Competency information
Details
Identify one case requiring urgent intervention and describe relevant clinical advice on follow-up and/or further management
Considerations
- Clinical conditions that may require urgent action and how to instigate such action
- Examples include APML danger of coagulopathy; new CML with very high count; Polycythaemia with hyper viscosity syndrome etc
- Critical values in haematology
- Interaction with the clinical team
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Receive, prepare and process specimens for solid tumour investigation To include supervised dissection, tissue selection cutting, fixation and staining, as appropriate |
| # 2 | Outcome Receive, prepare and process specimens for haematological malignancy investigation To include sampling methods, correct sample procedures, collection and storage of samples nucleic acid extraction and quality assessment |
| # 5 | Outcome Perform a range of laboratory techniques used in screening and investigating histopathological and haematological malignancy disorders |
| # 6 | Outcome Apply the principles of internal quality control and external quality assessment and draw conclusions about assay performance |
| # 7 | Outcome Use laboratory IT systems for the safe handling, processing and storage of patient data |
| # 8 | Outcome Interpret results of clinical diagnostic tests |