MEA 249 - Medical Assisting Lab Procedures

This course introduces the Medical assistant to the POL (Physician Office Lab) and the skills required to maintain the quality control in the lab. The student will learn Lab safety including the practice of bloodborne pathogen standards, OSHA, CLIA government regulations, quality assurance, and proper disinfection and sterilization procedures. Students will practice performing Point of Care Testing (POCT) using proper laboratory techniques, specimen collecting, processing, and testing specimens. Emphasis is on safety, infection prevention, proper patient identification, collecting, handling and labeling of specimens. Topics covered will include hematology, body chemistry, microbiology, ABO/Rh test, immunology testing efficiently maintain the laboratory are also studied.

Credits: 3
Prerequisite: HES 113, HES 129, MEA 100, MEA 110, MEA 205, MEA 256
Corequisite: HES 128, MEA 116, MEA 257

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