MEDICAL LAB TECHNOLOGY:
Following competencies will be expected from a student completing a diploma course in Medical Laboratory Technology. The student should be able to:
- Demonstrate complete knowledge of all simple and medium level laboratory procedures.
- Ability to preserve, process and evaluate all types of biological samples in the laboratory from the clinical
- Demonstrate knowledge of medical terminology for understanding the laboratory reports.
- Maintenance of work records, tissue storage, up-to-date methodology and miscellaneous
- Maintenance of stock solutions, controls and
- Knowledge of record
- Understand the importance of quality assurance and its application in different disciplines of
- Know the hazards of working in a laboratory and safe disposal of laboratory
- Maintenance and use of
- Perform phlebotomy procedures and sample handling in all the section of pathology including bed side
- Perform laboratory tests in the section of hematology both manually as well as by automated means (routine hematology and coagulation profile).
- Assist hematologist in the bone marrow procedure and application of routine and various special stains for diagnostic
- Perform blood grouping and cross-matching, donor handling and bleeding, components preparation and apheresis along with identification and reporting of any adverse transfusion reaction promptly to the clinician, in a blood bank
- Prepare and inoculate culture media for identification of growth and cultural characteristics of common micro-organisms with sensitivity
- Perform immunological assays by simple and automated
- Preserve and perform examination of stool, urine and other biological
- Know the basis of biochemical testing included in routine and special chemistry by semi and fully automated chemistry
- Using techniques appropriate for the tissue, produce sections (slides) for microscopic examination. This includes fixation, trimming tissues, dehydration, microtomy, and
- Perform special stains on tissues and other biological samples when requested by the
- Label slides with appropriate case number or other identification and match slides with lab unit paperwork for delivery to
