Competency information
Details
Perform the analyses to laboratory standard operating procedures:
- haematinics (B12, folate)
- iron
- ferritin
- transferrin saturation (iron-binding capacity).
Considerations
- The investigation and management of patients with:
- anaemia (including pernicious anaemia)
- haemochromatosis.
- The other diagnostic modalities used in the investigation of the above disorders:
- haemochromatosis genetics
- haematological investigations
- cellular pathology investigations (liver biopsy analysis).
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Perform the range of laboratory and point-of-care techniques used in the workplace to investigate nutritional disorders. |
| # 4 | Outcome Perform the clinical and laboratory investigation and analysis and management of disorders of iron metabolism and haem synthesis. |