MEDT 1124: Hematology & Coagulation

Credit Hours 4.0 Lecture Hours 3.0 Lab Hours 3.0
Type of Credit
Occupational/Technical
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Course Description
This course is designed to prepare the student for Clinical Practicum I and II. Included are introductions to the following topics: lab safety, lab instrumentation, and laboratory mathematics. Theoretical and practical laboratory applications of principles and techniques in phlebotomy, normal to abnormal hematology, and coagulation are covered in depth.
Prerequisite(s)
Admission to the Medical Laboratory Technology program and CHEM 1614 or consent of instructor. - Must be completed prior to taking this course.

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

  • Perform with accuracy the analytical tests required in this course, using quality control procedures.
  • Recognize limitations, sources of error, and interfering substances for the analytical tests and take corrective action when possible.
  • Be able to relate/correlate information to disease or non-disease processes in hematology and coagulation.
  • Describe normal and abnormal red cell, white cell, and platelet morphology.
  • Apply technology by operating computers/instruments, maintaining, equipment, and troubleshooting when necessary.
Topical Outline


1. Hematology Quality Control
2. Hematology Manual Counts
3. Hematology Procedures/Special Procedures
4. Cellular Anatomy
5. Hematology Instrumentation
6. Bone Marrow Failure & Introduction to Increased Destruction of Erythrocytes
7. Disorders of Iron and Heme Metabolism Anemias Caused by Defects of DNA Metabolism
8. Intracorpuscular Defects Leading to Increased Erythrocyte Destruction
9. Extracorpuscular Defects leading to Increased Erythrocyte Destruction-Nonimmune Causes
10. Acute and Chronic Leukemias
11. Treatment of Leukocyte Neoplasias
12. Body Fluids (cell counts; transudates vs. exudates)
13. Lymphoproliferative Disorders
14. Myelodysplastic Disorders
15. Myeloproliferative Disorders
16. Clotting Factor Characteristics
17. Coagulation Disorders
18. Hemostasis Lab Tests
19. Common Hemostatic Therapies