Maricopa Community Colleges  HCE167   20076-20076 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 04/24/07
HCE167 20076-20076 L+L 1 Credit(s) 1.50 Period(s)
Laboratory Testing in Patient Care Service Centers
Basic Point of Care testing in a clinical setting. Includes procedures for urinalysis, whole blood hematology, glucose monitoring, cholesterol and coagulation testing. Specimen collection and handling. Compliance with Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulations.
Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: [HCC130, HCC145 or (HCC145AA, HCC145AB, and HCC145AC), and HCE162], or permission of Program Director.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
HCE167   20076-20076 Laboratory Testing in Patient Care Service Centers
1. Apply OSHA standard precautions pertaining to laboratory safety. (I)
2. Apply quality control and quality assurance measures pertaining to laboratory testing. (II)
3. Apply methods for general specimen collection. (III)
4. Define terms and perform urinalysis testing. (IV)
5. Define terms and perform specified tests in hematology. (V)
6. Define terms and perform specified tests in coagulation. (VI)
7. Define terms and perform urine pregnancy testing. (VII)
8. Define terms and perform Strep A testing. (VIII)
9. Define terms and perform whole blood glucose test. (IX)
10. Recognize the tests that are included in the blood serum chemistry profiles and understand the significance of abnormal values. (X)
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HCE167   20076-20076 Laboratory Testing in Patient Care Service Centers
    I. OSHA Standard Precautions in Laboratory Setting
        A. Dress code
        B. Personal safety measures
        C. Biohazards
      II. Quality in the Workplace
          A. Quality control
          B. Quality assurance
        III. Specimen Collection
            A. Patient identification
            B. Equipment
            C. Specimen labels
            D. Capillary puncture
          IV. Urinalysis Testing
              A. Terms
              B. Specimen collection
                1. Types
                2. Handling
              C. Urine decomposition before testing
              D. Proper use and handling of reagent strips
              E. Types of urine dipsticks
              F. Methods for testing chemical constituents in urine
                1. Dipstick
                2. Tablet
              G. Quality control
              H. Reporting results
            V. Hematology Testing
                A. Terms
                B. Hemoglobin
                  1. Specimen collection
                  2. Test procedure
                  3. Quality control
                  4. Reporting results
                C. Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
                  1. Specimen collection
                  2. Test procedure
                  3. Quality control
                  4. Reporting results
                D. Other hematology tests
              VI. Coagulation Testing
                  A. Terms
                  B. Coagucheck test for coagulation
                    1. Specimen collection
                    2. Test procedure
                    3. Quality control
                    4. Reporting results
                  C. Other coagulation tests
                VII. Urine Pregnancy Testing
                    A. Terms
                    B. Specimen collection
                    C. Test procedure
                    D. Quality control
                    E. Reporting results
                  VIII. Strep A Testing
                      A. Terms
                      B. Specimen collection
                      C. Test procedure
                      D. Quality control
                      E. Reporting results
                    IX. Glucose Testing
                        A. Types of tests
                          1. Fasting
                          2. Postprandial
                        B. Glucose meters
                        C. Reagent strips
                        D. Specimen collection
                        E. Test procedure
                        F. Quality control
                        G. Reporting results
                      X. Blood Serum Chemistry Profiles
                          A. General
                            1. Normal values
                            2. Abnormal values
                          B. Cardiac function
                          C. Thyroid function
                          D. Liver function
                          E. Kidney function
                          F. Others
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