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 CUA-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:

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