AHL 721 - Introduction to Laboratory Techniques

3.6 Continuing Education Units (CEU). This course is not for Credit(s).

This course is designed to enable the student to learn about and perform Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments - Waived Tests (CLIA ). Subject matter will include laboratory safety, laboratory calculations, legal and ethical issues, laboratory processes and procedures for CLIA-Waived Tests. Topics to be covered include identifying legal and safety issues, performing laboratory testing, and identifying normal and abnormal values for laboratory assays.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

identify and explain ethical safety and legal issues related to laboratory testing,
demonstrate proper laboratory procedures for CLIA-Waived Testing, and
identify normal and abnormal values for laboratory assays.