All of the Following Are Reasons for Indicating the Clinical

question 38

Multiple Choice

All of the following are reasons for indicating the clinical diagnosis on the laboratory request form except

• A) To alert laboratory personnel to the presence of a possible pathogen
• B) To inform laboratory personnel as to the source of the specimen
• C) To assist in third-party billing
• D) To correlate laboratory data with the needs of the physician

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