Hematology · stage 3 of 6

Numbers you can stand behind

Bringing the instrument, the reagents and the controls into a state where the count means something, then producing counts, coagulation results and films from that footing. By the end you can read your control and calibration data before you trust a single patient number, and set up clean work at the bench.

Work through these in order

1. 1Running, calibrating and maintaining haematology instrumentsEquipment and Resources
2. 2Bringing reagents, calibrators and controls into a usable statePreparation and Testing
3. 3Reading control and calibration dataQuality Assurance
4. 4Telling scatter apart from biasQuality Assurance
5. 5Producing a complete blood count you can stand behindPreparation and Testing
6. 6Testing plasma that can carry a coagulation resultPreparation and Testing
7. 7Separating the components of a specimen and measuring themPreparation and Testing
8. 8Hand hygiene and keeping contamination at the benchSafety
9. 9Setting up a molecular assay without contaminating itPreparation and Testing
10. 10Making a film that is worth readingPreparation and Testing
11. 11Staining films so the morphology can actually be readPreparation and Testing

This reading order is MLTPrep’s own. To browse the same material filed against the competency areas instead, go back to the Hematology study guide.

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