Competency information
Details
Receive samples for patients undergoing transplant workup or investigation of platelet refractoriness and enter onto Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).
Considerations
- The local repertoire, source of requests and turnaround times for investigations performed by the training H&I laboratory.
- Clinical indications for solid organ and haemopoietic stem cell transplantation and blood transfusion.
- Minimum data set required for identification of laboratory samples.
- Factors affecting sample integrity and appropriate corrective action.
- Correct use of manual and computerised systems for entering laboratory samples.
- How to assure the quality of personal practice.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Select and perform laboratory tests for Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) antibody identification, definition and data analysis. |
| # 2 | Outcome Select and perform laboratory tests required for the clinical work up of patients awaiting solid organ transplantation, including cross matching for solid organ transplantation. |
| # 3 | Outcome Perform the clinical and laboratory work up of patients referred for investigation of platelet refractoriness. |