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Introduction
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Intro to the Lab Introduction to elements and operation of the lab.
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Safety
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Ergonomic Safety Risk factors and symptoms for repetitive stress injury in the clinical laboratory, with explanation and demonstration of ergonomically correct practices.
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Biosafety Standard precautions, personal protective equipment and spill cleanup.
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Chemical Safety Proper handling, storage, and disposal of laboratory chemicals, and methods for responding to chemical spills and exposure.
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Fire Safety The selection and use of portable fire extinguishers, types of fires and fire hazards, and the steps to take in the event of a fire.
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Specimen Collection
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Phlebotomy All the basics of venipuncture theory and technique.
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Advanced Phlebotomy All the advances in venipuncture theory and technique.
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Pediatric Phlebotomy All the specialized venipuncture theory and technique.
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Specimen Processing
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Specimen Processing Procedures for the processing of lab specimens including: receiving, data entry, dispatch, further processing, routing and reporting.
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Chemistry
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Protein Electrophoresis Teaches the interpretation of protein electrophoresis patterns from serum, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid.
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Urinalysis The microscopic examination of urine sediment.
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Hematology
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Peripheral Blood Laboratory interpretation of peripheral blood smears.
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Microbiology
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Gram Stain Interpretation of the direct Gram Stain of body fluids.
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Mycology Laboratory identification of clinically significant fungi.
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Parasitology Laboratory identification of clinically significant parasites.
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Microscopy
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Microscopy An introduction to the practice and theory of light microscopy.
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Body Fluids
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Amniotic Fluid Amniocentesis and its uses in managing aspects of pregnancy.
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Production and collection, common procedures, gross and microscopic interpretation.
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Seminal Fluid Analysis, underlying principles, clinical correlates of variables.
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Serous Fluid Common diagnostic procedures, gross andmicroscopic interpretation.
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Synovial Fluid Gross/microscopic interpretation, classification of synovial effusions.
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