GROUP NO 3
CONTENTS
A.To describe 20 areas for consideration for
staffs professional training in medical
laboratory
B.To differentiate between quality
assurance and quality control
Quality control and quality assurance
Laboratory information systems
Bloodborne pathogen and infections control
Specimen handling and processing
Laboratory equipment maintenance and troubleshooting
Molecular diagnosis
Immunohematology and blood banking
Clinical chemistry
Hematology and coagulation
Microbiology and virology
Serology ang immunology
Cytogenetics and cytology
Histopathology and cytopathology
Laboratory management and leadership skills
Continuing education and professional development
opportunities
1.Laboratory safety protocols
Involves awareness on safety procedures to follow
examples Know locations of laboratory safety showers,
eyewash stations, and fire extinguishers, Know emergency
exit route, Avoid skin and eye contact with chemicals,
Minimize all chemical exposures, No horseplay will be
tolerated, Assume that all chemicals of unknown toxicity
are highly toxic.
2. Quality control and quality assurance
Quality assurance is the guidelines, policies, and
procedures to make a high-quality product and avoid
defects. In contrast, quality control is the product's actual
review during production to ensure it is created to the
highest standards.
3. Laboratory information systems
Is a software system that records, manages, updates, and
stores patient testing data for clinical and anatomic
pathology laboratories.
4. Bloodborne pathogen and infections control
In some cases, healthcare workers can reduce the risk of
transmitting bloodborne pathogens by eliminating sharps
devices and substituting with non-sharp devices
5.Specimen handling and processing
Avoid patient identification errors, Draw the tubes in the proper
sequence, Use proper containers for collection, Mix all tubes ten
times by gentle inversion immediately after collection, Do not
decant specimens from one type of container into another.
6. Laboratory equipment maintenance and troubleshooting
Wipe every day the equipment used, cover the sensitive
equipment such as microscopes so that dust does not damage the
lenses, cover analytical balances and any other sensitive device..
Perform a thorough cleaning once a week of all equipment
7. Molecular diagnosis
involves taking DNA or RNA, the unique genetic code found in
our cells, and analyzing the sequences for red flags that can
pinpoint the potential emergence of a specific disease.
8. Immunohematology and blood banking
Blood banking/immunohematology is an area of laboratory
medicine that involves the preparation of blood and blood
components for transfusion as well as the selection and
monitoring of those components following transfusion.
9. Clinical chemistry
Clinical chemistry is the biochemical analysis of body fluids in
support of the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Testing in this
specialty utilizes chemical reactions to identify or quantify levels
of chemical compounds in bodily fluids.
10. Hematology and coagulation
Hematology performs a suite of tests including complete blood
count, blood differential, smear morphology and bone marrow
staining coagulation is an important process that prevents
excessive bleeding when a blood vessel is injured. Platelets (a
type of blood cell) and proteins in your plasma (the liquid part of
blood) work together to stop the bleeding by forming a clot over
the injury.
11. Microbiology and virology
Medical microbiologists oversee the prevention, diagnosis and
treatment of illness caused by microorganisms (bacteria, fungi
and parasites). Virologists oversee the diagnosis, management
and treatment of patients with viral infections.
12.HIPAA compliance and patients confidentiality
HIPAA Security Rule on the other hand only deals with the
protection of ePHI or electronic PHI that is created, received,
used, or maintained while confidentiality which means that when
a patient/service user shares information in confidence it must not
be disclosed without some form of legal authority or justification.
13.Phlebotomy techniques
Includes Patient identification, Filling out the
requisition,Equipment.Apply tourniquet and palpate for vein,
Sterilize the site. Insert needle Drawing the specimen.
14.Point of care testing
describe diagnostic testing that is performed in the patient's unit
rather than in the hospital's central lab or outside reference
laboratory
15.Laboratory test interpretation and reporting
interpretation of a laboratory result requires that the result can be
related to a relevant reference value. And Use the Results section
to summarize the findings of your study.
16. Serology ang immunology
Immunology is the study of the body's immune system and its
functions and disorders. Serology is the study of blood serum
(the clear fluid that separates when blood clots).
17. Cytogenetics and cytology
Cytogenetics is essentially a branch of genetics but is also a part
of cell biology/cytology (a subdivision of human anatomy), that
is concerned with how the chromosomes relate to cell behavior,
particularly to their behavior during mitosis and meiosis.
18. Cytogenetics and cytology
Cytology generally involves looking at individual cells or
clusters of cells. Histology involves examining an entire section
of tissue, which contains many types of cells.
19. Laboratory management and leadership skills
includes Leadership skills, Problem-solving skills, Customer
service skills, Patient care, Communication skills, Budgeting
skills. Ability to lead meetings and Project management skills.
20. Continuing education and professional development
opportunities
peer coaching (coaching others and being coached in your
subject or vocational area),subject learning coach or advanced
learning coach training,mentoring new colleagues, peer review
and observation, peer visits to community organizations or
partners, work shadowing, team teaching etc.
Part B
Quality assurance in medical laboratory involves the
overall process of ensuring that the laboratory's operations
and procedures meet established standards, while quality
control focusing on specific procedure and tests to ensure
accuracy and reliability.
Quality assurance involves continuous monitoring and
evaluation of entire laboratory process to identify areas
for improvement, while quality control is focused on
monitoring and maintaining the quality of specific tests
and procedures.
Quality assurance includes the development and
implementation of policies and procedures to ensure
consistent quality, while quality control involves the use of
specific techniques and tool to monitor and maintain the
quality of testing processes.
Quality assurance is proactive in nature ,focusing on
preventing errors and ensuring compliance with
regulations while, quality control is reactive, on
identifying and correcting errors in specific tests or
procedures
Quality assurance involves the establishment of
performance metrics and benchmarks to measure the
effectiveness of laboratory processes, while quality
control involves the use of control samples and proficiency
testing to monitor the accuracy and precision of specific
tests.
Quality assurance require the involvement of all
laboratory staff and management in continuous
improvement efforts, while quality control is typically the
responsibility of laboratory technicians and technologists
performing specific test.
PARTICIPANTS
1.ROSE KWEKA
2.BARACK MABECHE
3.ROGATH BAJUTH
4.AGREYSON LAMECK
5.HOPE SELEMA
6.SAMILA ABDALLAH
7.MARTIN MKANDYA
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