ML 225 - Lab for ML 224

Credit Hours: 1.5

Laboratory exercises on hospital and capillary collection specimens include use of point of care instrumentation, introduction to state-of-the-art instruments, special procedures, coagulation testing and case studies of a variety of blood dyscrasias using critical thinking skills. Venipuncture training on simulated arms is also included. Affective evaluations must be satisfactory.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

correctly perform multiple automated hemoglobin determinations within 50 minutes and obtain values within specified range of hospital results;
correctly perform all routine and specialized tests within 50 minutes and obtain results correlating to hospital values;
identify normal/abnormal parameters of the procedures performed;
relate major disease states causing abnormal parameters of the procedures performed;
use appropriate QC for lab tests as indicated;
review usage of the blood smear as a check of RBC indices, white blood cell and platelet count values;
complete a minimum of four (4) case study portfolios on selected dyscrasias of the erythrocytic, leukocytic and coagulation systems;
identify follow-up/additional tests required for confirmation of diagnosis in the anemias, leukemias, and coagulation systems;
perform venipuncture on simulator arms safely and properly;
perform micro collection methods safely and properly within 15 minutes;
perform properly PT, APTT on the Fibrometer, CoaguChek and Thromboscreen instruments and other selected coagulation tests;
perform the phase platelet count, calculate and record using proper format;
perform all laboratory tests with maximum accuracy and integrity and report them in a concise manner using appropriate units, proper hospital forms/computer entry and with minimal supervision;
log-in all samples into logbook record;
strictly follow lab safety rules, privacy requirements on all procedures on and off campus;
perform automated CBC’s, coagulation tests and special procedures as instructed by the clinical faculty without disrupting the operations of the laboratory;
relate operational principal, maintenance, calibration, QC, sources of error/interference with the effect created by the error on the results, and the corrective action/solution to the problem routinely employed by the hospital for the SYSMEX XE 2100, COULTER LH 750, STAGO and SONOCLOT or any new instrumentation introduced;
observe operational procedures for the other instruments demonstrated; and
attend all assigned hospital rotation sites and complete clinical rotation as instructed and in the timeframe indicated by the instructor(s).

Prerequisites: ML 215, ML 217
Corequisites: ML 224, ML 227
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