CLS 432: Lectures Outline

• Course: Clinical Practice in Biochemistry CLS432

CLS 432:   Lectures Outline

Weeks	Subjects
1	Safety precautions : -Special reference to minimum safety precautions, hepatitis and AIDS Specimen handling / processing.   -Receiving , master log, distribution to work areas, analysis, collection of data , reporting ,data retrieval, storage of specimens
2	Quality control -QC on equipment, reagents, standards, procedures followed in the laboratory, review last three months charts, critique on the procedures   Other -Orders, supplies, inventory, maintenance and repair -Laboratory administration
3,4	Radioimmunoassay /  Enzyme immunoassay / ELISA -For each test, review clinical significance , principle employed in the test procedure, test protocol , results, interpretation of the date and quality control
5,6	Electrophoresis -General considerations, factors that affect the separation, support media , classification , clinical applications -Electrophoretic procedures on serum proteins, isoenzymes ( CK, LDH ) and Hb variants . -Quantitaion procedure, interpretation of results and quality control
7,8	Use of automated equipment -The routine tests performed on serum, plasma or urine to cover the quantitation procedure, interpretation of results, and quality control
9,10	Glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides urea, creatinine
11	Sodium, potassium, chloride, CO2, billirubin, albumin
12	Amylse, alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphates, ALT  and  AST
13	Review, problem solving, critique