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Specimen Collection and POC Testing 1Laajuus (5 cr)

Code: TH00CO66

Credits

5 op

Objective

- Students are aware of the principles of health care ethics and are committed to behave in accordance with them.
- Students can describe phases of clinical laboratory process.
- Students know how to collect and handle different clinical specimens in careful and safe manner and plan, implement and critically evaluate the specimen collection situations
- Students can describe the principles of patient safety. Students are able to answer for the safety and well-being of the client during the specimen collection.
- Students are aware of the impact of pre-analytical factors on the results of laboratory examinations when guiding clients for specimen collection, when collecting specimen and carrying out POC tests.
- Students are familiar with multi-cultural issues in the client work of social services and health care.
- Students know how to act in line with the principles of good service in client work and in collaboration with other professional groups.
- Students are aware of the quality management procedures of the laboratory and know ways of implementing quality management in clinical laboratory work.
- Students can justify their own work based on evidenced practice

Content

- biomedical laboratory scientist’s professional ethics and ethical principles
- clinical laboratory process and patient in clinical laboratory
- phlebotomy equipments and clinical specimen materials
- Patient’s rights and responsibilities and good patient care
- Patient’s safety; patient and specimen indentification, laboratory information systems and confidentiality agreement
- preanalytical factors and patient guidance to laboratory tests
- operating principle and use of the centrifuge
- safety and quality aspects while collecting and handling the specimen
- patient, phlebotomist and environmental safety factors throughout the laboratory process
- venipuncture and finger stick
- POCtesting and quality management
- aseptics
- ergonomy
- waste management
- how to deal with an anxious patient in laboratory
- evidence based practice throughout the clinical laboratory process

Enrollment

02.12.2024 - 26.01.2025

Timing

01.01.2025 - 31.05.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

ETKDipa

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Biomedical Laboratory Science
Teachers
  • Anniina Friman
Scheduling groups
  • ryhmä 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • ryhmä 2 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
  • MBIOTK25
Small groups
  • 1
  • 2

Objective

- Students are aware of the principles of health care ethics and are committed to behave in accordance with them.
- Students can describe phases of clinical laboratory process.
- Students know how to collect and handle different clinical specimens in careful and safe manner and plan, implement and critically evaluate the specimen collection situations
- Students can describe the principles of patient safety. Students are able to answer for the safety and well-being of the client during the specimen collection.
- Students are aware of the impact of pre-analytical factors on the results of laboratory examinations when guiding clients for specimen collection, when collecting specimen and carrying out POC tests.
- Students are familiar with multi-cultural issues in the client work of social services and health care.
- Students know how to act in line with the principles of good service in client work and in collaboration with other professional groups.
- Students are aware of the quality management procedures of the laboratory and know ways of implementing quality management in clinical laboratory work.
- Students can justify their own work based on evidenced practice

Content

- biomedical laboratory scientist’s professional ethics and ethical principles
- clinical laboratory process and patient in clinical laboratory
- phlebotomy equipments and clinical specimen materials
- Patient’s rights and responsibilities and good patient care
- Patient’s safety; patient and specimen indentification, laboratory information systems and confidentiality agreement
- preanalytical factors and patient guidance to laboratory tests
- operating principle and use of the centrifuge
- safety and quality aspects while collecting and handling the specimen
- patient, phlebotomist and environmental safety factors throughout the laboratory process
- venipuncture and finger stick
- POCtesting and quality management
- aseptics
- ergonomy
- waste management
- how to deal with an anxious patient in laboratory
- evidence based practice throughout the clinical laboratory process

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.07.2024 - 31.08.2024

Timing

27.08.2024 - 29.10.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Emergency Care, Public Health Nursing and Midwifery

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Biomedical Laboratory Science
Teachers
  • Mari Hiekko
Groups
  • PBIOS24A
  • PBIOS24B

Objective

- Students are aware of the principles of health care ethics and are committed to behave in accordance with them.
- Students can describe phases of clinical laboratory process.
- Students know how to collect and handle different clinical specimens in careful and safe manner and plan, implement and critically evaluate the specimen collection situations
- Students can describe the principles of patient safety. Students are able to answer for the safety and well-being of the client during the specimen collection.
- Students are aware of the impact of pre-analytical factors on the results of laboratory examinations when guiding clients for specimen collection, when collecting specimen and carrying out POC tests.
- Students are familiar with multi-cultural issues in the client work of social services and health care.
- Students know how to act in line with the principles of good service in client work and in collaboration with other professional groups.
- Students are aware of the quality management procedures of the laboratory and know ways of implementing quality management in clinical laboratory work.
- Students can justify their own work based on evidenced practice

Content

- biomedical laboratory scientist’s professional ethics and ethical principles
- clinical laboratory process and patient in clinical laboratory
- phlebotomy equipments and clinical specimen materials
- Patient’s rights and responsibilities and good patient care
- Patient’s safety; patient and specimen indentification, laboratory information systems and confidentiality agreement
- preanalytical factors and patient guidance to laboratory tests
- operating principle and use of the centrifuge
- safety and quality aspects while collecting and handling the specimen
- patient, phlebotomist and environmental safety factors throughout the laboratory process
- venipuncture and finger stick
- POCtesting and quality management
- aseptics
- ergonomy
- waste management
- how to deal with an anxious patient in laboratory
- evidence based practice throughout the clinical laboratory process

Evaluation scale

H-5

Enrollment

02.07.2023 - 31.08.2023

Timing

01.08.2023 - 24.11.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Rehabilitation and Special Areas in Health Care

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Degree Programme in Biomedical Laboratory Science
Teachers
  • TERHY7 Virtuaalihenkilö7 BIO
  • Mari Hiekko
Groups
  • PBIOS23B
  • PBIOS23A

Objective

- Students are aware of the principles of health care ethics and are committed to behave in accordance with them.
- Students can describe phases of clinical laboratory process.
- Students know how to collect and handle different clinical specimens in careful and safe manner and plan, implement and critically evaluate the specimen collection situations
- Students can describe the principles of patient safety. Students are able to answer for the safety and well-being of the client during the specimen collection.
- Students are aware of the impact of pre-analytical factors on the results of laboratory examinations when guiding clients for specimen collection, when collecting specimen and carrying out POC tests.
- Students are familiar with multi-cultural issues in the client work of social services and health care.
- Students know how to act in line with the principles of good service in client work and in collaboration with other professional groups.
- Students are aware of the quality management procedures of the laboratory and know ways of implementing quality management in clinical laboratory work.
- Students can justify their own work based on evidenced practice

Content

- biomedical laboratory scientist’s professional ethics and ethical principles
- clinical laboratory process and patient in clinical laboratory
- phlebotomy equipments and clinical specimen materials
- Patient’s rights and responsibilities and good patient care
- Patient’s safety; patient and specimen indentification, laboratory information systems and confidentiality agreement
- preanalytical factors and patient guidance to laboratory tests
- operating principle and use of the centrifuge
- safety and quality aspects while collecting and handling the specimen
- patient, phlebotomist and environmental safety factors throughout the laboratory process
- venipuncture and finger stick
- POCtesting and quality management
- aseptics
- ergonomy
- waste management
- how to deal with an anxious patient in laboratory
- evidence based practice throughout the clinical laboratory process

Evaluation scale

H-5