What does the abbreviation CLIA stand for?
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Medical Office Assistant · Clinical Laboratory Technology and Diagnostics
CLIA Concepts and Waived Testing
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What is the primary purpose of CLIA?
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Which federal agency administers (operates) the CLIA program?
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CLIA applies to laboratory testing performed on which of the following?
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Under CLIA, laboratory tests are grouped into which three main categories of complexity?
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You’ll learn to
- Explain the purpose, administration, and test-complexity categories of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA).
- Describe waived testing, including its defining features, examples, and the reduced regulatory requirements that apply to it.
- Recognize the purpose and requirements of the Certificate of Waiver and who may perform waived testing in the medical office.
- Apply quality-control, quality-assurance, documentation, storage, and manufacturer-instruction practices to safe waived testing.
- Recognize scope-of-practice boundaries and escalate unexpected, abnormal, or invalid results and quality concerns to licensed staff appropriately.
Sources & references
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — Laboratory Quality
- U.S. National Library of Medicine — MedlinePlus
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