Course Details
Course Outline
5 days course
Introduction to Laboratory Technician
- What is a laboratory
- Who are Laboratory Technicians
- History of medical laboratory science
- Classification of medical laboratories
- Structure of medical laboratory services
- Major roles of a medical laboratory technologist
- Different types of rules of medical laboratory
- The importance of the standardization for the presentation of reports and use of units
- Professional code of conduct and ethics
Laboratory Policies
- Laboratory hour and emergency work
- The range of tests to be performed and those to be referred to a higher level
- Collection of laboratory specimen
- Workload capacity of a laboratory
Solutions Used in Medical Laboratory
- Different types of solutions used in medical laboratory
- Classification of standard solutions
- Expressing the concentration of solutions
- Diluting body fluids and calculating dilutions
- And much more
Laboratory Wares
- Laboratory glasswares
- The classification of pipettes
- Different types of flasks
- Laboratory cuvettes (absorption cells)
Laboratory Instruments
- Different types of laboratory instruments
- Beer’s and Lambert’s Law
- Theory of absorptiometry
- Instruments and materials used for pH determination
- Instruments for purifying water
- Resolving power of the microscope
Sterilization and Disinfection
- The process of sterilization
- Dry heat
- Moist heat
- Steam under pressure (autoclave)
- Types of autoclaves
- Disinfection and decontamination of laboratory wastes
- Decontamination using chemical disinfectants
- Decontamination of laboratory space
Laboratory Accidents and Safety
- Laboratory hazards and accidents
- The main hazards and accidents associated with laboratory work
- Factors contributing to laboratory accidents
- First aid for laboratory hazards
- Safe use and storage of chemicals and reagents
Quality Assurance
- The importance of quality assurance
- Types and causes of errors in medical laboratories
- The steps of the quality assurance program
- And much more
Glossary
- Different types of glossary used in the medical laboratory
