Description
This course provides training for the clinical laboratory assistant including laboratory safety, equipment and instrumentation, basic laboratory mathematics, regulations and standards, quality assurance practices, record keeping and billing, specimen processing, and CLIA waived and point-of-care laboratory testing. The course combines theory and hands-on practice of laboratory procedures with an emphasis on the necessity for accuracy and attention to detail. PREREQUISITES: HC 114 ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY FOR THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS, HC213 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY I, and PH 121 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES.