Exam Questions

 The first organizational meeting of PAMET (September 15,1963)

 Total of attendees (20)
 Where was it held? (Public Health Laboratory at Sta. Cruz, Manila)
 Description of the PAMET OR PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL
TECHNOLOGIST, INC. (was officially recognized as the only Accredited Organization
(APO) of registered Medical Technologists in the Philippines. PAMET is a national body
with forty-six (46) provincial chapters nationwide and one international chapter, PAMET
Singapore totaling to more than thirteen thousand members)
 PASMETH OR THE PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL OF MEDICAL
TECHNOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH, INC. (the national organization of all registered
schools of medical technology in the Philippines, formed in 1970 in the hopes of
maintaining the highest standards of MT/PH education and to foster closer relations among
these schools)
 PHISMETH OR THE PHILIPPINE SOCIETY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS (is
the national Organization of all medical technology/medical laboratory science student
under the supervision of PASMETH)
 Logos Situation Questions – THE PHISMETS (3 Circles – symbolize the continuous active
involvement of Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao in the national transforming venue of medical
laboratory science students. LAUREL – symbolizes the nature and the continuation of life
every year. GREEN LETTERS – represent the color of health. 5 BUBBLES FROM A TEST
TUBE – represent the 5 objectives embodied in the constitution of the organization. 15
INTERCONNECTED MOLECULES OUTSIDE A TEST TUBES – signify the unify of the 15
board schools exploring various possibilities and aiming towards the integral growth and
holistic development of medical laboratory science students. MICROSCOPE – represents
medical laboratory science)
 Clinical Chemistry - FBS -Fasting Blood Sugar (6-8 hrs), LPT – (10-14 hrs) Both (10 hrs)
 A medical technologist used expired reagents (Analytical phase)
 Transcription errors (Pre analytic phase)
 If a patient experienced joint pain what type of test should they do? (Blood uric acid)
 If a patient was positive of bacterial culture what tes should they do? (Antibiotic
susceptibility testing)
 If a person has kidney disease what test should they do? (Creatinine and Blood Urea
Nitrogen)
 If a person experiences hyperthyroidism what test should they do? (T3, T4, TSH)
 A patient is experiencing bloody diarrhea, what test should they undergo? (Fecalysis)
 If a person keeps on eating sweets (Fasting blood sugar and HBA1C)
 RA 4688 – (It shall be unlawful for any person to be professionally in-charge of a registered
clinical laboratory unless he is a licensed physician duly qualified in laboratory medicine
and authorized by the Secretary of Health, such authorization to be renewed annually)
 AO NO 59 series of 2001 – (“Rules and Regulations Governing the Establishment,
Operation and Maintenance of Clinical Laboratories in the Philippines". This Order revises
such issuance in order to ensure the quality of services of clinical laboratories nationwide)
 The (department of health) checks the laboratory on all levels, a laboratory that has violated
the standards can be imprisoned for (not less than one month, and not more than one
year), they will pay a fine of (not less than 1000 php, and not more than 5000php). The
person involved is the (Managing Head of the laboratory).
 Five NRL-EQAS -
 CBC does not belong to clinical chemistry
 Hematology studies only blood and not included cells
 The section MYCOVIROLOGY in the microbiology sections does not exist
 Blood smearing - Hematology
 Bacteria - Bacteriology
 Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a type of bacteria