to review what we discussed in a hurry, and this is an important session, whereby

• there will be questions, not in ICA, but in the final exam

today’s topic, which we had a brief view is about ethics of pre-analytical and post analytical phase in labs

just to review

• pre-analytical:
  • where specimens are collected in the ward
  • there are ethical errors, where us, technologists have to know
    • the people on the ward are also human beings under pressure from theirs seniors, emergencies. as a technologists, know that what you receive isnt 100% perfect?
    • pre-analytical where specimen are still arriving. they may send specimen which
      • belongs to wrong department
        • hematology instead of micro
        • urgent specimen in a
        • as a technologist, we must be aware of what happens in the 4 disciplines?

requirement of specimen:

1. biochemistry:
   1. a tube with no additives; not suitable (this type of containers is often for microbiology; blood culture for example)
      1. e.g they send a blood culture to biochem when its supposed to be for microbiology

analytical

• in laboratory, there are ethical problems in it too
  1. specimen which belongs for TB but it sent to the wrong section? (wrong container i think)
     1. e.g specimen for blood culture when it is in biochem bottles

post-analytical:

when everything is ready, you are putting for the other end to receive:

1. entering the wrong microorganism type