Laboratory Management and Functions and General Laboratory Practice

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. discuss the basic concepts of medical laboratory design; 2. discuss planning and organisation; 3. explain accounts and budgeting, ordering, stock – card indexing; 4. describe storage and occupational hazards; 5. explain theory and practice of some common analytical techniques including tissue processing; 6. describe microscopy and other basic Microbiological Equipment use; 7. discuss the principles of Histological Equipment; and 8. discuss the principles and working of haematological and clinical chemistry equipment.

Principles and functions of Management. Personnel Management, Staff/Management relationships, stock control, record keeping. Management and administrative practices. Ecology of administration. Inventory and quality control Accounting and budgeting. Medico-legal aspects of medical laboratory Sciences. Professional ethics. Laboratory planning. Introduction to statistical procedures and biological research estimation, analysis of variance, tests of significance, goodness of fit, correlation and regression. Theory and practice of quality control – setting up quality control, various methods of quality control; factors affecting quality of output. Theory and practice of some common Analytical techniques including tissue processing, Microscopy and other basic Microbiological Equipment use, and principles of Histological Equipment, principles and working of haematological clinical chemistry Equipment; other applied techniques in the Medical Laboratory with emphasis on general Medical Laboratory Instrumentation. Practical Classes based on the above topics. General Review and appraisals of all subjects and practice of medical laboratory sciences to be examined as a common General paper.