Competency information
Details
Select the appropriate immunological assay to investigate whether the immune system of the patient is immunocompetent or immunodeficient. To include all of the following:
- immunoglobulins and subclasses
- neutrophil function tests
- lymphocyte function tests
- specific antibody responses to vaccine antigens
- complement activity
- cytokine production
- molecular assays to define immunodeficiencies.
Considerations
- The range of immunological assays used to investigate the specified range and their selection.
- Factors influencing the selection of assays.
- The requirements of both internal and external quality control and assessment for immunodeficiency disease in an immunology laboratory.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Select immunology tests for the diagnosis and management of immunodeficiency and monitoring of immunotherapy. |