Competency information
Details
Perform the analyses to laboratory standard operating procedures on:
- bone metabolism (calcium, phosphate, magnesium and alkaline phosphatase)
- vitamin D and its metabolites
- parathyroid hormone (PTH)
- markers of bone turnover.
Considerations
- The abnormalities of bone metabolism.
- The causes of hypo- and hypercalcaemia.
- Hypo- and hypermagnesaemia.
- Hypo- and hyperphosphataemia.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Perform the range of laboratory and point-of-care testing techniques used in the work-base to investigate major organ function. |
| # 6 | Outcome Perform clinical and laboratory investigation of bone metabolism. |