Competency information
Details
Interpret laboratory data in light of clinical details and prepare written reports on patients with one of the following:
- common bleeding disorders
- common thrombotic disorders
- lupus anticoagulation.
Considerations
- Principles and correct use of the instrumentation, reagents and methodology to assess a specific coagulation factor deficiency.
- Reference values and the significance of abnormal results.
- Interpretation of lupus results and the importance of confirmation test.
- Relevance and significance of linearity and parallelism.
- Common clinical findings and laboratory investigation of suspected haemophilia A, B and von Willebrand disease.
- Laboratory findings in acquired coagulation disorders.
- Laboratory investigations of suspected factor inbibitors.
- Principles of replacement therapy.
- Effects of liver disease and vitamin K deficiency on coagulation factors.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Perform a range of laboratory techniques used in screening and investigating haematological disorders. |
| # 5 | Outcome Apply the principles of internal quality control and external quality assessment and draw conclusions about assay performance. |
| # 6 | Outcome Use laboratory IT systems for handling, processing and storage of patient data. |