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FALL 2003
TEXT: Basic Medical Laboratory Techniques, 4th Edition
Walters, Estridge, Reynolds, 2000
SYLLABUS
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Course objectives
B. Laboratory schedule/safety issues
C. Research presentations
D. True/False quiz
E. Medical Terminology
II. QUALITY CONTROL – ACCURACY, PRECISION
III. HEMATOLOGY
A. Phlebotomy - venipuncture, capillary puncture
B. Erythrocytes, leukocytes, thrombocytes
C. Common blood cell diseases - Anemias, Erythrocytosis, Infectious Mononucleosis, Leukemias
IV. IMMUNOLOGY AND SEROLOGY
A. Antigen/antibody reactions
B. Type and Rh factor
C. Compatibility tests for transfusions
D. Donor screening, ELISA/Western Blot for HIV
E. Component therapy
F. Autologous transfusions
G. HIV/AIDS
H. Organ and bone marrow transplants
V. CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
A. Diagnostic testing:
a. Diabetes
b. Cholesterol
c. BUN
d. Total Protein
VI. URINE PROCEDURES
A. Kidney Function
B. Urinalysis
VII. CYTOTECHNOLOGY
A. PAP smears