Course Description
31-509-303 MEDICAL ASSISTANT LABORATORY PROCEDURES 1...introduces medical assistant students to laboratory procedures commonly performed by medical assistants in a medical office setting. Students perform Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) waived routine laboratory procedures commonly performed in the ambulatory care setting. Students follow laboratory safety requirements and federal regulations while performing specimen collection and processing, microbiology and urinalysis testing. (Prerequisite: Accepted into Medical Assistant Program; 31-509-302 Human Body in Health/Disease; 31-509-301, MA Administrative Procedures; Corequisite: 31-509-304 Medical Assist Clin Procedures 1)
Course Typically Offered
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Credit for Prior Learning
What will I learn?
- Adhere to laboratory safety principles per federal regulations and guidelines
- Instruct patients in the collection of specimens
- Obtain specimens for laboratory testing
- Process laboratory specimens
- Perform quality control measures
- Perform CLIA waived urinalysis
- Perform CLIA waived microbiology testing
- Perform routine maintenance of clinical lab equipment
- Perform capillary puncture
- Summarize the role of the clinical laboratory in healthcare.
Class list
2 classes found
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Class Number: MEDASST 31509303-3 - Medical Asst Lab Procedures 1
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Class Number: MEDASST 31509303-2 - Medical Asst Lab Procedures 1