - UNIT 1
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS|100% CORRECT|GRADE A+
Medical Technology - ANSWER
5 Reasons laboratory tests are used to aid the physician in caring for patients. - ANSWER To confirm a
clinical impression or establish diagnosis; to rule out a diagnosis; to monitor therapy; to establish
prognosis; to screen for or detect disease
Clinical Laboratory Testing plays a crucial role in the _____, _____, and _____ of disease. - ANSWER
detection, diagnosis, treatment
Rudimentary examinations of human body fluids date back to which ancient Greek physician - ANSWER
Hippocrates
When and where did the first clinical lab open? - ANSWER Johns Hopkins in 1896
What event lead to a shortage of qualified medical assistants? - ANSWER WWI
What does ASCP stand for? - ANSWER American Society of Clinical Pathologists
When was the ASCP founded? - ANSWER 1928
What was the purpose of the founding of the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Techinicians
(ASCLT)? - ANSWER Autonomy and control in the profession by non-physicians
Generalists in the Clinical lab are referred to as - ANSWER Medical Laboratory Scientists (MLS)
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