2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Dec 26, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook
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CLS 497 - Clinical Practicum - Hematology


Credits: 4
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
Campus/Sites Offered: Off-campus
Offering Note: Off-campus at clinical sites.

Description
Clinical rotation in Hematology. Designed to gain applied experiences and develop entry-level competencies as a Medical Laboratory Scientist.

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Perform proper infection control techniques such as hand washing, gowning, gloving and masking.
  2. Use OSHA Standard Precautions/Universal Precautions.
  3. Use prescribed procedures to handle electrical, radiation, biological and fire hazards.
  4. Assemble specimens, controls, reagents and supplies.
  5. Prepare specimens, controls and reagents for analysis.
  6. Perform assigned tasks after minimal instruction, to completion and within specified time frames.
  7. Use standard operating procedures to correctly perform tasks in the hematology department.
  8. Perform maintenance procedures on analyzers in the hematology department.
  9. Document maintenance procedure and control values.
  10. Use standard operating procedures to document patient results in the hematology department.
  11. Identify patient samples with 100% accuracy.
  12. Identify major components of analyzers in the hematology department.
  13. Recognize clerical and technical errors and take corrective action.
  14. Plan workflow to effectively utilize available resources and time.
  15. Evaluate quality control data to determine acceptability of patient results in the hematology department.
  16. Correlate patient results with health or disease states.
  17. Communicate and interact effectively and appropriately in the workplace with coworkers, hospital staff and patients.
  18. Project an image of professionalism including appearance, dress and behavior.
  19. Display initiative in assuming responsibility.
  20. Accept and conform to rules and procedures.

Prerequisite: CLS 449  
Corequisite: None
Graded: Letter Grade



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