Competency information
Details
Perform quality assurance and quality control tasks within the diagnostic laboratory.
Considerations
- The principles of quality management, validation and quality control and assurance, and the benefits of both external and internal quality assurance.
- The correct principles and applications of disinfectants, methods for sterilisation and decontamination, and for dealing with waste and spillages correctly.
- Sources of hazard in the workplace, including specimens, raw materials, clinical and special waste and equipment.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 2 | Outcome Perform diagnostic procedures within the statutory and regulatory framework following appropriate quality assurance processes handling gametes correctly to maintain viability. |