MEDTECH LAW

A health care professional who plays a key role in the modern laboratory – performs various clinical, laboratory procedures that helps the physicians to diagnose, monitor, and treat a certain human condition.

A healthcare professional who performs diagnostic analytic tests on body fluids such as blood, urine, sputum, stool, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), peritoneal fluid, pericardial fluid, and synovial fluid, as well as other specimens.

—� Application of principles ● Performance of laboratory procedures ●Diagnosis and treatment of diseases

Performance of Laboratory determinations and analyses ● Diagnosis and treatment of disease ● Maintenance of health

"The Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969" also known as

MedTech Act. of 1969 was approved on

Medtech Act. of 1969 has ______ sections

An auxiliary branch of laboratory medicine which deals with the examinations by various chemical, microscopic, bacteriologic and other medical laboratory procedures or technique.

A duly registered physician who is specially trained in methods of medicine, or the gross examination of tissues, and function of human body to diagnose certain disease.

A person who is a graduate of bachelor of medtech but failed to passed the board exam

In 460 BC the father of scientific medicine, adopt the triad of regimen, in treating diseases and infections with the use of drugs, surgery, and bloodletting.

In 1550 BC She shown the incidence of intestinal parasitic infection caused by Ascaris lumbricoides and Taena species.

€�’An Introduction to the Profession of Medical Technology" is the book by

He invented the first functional crude microscope. First scientist to observe and describe the appearance of red blood cell.

In 14th. century. Anna Fagelson strongly confirmed the beginnings of medtech when she correlated that the cause of death by __________________, a laboratory worker in the university of bologna, was due to laboratory-acquired infection.

Father of pathology and histology.

He was recognized as the ‘’father of microscopic pathology’’ also he was the first scientist to emphasized the study of manifestation of diseases and infections

He first to utilize the microscope in examining specimen at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

He used lab findings as preliminary evidence in diagnosing and evaluating disease

APOTHECARIES ACT of 1815 was initiated by

Performed first quantitative test for urine sugar.

The first chemical laboratory related to medicine was established at the___________ by Dr. Douglas

He pioneered laboratory instruction in this well-equipped laboratory.

He gave the first laboratory course in Pathology ever offered in an American Medical School. And became the first professor of pathology at the John Hopkins University in 1885.

The first pathologist of the John Hopkins Hospital Department of Pathology

First clinical laboratory opened at the John Hopkins Hospital- routine examination were carried out, special attention being given to the search for malarial parasites in blood.

Obtain significant results in his works in medicine, he initiated the use of laboratory animals for experimentation as part of his lab examination.

Wrote the book “A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis”. It was retitled “Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods” in its 6th edition by

The state legislature of _________________ enacted a law requiring all hospitals and institutions to have an adequate laboratory and to employ a full time laboratory technician.

One of the first school to trained laboratory workers and first to offer a degree level program.

Required a 2 year collegiate education and a twelve-month actual training in the laboratory for the preparation of its practice.

When was the standard curriculum was formalized in preparation for a Bachelor of Science degree.

Medical Technology practice was introduced in the Philippines by

The US Army established the first Clinical laboratory at

Organized the Medical laboratory and was given the name Public Health Laboratory. He was assisted by Dr. Mariano Icasiano who was then the Manila City Health officer.

When was a a six-month laboratory training with certificates upon completion was given to the trainees happened.

Offered the first B.S. Degree course in Medical Technology and 5 years curriculum was first offer.

First graduate of B.S. MedTech from PUC

Started to offer the medical technology course.

Offered Medical Technology as an elective subject to 4th and 5th year B.S. Pharmacy students.

He decided to offer Med.Tech. As a course at UST.

Issuance of temporary permit to first to third year students (Dep.Ed.) was on

Issuance of permit for the internship program.

Full recognition of the 4- year B.S. Medical Technology course.

First organizational meeting of PASMETH was held at UST on

First annual meeting of PASMETH was held at UST on

€�Father of PAMET”

First National convention of PAMET held at the conference hall of the Far Eastern University Hospital at Morayta St., Manila.

On June 22, 1973 _____________ was approved creating the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). PAMET was officially recognized as the only Accredited Professional Organization (APO) of registered Medical Technologists in the Philippines.

PAMET is a national body with __________ chapters

Symbolizes the continuous involvement where practice and education must always be integrated

Is the trilogy of LOVE, Respect and Integrity

COLOR OF HEALTH

Symbolize the science of Medical Technology profession

The year of first PAMET election.

