Florida Clinical Lab Complete CE Bundle

At the end of this package, licensees will be able to:

Laws and Rules of Florida: Clinical Lab Update

• Scope of Practice and Specialty Licensure
• Overview of Florida Licensing Processes for Clinical Laboratory Personnel
• Overview of Rules Violations and Disciplinary Procedures Involving Clinical Laboratory Personnel

Preventing Medical Errors for Clinical Lab Professionals

• Identify the two primary types of medical errors
• Explain the importance of near misses in preventing future medical errors
• Explain how errors are analyzed and the role of Root Cause Analysis in this process

HIV/AIDS 1 Hour Update for Florida Health Professionals

• Discuss universal precautions and other infection control techniques that can reduce the risk of HIV transmission in health care settings
• Identify common secondary infections and conditions associated with HIV and AIDS
• Discuss federal and Florida laws pertaining to HIV and AIDS, including confidentiality of testing, the treatment of patients, partner notification and reporting requirements, and the offering of HIV testing to pregnant women

Quality in the Clinical Lab: An update on Quality Control

• Assess charts and histograms and their trends and limits
• Analyze standard deviations, means, coefficients of variation, and other statistics related to quality control
• Have an improved understanding of the basic terminology, quality control, and statistical concepts that are used in the clinical laboratory setting

ABO Discrepancies

• Identify common pre-analytical errors that can lead to incorrect ABO test results and how they can be prevented
• Identify reagents and testing methodologies used to resolve ABO discrepancies
• Identify specific quality control measures that can help reduce the number of ABO discrepancies

Liver Biopsy: An Update for the Lab Personnel

• Explain histology
• Discuss technical preparation
• Identify tumors and diseases of the Liver

Legionnaires' Disease: Training for the Lab Personnel

• List safe procedures for testing and preferred diagnostic testing methods
• Discuss ways to prevent legionellosis at home
• Identify commercial steps for prevention

Molecular Diagnostics: A Review for the Lab Personnel

• Explain the basic DNA and RNA structures used in molecular diagnostics
• Classify the main methodologies for molecular diagnostics
• Differentiate between the most common molecular diagnostic tools

Normal Peripheral Blood Cells: A Guide for the Lab Personnel

• Discuss the function of leykocytes, granulocytes, neutrophils, basophils, and mast cells
• Review the importance of granulocytes
• Explore the purpose of mononuclear cells, platelets, and erythrocytes

The Thyroid Gland: A Discussion for the Lab Personnel

• Discuss thyroid anatomy and histology
• Identify the location and structure of the thyroid Gland
• Recall thyroid function
• Discuss thyroid function infertility