Instructor's approval This course discusses the historical, practical and theoretical aspects of blood group serology and its clinical applications. A simulated clinical immunohematology laboratory, providing an opportunity for applied experience, is included. This course provides a basic overview of medical microbiology-bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, virology with emphasis on the characteristics of clinically significant microorganisms, their biological profile, media for isolation and identification of selected pathogens. It includes a lab. It includes an overview of antigen-antibody test procedures.
Emphasis is placed on renal function and urinalysis.
It includes a lab. Instructor's approval Students will learn routine chemical analysis of blood and other fluids in defining diagnoses and detecting unknown diseases. Instructor's approval Performance of procedures that diagnose bleeding disorders, assess anticoagulant therapy and identify patients at risk for thrombosis will be studied. Instructor's approval Performing tests to establish a hematologic diagnosis, detect unsuspected disease or monitor effects of treatment protocols. This class includes urinalysis procedures.