Competency information
Details
Interpret laboratory data in light of clinical details and prepare basic interpretive written reports on patients with at least two of the following:
- iron deficiency anaemia and iron overload
- haemolytic anaemia
- megaloblastic anaemia/folate deficiency
- polycythaemia
- abnormal haemoglobin and thalassaemia (initial tests)
- haematological malignancy (blood cell abnormalities).
Considerations
- The clinical features and haematological characteristics of:
- iron deficiency and iron overload
- the anaemia of chronic disease
- abnormal haemoglobin and thalassaemia
- haematological malignancy.
- Relevant specific national/international guidelines.
- The information to be included in an interpretative report.
- How to construct an interpretative report and the format required for presentation.
- The lines of communication and responsibility for reporting reactions or complications both in the clinical management of the reaction and the documentation and reporting of the incident.
- Limits of responsibility in the authorisation and issue of interpretative reports.
- Normal and abnormal results and their significance to the clinical question or condition
- Importance of pre-analytical variables.
- Reference values and the significance of abnormal results.
- Limitations of interpretation and reporting.
- How to deal with out-of-range quality control values.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Perform a range of laboratory techniques used in screening and investigating haematological disorders. |
| # 2 | Outcome Perform the range of laboratory and point-of-care techniques (POCTs) used in the investigation of disorders of haemostasis. |
| # 3 | Outcome Perform blood group serology in the context of pre-transfusion testing. |