4715 (v.5) Medical Laboratory Science 131
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
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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. |
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