MLPAO - Medical Laboratory Professionals Association of Ontario Professional and Ethical Practices Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

Under the College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Ontario (CMLTO) Standards of Practice, which principle requires a medical laboratory technologist to maintain current knowledge and skills?

Accepted Answer

Continuing competence

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Autonomy

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Beneficence

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Confidentiality

Question 2

A patient requests access to their own laboratory test results. Under the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) in Ontario, what is the laboratory's obligation?

Accepted Answer

Provide access within 30 days with limited exceptions

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Refuse, as results must go through the ordering physician only

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Provide access only if the physician provides written consent

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Direct the patient to the hospital records department exclusively

Question 3

An MLT is asked by a colleague to process a stat sample for the colleague's own family member without a physician's requisition. What is the most appropriate response?

Accepted Answer

Decline, as this violates professional and ethical standards

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Process the sample as a professional courtesy

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Process the sample but flag it in the system

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Process the sample with a retroactive requisition

Question 4

What ethical principle is being upheld when a medical laboratory technologist ensures that all patient specimens are processed with equal priority regardless of the patient's social status?

Accepted Answer

Justice

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Non-maleficence

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Autonomy

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Beneficence

Question 5

A medical laboratory technologist discovers that a co-worker has been consistently falsifying quality control results. What is the CMLTO's expected response from the discovering MLT?

Accepted Answer

Report the concern to management and/or the CMLTO as a professional obligation

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Address the issue privately with the co-worker and take no further action

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Ignore the situation as it does not affect patient care directly

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Document the observation without reporting

Question 6

Which of the following best describes the concept of 'scope of practice' for a medical laboratory technologist in Ontario?

Accepted Answer

The activities authorized by the CMLTO for registered MLTs under Ontario legislation

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The range of laboratory tests a technologist has personally performed

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The specific duties assigned by the laboratory manager

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The tests listed on the technologist's most recent performance review