MDAS1125 — Laboratory Skills I
MDAS 1125 - Laboratory Skills I MDAS 1125 - Laboratory Skills I 4 Credits Topics covered in this course are laboratory safety, regulations, microscopes, quality assurance, blood collection, basic math, and spirometry. The student will learn to perform evacuated tube, syringe, and butterfly needle venipuncture, as well as capillary puncture. Performance will be on adults only; infant and child methods will be simulated. Students will be expected to participate as both a phlebotomist and a patient. Major Content Areas Basic math Blood collection (evacuated tube, syringe, butterfly, capillary puncture) Microscopes Laboratory safety and regulations Spirometry Quality assurance Learning