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BM3102:03

Laboratory Management and Quality Assurance

Townsville

HECS Band 2

36 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials, 24 hours practicals. Semester 2.

Staff:

Mr J Warner.

Human resource management: Professional utilisation and development of workforce.

Operational issues: Range of testing equipment available: modes of operation maintenance and servicing. Interfaces to laboratory information systems.

Quality assurance/quality management: Sample identification and preparation. Quality control. Medico - legal considerations. ISO guideline NATA accreditation.

Results: Validation. Registration on central computer system. Interpretation. Expert advice.

Learning Objectives:

knowledge of issues of human and capital resource management for medical laboratories;

knowledge of issues of pre, post and analytical quality assurance;

working knowledge of laboratory information systems;

understanding of NATA accreditation process for medical testing.

Assessment by written examination (70%); assignment/seminar (30%).