Health Care Organizations
HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS * Laboratory Medicine (clinical pathology) * A medical discipline in which clinical laboratory science & technology are applied to the care of patients. * Comprises several major scientific disciplines: clin chem & urinalysis, hematology , microbiology, immunology & blood banking, for some laboratories cytogenetics, toxicology & other specialized divisions are present.
USE OF THE CLINICAL LABORATORY * Serve to educate the physician & other health care providers so that the information available through the reported results can be used appropriately * A role of leadership & education in assisting the physician to understand the most useful pattern of ordering, eg., to serve the best interest of the patient, the clinical decision-making process for the physician, & the costs involved.
LABORATORY DEPARTMENTS OR DIVISIONS. * Depends on its size, the number of tests done, & the facilities available. * The current trend is to have a more “open” design or a core lab, in which personnel can work in any of several areas or divisions. Cross training is important in a core lab model. * Include hematology, hemostasis & coagulation, urnialysis, clinical chemistry, blood bank and transfusion services, immunology & serology, & microbiology
HEMATOLOGY
* Study of blood * Tests done are CBC, cell counts (CSF, synovial fluid), ESR, Reticulocyte count * Components of CBC * RBC * WBC * Platelet count * Hematocrit * Hemoglobin * Differential count
HEMOSTASIS & COAGULATION * Assesses bleeding & clotting problems * Tests most performed are prothrombin time (PT) and activateed partial thromboplastin time (aPTT). * These tests used to identify potential bleeding disorders & to monitor anticoagulant therapy
URINALYSIS
* One of the earliest laboratory tests performed * Provides valuable
USE OF THE CLINICAL LABORATORY * Serve to educate the physician & other health care providers so that the information available through the reported results can be used appropriately * A role of leadership & education in assisting the physician to understand the most useful pattern of ordering, eg., to serve the best interest of the patient, the clinical decision-making process for the physician, & the costs involved.
LABORATORY DEPARTMENTS OR DIVISIONS. * Depends on its size, the number of tests done, & the facilities available. * The current trend is to have a more “open” design or a core lab, in which personnel can work in any of several areas or divisions. Cross training is important in a core lab model. * Include hematology, hemostasis & coagulation, urnialysis, clinical chemistry, blood bank and transfusion services, immunology & serology, & microbiology
HEMATOLOGY
* Study of blood * Tests done are CBC, cell counts (CSF, synovial fluid), ESR, Reticulocyte count * Components of CBC * RBC * WBC * Platelet count * Hematocrit * Hemoglobin * Differential count
HEMOSTASIS & COAGULATION * Assesses bleeding & clotting problems * Tests most performed are prothrombin time (PT) and activateed partial thromboplastin time (aPTT). * These tests used to identify potential bleeding disorders & to monitor anticoagulant therapy
URINALYSIS
* One of the earliest laboratory tests performed * Provides valuable