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CSMLS MLA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSWhat 3 types of information is in HIA? - Answers- Diagnostic, treatment and care
information
-Person's physical and mental health
-Treatment they are having or have received
-Drug or health care aids
-Health care benefits paid or provided
Health services Provider information
-information on health authorities
Used in workforce planning, determining if a provider's right to practice has been
cancelled or suspended
Registered Information
-Demographic information
-Address
-Citizenship
What are the 3 main branches of Health Canada? - Answers- Health programs and
services
-health insurance
-research program
-health services, promotion and fitness
Medical services
Health Protection Branch protects against:
-Unsafe food/drugs/cosmetics
-Medical and radiation emitting devices
-Pollutants and contaminants
What are the benefits of avoiding? - Answers- Reducing Stress
- Avoiding demanding or unpleasant people or topics
Saving Time
-Not wasting time and energy on low prioritization issues
Steering clear of danger
-Not stirring up the hornets nest
Setting up more favourable condition
-Gaining time to be better prepared
How is a pathology specimen container labelled? - Answers- Full Name
PHN
,Type of specimen and exact location
Relevant clinical history
Collection date and time
How do you label a cassette? - Answers- surgical/autopsy
Year
Case number
Block number
What is Protocol A when cleaning an instrument? - Answers- Most severe protocol
Recommended for extremely high risk tissues
Soak instrument in commercial lab detergent containing a phenolic disinfectant
(Sanikleen)
Container and instrument are steam sterilized in an autoclave prior to washing with
soap and water.
What are the 4 stages of teamwork? - Answers- forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
What is Protocol B when cleaning an instrument? - Answers- more common for tools
(scape, scissors, etc.)
Soak instrument in Sanikleen followed by washing in hot soapy water.
What is Protocol D when cleaning an instrument? - Answers- Accel TB
Spray on, allow to air dry
What is Protocol C when cleaning an instrument? - Answers- Soak in gluteraldehyde
disinfectant (Cindex) for recommended time followed by washing in hot,soapy water
High level disinfectant, extremely toxic (fume hood)
True or False: Legal cases are identified and kept indefinitely - Answers- true
How is 10% NFB disposed of? - Answers- Drained from specimen and disposed of
separately.
Must be neutralized prior to disposal
Never pour down the sink
,Large labs may recycle
True or False: Institutions decided on the length of time for how long they would keep a
specimen for. - Answers- true
How are specimens disposed of? - Answers- Bagged and incinerated
What is the purpose of embedding? - Answers- External support and protection
How is alcohol disposed of? - Answers- special disposal
Why do we mark a specimen in grossing? - Answers- To help the pathologist to
reconstruct the 3D image of the tissue.
To identify the resection margins, or cut edges of the tissue piece.
To aid the embedding staff in orienting the specimen.
How is 10%NBF disposed of? - Answers- neutralized and disposed separately
How is Formalin disposed of? - Answers- neutralized and poured down the sink with
running water
What major requirements should be in the patient's requisition? - Answers- Full name
PHN
Type of specimen and exact body site
Relevant clinical history
Devitalization and fixation time
Collection date and time
What information does the pathologist need to describe in grossing? - Answers- Colour
Consistency
Texture
Dimensions
Shape
Weight
An obvious pathological features
What precautions must be used for 10% NBF? - Answers- wear gloves and safety
glasses
Use fume hood
Spill kit
Neutralize it before disposing
, What is the procedure for inking a gross specimen? - Answers- 1. Dry specimen
2. Apply
3. Blot off excess
4. Place in Bouin's fluid or 4% acetic acid to set
5. Dry before cutting
True or False: Fixating the specimen does not change the colour of the tissue -
Answers- false
What does tolerant mean? - Answers- minor, acceptable changes and making sure that
the specimen does not change its structure
True or False: We flag specimens that are known to be from a patient with Hep, TB, or
AIDS - Answers- false
What is Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD)? - Answers- Rare highly contagious
neurodegenerative disease.
NO CURE
The disease that old people can get (because it takes a long time to manifest) by eating
brain or nerve tissue from bad beef (beef that has bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
True or False: The minimum time you should fixed a tissue with CJD is one week -
Answers- true
What is dehydration? - Answers- The removal of water from tissues using alcohol baths
of increasing concentration (from 70 to 100%)
True or False: The term 'Dehydration' is included in the processing stage - Answers-
true
True or False: Xylene is a complete intolerant substance. It will distort and shrink the
tissue if excess time - Answers- true
What is clearing in histotechnology? - Answers- The removal of alcohol by introducing
xylene
Remove alcohol and introduce the solvent of the wax and allows it to become miscible
True or False: Xylene requires storage in a flammable cupboard - Answers- true
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