Infectious Dis Lab:Pre-Anal Op

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Infectious Disease Lab: Pre-Analytical Operation This lab presents the essential and applied pre-analytical operations required in the field of clinical bacteriology. This course presents an overview of laboratory procedures used in pre-analytical bacteriology such as, but not limited to, specimen collection and processing, media selection, specimen inoculation and direct microscopic smears including evaluation and interpretation. Students will learn and understand the importance of communication with health professionals to unsure quality patient speciments for submission and recognize potential errors and resolve according to predetermined criteria. This course is presented as a co-requisite course with CLSC 3168 and CLSC 3366 .