FIT 100
© Copyright University of
Washington 1999-2000
Consider The Operation Of The CDC
vStarting with a client entering …
oThe receptionist gathers contact information from the
client and
enters on the client record; if a client
has visited before the data is verified
oThe receptionist queues
the client to see one of the health professionals working that day
o(After waiting long enough to read last year’s STD
Weekly) the client sees the health professional who fills out a chart with a brief medical history and
orders the tests to be run
oThe client’s specimens are labeled
oAt the end of the day the specimens for each test are grouped and compared against a manifest listing all of the tests of that
type ordered that day and sent out