Course Description
An introduction to clinical laboratory science, including quality control, laboratory math, safety, laboratory equipment, laboratory settings, accreditation, certification, professionalism, and ethics.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course
the student should be able to:
A. List important milestones in the history of the clinical laboratory
and describe the type of professionalism desired in clinical laboratory
personnel.
B. Describe behavior consistent with the ethical practice of clinical
laboratory medicine.
C. Apply principles of confidentiality for all patients and test results.
D. State the special knowledge and talent of other members of the health
care team needed for quality patient care.
E. Explain the impact of federal and state regulatory agencies on the
clinical laboratory.
F. Detail the transmission of the AIDS (HIV) virus and state how the
virus affects the immune system.
G. Name other pathogens, in addition to the HIV virus, that could be
transmitted by blood or body fluids.
H. List and describe safety hazards in the laboratory and discuss the
proper techniques to avoid accidents.
I. Use basic metric systems for laboratory procedures and use formulas
to calculate strengths of dilutions and solutions.
J. Discuss processing clinical specimens according to established procedures.
K. List and explain the basic laboratory procedures in clinical chemistry,
hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, immunology/serology.
L. Evaluate quality control values.