MDAS 1125 - Laboratory Skills I
4 Credits
Co-Requisites MDAS 1132
This course introduces the medical assistant student to the clinical laboratory. Topics covered in this course are laboratory safety, regulations, microscopes, quality assurance, blood collection, basic math, and spirometry. The student will learn to perform evacuated tube, syringe, and butterfly needle venipuncture, as well as capillary puncture. Performance will be on adults only; infant and child methods will be simulated. Students will be expected to participate as both a phlebotomist and a patient.
Major Content Areas
Basic math Blood collection (evacuated tube, syringe, butterfly, capillary puncture) Microscopes Laboratory safety and regulations Spirometry Quality assurance
Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to identify specimen collection equipment and use the equipment toperform collection procedures according to standard laboratory practice and OSHA regulations. Identify blood collection equipment. Demonstrate proper capillary puncture procedure. Use a microscope. Solve basic math problems. Adhere to laboratory safety protocols. Demonstrate proper venipuncture procedure. Recall laboratory personnel. Perform spirometry. Apply quality assurance practices
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