Clinical Chemistry · stage 2 of 6

Getting it to the bench in one piece

The handover from collection to testing, where most avoidable errors are made and caught. You will be able to move, receive, register and triage specimens, and say clearly which ones are not worth testing and why.

Work through these in order

1. 1Packaging and shipping specimens as regulated goodsSafety CC-SA-3
2. 2Deciding which specimen moves firstSpecimen Collection CC-SC-7
3. 3Reading the requisition against what actually arrivedSpecimen Collection CC-SC-3
4. 4Entering the specimen accurately into the LISSpecimen Collection CC-SC-6
5. 5Keeping the specimen tied to the right patientPreparation and Testing CC-PT-1
6. 6Judging whether the sample can give a valid resultSpecimen Collection CC-SC-4
7. 7Judging whether the specimen is fit to testPreparation and Testing CC-PT-21
8. 8Spotting haemolysed, lipaemic and icteric specimensPreparation and Testing CC-PT-40
9. 9Deciding what gets processed first at the benchSpecimen Collection CC-SC-8
10. 10Ordering the work when everything is due at onceProfessionalism CC-PR-2
11. 11Working through disruption without dropping standardsProfessionalism CC-PR-3

This reading order is MLTPrep’s own. To browse the same material filed against the competency areas instead, go back to the Clinical Chemistry study guide.

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