Study Guide

Objective

Students are familiar with the principles of immunochemical analysis methods and their use in clinical chemistry. Students know the physiological background of examinations in clinical chemistry, their clinical significance and indications for examinations and know how to use their knowledge in clinical chemistry analyses. Students know the measures of quality management in biochemistry and know the principles of using automation, and the phases of validating the analysis results. Students know how to apply the principles of evidence-based laboratory medicine in routine practice.

Content

- Principles of immunochemical techniques
- Common analytes: hormones, therapeutic drugs, clinical toxicology, vitamins and tumor markers
- Newborn screening, inborn errors of metabolism
- Reference values, preanalytical variables and biological variability
- Quality management in clinical chemistry laboratory

Evaluation scale

H-5