Spring or Fall semester. Major content areas discussed are the basic immunologic concepts relating to in vitro hemagglutination test systems and physiologic mechanisms of hemolysis, principles and techniques of pretransfusion compatibility testing including antibody identification, the blood group systems, blood component preparation, transfusion therapy, and the adverse effects of transfusion. Laboratory sessions include grading of hemagglutination, ABO and Rh typing, indirect and direct antiglobulin testing, crossmatching and antibody identification. 1 credit hour. Quality control, which is an essential component of the clinical laboratory, is emphasized together with preventive maintenance and quality control for instrumentation.
Students learn both operation and application of computers in a clinical laboratory.
Fall or Spring semester. Instruction also includes the varied hematologic diseases. Special emphasis is placed on proficiency of differential counting of peripheral blood smears. Fall or Spring semester. Lectures and individualized instruction are provided to correlate principles of clinical microbiology with the current laboratory techniques and practices used to detect and identify causes of infectious diseases.