Physician Office Laboratory

Catalog description

This course provides medical assisting students with a foundational overview and practice of clinical and laboratory procedures completed in a physician’s office and outpatient health care settings. The course incorporates concepts of critical thinking, safety, and infection control. The course will focus on laboratory testing, associated pathology, collection and processing of specimens that are aligned with Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) regulations and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). Laboratory testing will include urinalysis, microbiology and immunology testing, hematology test, chemistry tests. Procedures include venipuncture, capillary puncture and specimen collection for point-of-care testing.