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Question 1

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Which one of the following would be considered a cost of nonconformance?

A) Performing preventive maintenance on analyzers
B) Employee training
C) Repeating an analytical run because the QC is out of range
D) Sending an employee to a fire safety class

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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You have received your proficiency test results from the accrediting agency and note that your creatinine result was unacceptable at greater than 2 SDI from the group mean.The value that was entered on your survey report form was 15 mg/dL.The group method mean was 1.3 mg/dL,with a method standard deviation of 0.3 mg/dL.You realize that your laboratory made an error in entering the result.If you had entered 2.0 mg/dL as the result on your survey report,what would the correct SDI be?

A) 45.6 SDI
B) 4.56 SDI
C) 1.08 SDI
D) 0.67 SDI

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Upon examination of the week's analytical run of plasma glucose tests,you notice that four consecutive normal control values are +1 s (standard deviation) from the mean.In your QC report,you note that Westgard multirule _____ has been broken and realize that this rejection rule is sensitive to _____ error.

The first step in the development of an in-service training program using an instructional system for employee competency in the laboratory is:

In regard to a Gaussian distribution,±2 s from the mean encompasses _____ of values.

Upon examination of the week's analytical run of plasma glucose tests,you notice that four consecutive normal control values are +1 s (standard deviation) from the mean.In your QC report,you note that a Westgard multirule has been broken and realize that this rejection rule is sensitive to a specific type of error.An example of this type of error would be:

You have received your proficiency test results from the accrediting agency and note that your creatinine result was unacceptable at greater than 2 SDI from the group mean.The value that was entered on your survey report form was 15 mg/dL.The group method mean was 1.3 mg/dL with a method standard deviation of 0.3 mg/dL.You realize that your laboratory made an error in entering the result.If you had entered 2.0 mg/dL as the result on your survey report,would the recalculated SDI now be in agreement with the rest of the laboratories in the testing program?

Lean Production:

You arrive at the clinical chemistry laboratory one morning and discover that personnel from the third shift left you the QC sheet from the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) run.The technician has circled the level I TSH control values,and you realize that all six of the level I control values are +3 s from the mean.No results have been released.Now it's your decision regarding what to do next.First,which Westgard rule(s) has (have) been violated?

Which one of the following statements concerning the use of internal control materials is incorrect?

Upon examination of the control chart of the week's analytical run of serum creatinine,you notice that 10 consecutive level II control values lie on the same side of the mean.In your QC report,you note that Westgard multirule _____ has been broken and realize that this rejection rule is sensitive to _____ error.

You arrive at the clinical chemistry laboratory one morning and discover that personnel from the third shift left you the QC sheet from the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) run.The technician has circled the level I TSH control values,and you realize that all six of the level I control values are +3 s from the mean.No results have been released.Now it's your decision regarding what to do next.What is your decision regarding the release of results in the problem stated in the preceding question?

The Westgard multirules for quality control were designed to interpret control data and to aid in troubleshooting.The rule stated as 2_2s is interpreted as meaning:

According to CLIA regulations,a score of _____ must be attained on three consecutive external proficiency test challenges for a laboratory to be accredited and continue patient testing.

Preparation of a CLSI-defined procedure document of an analytical protocol is a means of controlling which one of the following types of variables?

Random error would be caused by:

You arrive at the clinical chemistry laboratory one morning and discover that personnel from the third shift left you the QC sheet from the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) run.The technician has circled the level I TSH control values,and you realize that all six of the level I control values are +3 s from the mean.No results have been released.Now it's your decision regarding what to do next.What kind of error is most likely occurring?

According to the five-Q framework,the "QP" refers to quality:

What is the role of quality planning in the five-Q framework of quality?

Two types of error may be encountered during chemical analysis of a substance.The type of error that occurs as a result of contaminated calibrating solutions would be _____ error.