Quality Management in Cytopathology

Accuracy, Reliability, and Timeliness.

Unnecessary treatment and delay in correct diagnosis.

Poor workload management.

<p>Procedures covering all activities in the laboratory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It can compromise the accuracy and reliability of the test outcomes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It ensures compliance with laws and regulations while pursuing improvement activities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Performing processes and procedures to the best possible standards.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It helps monitor the performance and accuracy of laboratory results.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To ensure reliable and consistent cytological results.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>QC maintains standards during operations, while QA evaluates procedures retrospectively for improvement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Technology such as automated systems and AI aids in error detection and analysis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It ensures accountability, allows for audits, and identifies areas for improvement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Staff training and proficiency testing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It combines quality control (QC) and quality assessment (QA) into a unified approach.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To prevent unwanted risks and hazards from entering the laboratory space.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Ensures reliable and consistent cytological results.

Maintaining standards during operations. Preventive measures taken during the process.

Retrospective evaluation for improvement. Checking results after the process to identify areas for improvement.

Reduces diagnostic errors, enhances accuracy and reproducibility, improves patient care.

Combines Quality Control (QC) and Quality Assessment (QA) into a unified approach.

Rescreening negative cases, cytology-histology correlation, QA audits, and discrepancy analysis.

Specimen collection, fixation, transportation.

Screening and interpretation.

The lab environment should be safe and comfortable for workers, with equipment adapted to prevent injury and illness.

Laboratory quality management ensures accurate, reliable, and timely test results.

Inaccurate test results can lead to unnecessary treatment, treatment complications, delays in diagnosis, and extra testing.

Laboratory errors can occur due to inadequate attention to detail, poor workload management, insufficient staff, poor sample control, inadequate quality management, lack of result verification, time pressures, and unvalidated tests.

Minimizing lab errors requires perfecting lab processes and procedures.

Internal control in a lab involves documenting and auditing procedures to ensure quality.

Internal control involves a follow-up system for correlating cytology results with relevant pathology, monitoring lab performance, and evaluating individual technicians and pathologists.