4715 (v.5) Medical Laboratory Science 131

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Area:	School of Biomedical Science
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Practical:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Co Requisite(s):	302364 (v.1) Measurement in Laboratory Science 131
Laboratory practice - accuracy and precision, requesting and interpreting laboratory tests, quality assurance and biological specimens. Instrumentation - photometry and microscopy. Haematology - structure, function and morphology of the components of blood, cell counting, structure and function of haemoglobin, platelets and reticulocytes, the ESR and RBC indices, blood count and grouping. Biochemistry - biomolecules, basic concepts of metabolism, energy production and storage and metabolism of glucose.