Medical Laboratory Overview

A place equipped with instruments, equipment, and chemicals for performing experimental works or research activities.

A medical laboratory is a part of a laboratory that is equipped with biomedical instruments and chemicals for performing diagnostic activities using biological specimens.

Almost one hundred years.

<p>The explosion of knowledge in biological and clinical sciences, development of automation, and more sophisticated laboratory techniques.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Medical laboratory science professionals require a bachelor's degree, master's degree, or doctoral degree.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A well-developed body of knowledge that includes portions of basic and medical sciences, medical techniques, and research methods.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It facilitates and ensures the production of quality medical diagnostic testing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Classifications that describe the relative hazard posed by infectious agents or toxins in the laboratory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ability of an infectious agent or toxin to cause disease, the way in which the infectious agent or toxin causes disease, the activities performed in the laboratory, the safety equipment and design elements present in the laboratory, and the health and training of the laboratory worker.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>4 risk groups (Risk group I, Risk group II, Risk group III, and Risk group IV)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Low individual and low community risk; a pathogen is unlikely to cause disease.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>High individual and low community risk; a pathogen that usually produces human disease but does not ordinarily spread from one infected individual to another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Basic lab (Level 1 and Level 2 laboratories)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Containment Laboratory Level 3</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Covid-19</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The level of containment and the type of organisms handled; Containment Laboratory Level 3 is more advanced and handles higher-risk organisms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To remove hazardous organisms and minimize the risk of infection to as few people as possible.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A microbiological safety cabinet and controlled ventilation system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Supervising community-based health center labs, testing referred specimens, and providing support to the community.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Assisting and supervising DHLs, analyzing referred samples, performing specialized tests, and investigating epidemics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Assisting and supervising DHLs, analyzing referred samples, performing specialized tests, and investigating epidemics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To provide accessible and necessary services to the community and population at large.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To work with Risk Group 4 viruses, which require the strictest safety precautions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To provide essential services that support patient care, public health, and disease prevention.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>measurement of various biochemical changes in serum and body fluids</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>sampling, testing, measuring, recording and analyzing specimens in cooperation with the laboratory professional team</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>virology</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>to understand the molecular basis of life</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>to resolve patients' problems presented to the physician by performing laboratory analysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>the study of parasites</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>the science dealing with bacteria</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>ability to analyze minute and delicate specimens</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Achieving good health planning and management in health care system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Increase the accuracy of disease diagnosis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By screening whole blood and blood products for transfusion-transmitted pathogens and screening pregnant women for anemia, infections, and other diseases.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To make a diagnosis of a pathogen, confirm a clinical impression, rule out a disease, provide prognostic information, and screen for diseases.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By providing information to use drugs more selectively, identifying patterns of emerging drug resistance, and monitoring side effects and progress.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Examination of the constituents of blood.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Assessing patients' response to drug therapy and monitoring side effects and progress.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Achieving efficiency and cost-effectiveness in healthcare system.</p> Signup and view all the answers