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Medical Laboratory Assistant – MLA(ASCP)

Licensing authority: American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification

Initial by examination
Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) examination
Eligibility
At least one of the ASCP BOC MLA(ASCP) eligibility Routes 1 through 6, including the applicable education, training, and experience conditions, must be met.

Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) examination

Provider
Pearson testing centers
Format
Non-adaptive computer-based multiple-choice examination
Exam questions
Total questions: 100.
Time limit
2 hours 30 minutes
Examination outline

The authority publishes percentage ranges for each content area. The practice percentages below use the midpoint of each range, normalized to 100%; they are not exact percentages published by the authority. Practice question counts may differ slightly because of rounding.

  • Patient Accessioning and Specimen Collection — Official range: 20–25% (Practice allocation: 21.43%)
    • Review, Clarification, and Verification of Test Orders
    • Patient Identification
    • Patient Communication
    • Collection Procedures
    • Recognition and Follow-up with Adverse Reactions
    • Specimen Handling
  • Specimen Preparation and Processing — Official range: 40–45% (Practice allocation: 40.48%)
    • Assessment of Specimen Acceptability for Testing
    • Specimen Prioritization, Distribution, and Transport
    • Specimen Processing
    • Specimen Storage
  • Support for Clinical Testing — Official range: 15–20% (Practice allocation: 16.67%)
    • Reagents, Standards, and Controls
    • Analytical Instrumentation
    • Quality Control
    • Critical Value Notification and Documentation
    • Result Retrieval and Review
    • Inventory Management
    • Waived and Point-of-Care Testing
  • Laboratory Operations — Official range: 20–25% (Practice allocation: 21.43%)
    • Laboratory Regulations
    • Safety Regulations
    • Waste Disposal
    • Laboratory Equipment Maintenance
    • Professionalism and Ethics
    • Laboratory Information System (LIS) Functions
    • Quality Assurance/Improvement
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