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For Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, 7e Burtis
Chapter 01: Clinical Chemistry, Molecular Diagnostics, and Laboratory
Medicine
MULTIPLE CHOICES
1. An individual working in a clinical chemistry laboratory is married to a sales
representative who works for a company that sells chemistry laboratory supplies. When the
laboratory manager requests a list of needed supplies, cost of supplies, and vendors, this
individual only recommends the spouse’s company as the vendor. This is considered to be a(n):
a. accounting issue.
b. possible conflict of interest.
c. maintenance of confidentiality issue.
d. problem with resource allocation.
ANS: B
Concern has been raised over the interrelationships between practitioners in the medical field and
commercial suppliers of drugs, devices, equipment, etc., to the medical profession.
Similarly, relationships have been scrutinized between clinical laboratorians and manufacturers
and providers of diagnostic equipment and supplies. These concerns led the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) in 1995 to require official institutional review of financial disclosure by
researchers and management of situations in which disclosure indicates potential conflicts of
interest.
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