HCE158 — Medical Laboratory Assisting I
This course includes classroom, laboratory, and clinical experience designed to prepare the student to enter the health profession as a laboratory assistant. Emphasis is on the role of a laboratory assistant, certification and regulatory agencies, process improvement, laboratory mathematics, documentation, legal implications, specimen integrity, principles, and procedures for preanalytical processing of laboratory specimens. It also includes application of quality assurance, infection control, laboratory safety practices, specimen processing, point of care testing, and clerical and computer functions based on current guidelines for documentation.
Prerequisites: HCE-186