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1. For Waived Testing, appropriate specimen(s) include:

Sputum, nasal wash, and nasal swab
Throat culture, nasal wash, and nasal swab
 Nasal swab, nasal wash, and nasal aspirate
Nasal swab and nasal wash


                                                                                            
 

 

          

2. The kit comes with 3 'control' swabs: one with 'type A' inoculated on it, one with 'type B' inoculated on it, one with no inoculums. These swabs are run as simulated patient tests:

Each day of patient testing, you use then wrap them in foil and re-use the next day of testing.
With each new box, you perform simulated tests using the 'control' swabs, before doing any
      patient testing.
Hold them in case you don't trust patient results, then run the 'control' swabs before reporting
      out patient results

                                                                                            

          

3. A reportable and acceptable positive (+) result is depicted by the appearance of:

Any shade of 'pink to red' test line
A blue procedural control line (positive procedural control)
A clear background (negative procedural control)
All of the above

                                                                                            
 

 

          

4. Test results are read at:

5 minutes
4 minutes
10 minutes
2 minutes

                                                                                            
 

          

5. Kit contents require storage temperatures in the range of:

2-8°C refrigerator temp
15-30°C room temp; out of direct sunlight
-20°C freezer temp

                                                                                         
 

          

6. Internal procedural controls help an operator determine if the test is working properly. How does
    the operator document having looked at AND assessed development of the internal controls?

Use .POCCONTROL phrase in EPIC enter/edit for EACH patient result
 Don't bother, you don't have to write it down or record it in the medical record.
Write a comment in EPIC using a lab template

                                                                                            
 

          

7. Samples can be stored in a clean, dry closed container:

At room temperature for up to 1 hour
At refrigerated temperature indefinitely
At room temperature or refrigerated temperature in a closed, clean container for up to 8 hours

                                                                                            
 

          

8. When the swab is put into the extraction tube, roll the swab head against the inside of the tube:

One time
Two times
Three times
Four times

                                                                                            
 

          

9. How long does the swab have to stay in the extraction solution?

5 minutes
1 minute
30 seconds
2 minutes

                                                                                            
 

          

10. Before or after collection, swabs CANNOT go into transport media before they are used in this
       test.

True
False