FATHER OF PROFESSION and Organized the first PAMET chapters outside Manila and the approval of RA 5527

He proclaimed the 3rd. Week of September as the Phil. Medtech week

She has the shortest time in the office (8 months)

Proposal of new staffing pattern for MedTechs, salary scheme, hazard pay, change in the position of the board of Medical Technology.

Designated Title and Definition of terms

—� Roster of MedTech ● Penal provisions ● Separability clause ● Repealing clause

—� Policies or orders creating a council of MedTech ● Minimum required courses, functions, qualification, and removal of board of examiners, examination coverage, and foreign reciprocity

Contains the explanatory note of Senator Edgardo Angara during the Fifteenth Congress about the practice of medical technologists.

Covers the explanatory noted delivered by Senator Teofisto Guingona III held in the Sixteenth Congress.

Negligence refers to conduct lacking in due care. It may be brought about by too much work and/or accepting work outside office hours. Malpractice, on the other hand, is improper or unethical conduct of a profession.

The right to learn and execute the phlebotomy technique has been an issue and concern of some medical technologist against other health care practitioners.

Not all small clinical laboratories can afford a biohazard.

A process of checking, monitoring, supervising, and evaluating established clinical laboratories in the Philippines.

The criteria and qualifications of a good laboratory test and result

A type of classification of clinical laboratories based on the degree of biosafety procedures in handling organisms, agents, and specimens.

A type of classification of clinical laboratories based on its notable sections.

A type of classification of clinical laboratories established within the institutions.

An act regulating the operation and maintenance of clinical laboratories and requiring registration of the same with the Department of Health

Clinical chemistry, hematology, immunohematology, microbiology, immunology, clinical microscopy, serology, endocrinology, molecular biology, cytogenetic, toxicology, and therapeutic drug monitoring.

Surgical, immunology, histopathologic cytologic, autopsy procedure, forensic, and molecular pathologic techniques

Operates within the premises and as part of institution such as hospital, clinic, school, or medical facility.

Has no affinity with any other institution.

Those are unlikely to cause human diseases. Personnel who works in this level are expected to wear the standard PPE such as mask, gloves, and laboratory gown.

Personnel who works at this type of laboratory normally process human derived specimen such as blood, body fluids, tissues and to extend human cells.

Organisms that are considered indigenous or exotic agents with potential to be transmitted via respiratory routes. All procedures in processing should be done in a biosafety cabinet with a gas tight aerosol generation chamber.

Handle extremely dangerous and exotic agents that can be transmitted through air, have no available vaccine or therapeutic cure.Personnel who works under this level of laboratories are required to wear a full- body, air supplied positive pressure suits.

A clinical laboratory should be headed by a registered medical technologist and managed by a pathologist (clinical or anatomical pathologist) who is duly certified by the Philippine Board of Pathology.

Approved on June 18, 1966. The act was put into effect to regulate the operation and maintenance of clinical laboratories and to require their registration with the Department of Health.

Describes the requirements for clinical laboratories

Describes the rules and regulations regarding implementation of internal and external quality control programs as the requirements for licensing of the clinical laboratories in which a clinical laboratory required to have a quality assurance program.

National reference laboratory for dengue, influenza, tuberculosis, and other mycobacteria, malaria, and other parasites, bacterial enteric disease, measles, emerging diseases, and NRL for confirmatory testing of blood units.

National reference laboratory for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, syphilis, and other sexually transmitted infections

NRL for environmental and occupational health; toxicology, and micronutrient assay

NRL for hematology including immunohematology, immunopathology and anatomic pathology

NRL for biochemistry

Initiated the establishment of an independent Philippine Red Cross.

After World War II _____chapters of the Red Cross were set up all over the country.

President Manuel Roxas signed Republic cat No. 95, the Philippine Red Cross charter and appointed Mrs. Aurora Aragon Quezon as chairman.

The Philippine Red Cross was inaugurated in Malacañang Palace on

President who signed Republic Act No. 10072 o the Philippine Red Cross Act of 2009

Established on November 28, 1972

Contains only supplementary provisions on the collection, processing, and sale of human blood and the establishment of a blood bank and a blood processing laboratory.

About the work of a person under an employer.

If there is an invoke in the exercise of his/her right

Senate Bill 2722 is otherwise known as

Execute the order of institutionalized of the medical technology licensure examination.

When penalty of suspension has been served, the medical technologist is required his license certificate within

No penalty of revocation shall be imposed unless there is ______________ vote/s of the Board

Under R.A 5527, the Board shall release the results within ____________ after completion of the examination