Certified Professional in Healthcare laboratory (CPHL)

Certified Professional in Healthcare laboratory (CPHL) Certificate Objective to ensure the laboratory workforce is prepared with the knowledge and skills needed to make sustainable and significant contributions to patient care.

  Certified Professional in Healthcare laboratory (CPHL) Certificate is intended to promote enhanced delivery of safe and effective care of qualified staff in healthcare laboratory by :

 

1. Encouraging continued professional growth in the practice of laboratory . 

2. Providing a standard of knowledge appropriate for laboratory , thereby assisting the health care professionals in the assessment of laboratory staff.

Topics Include :

- BLOOD BANKING

Blood Products.

Blood Group Systems.

Blood Group Immunology.

Physiology and Pathophysiology.

Serology and Molecular Testing.

Transfusion Practice.

- URINALYSIS AND OTHER BODY FLUIDS

Physical and Chemical Testing.

Microscopic Analysis.

Physiology.

Disease States.

- CHEMISTRY

Carbohydrates.

Lipids.

Heme Derivatives.

Enzymes.

Proteins & Other Nitrogen-Containing Compounds.

Acid-Base Determinations (Including Blood Gases).

Electrolytes.

Endocrinology.

Vitamins and Nutrition.

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring.

Toxicology.

- HEMATOLOGY

Physiology.

Disease States.

Hematology Laboratory Testing.

Hemostasis.

- IMMUNOLOGY

Principles of Immunology.

Diseases of the Immune System.

Transplantation.

Infectious Disease Serology

Serologic and Molecular Procedures.

Test Results.

- MICROBIOLOGY

Preanalytical Procedures.

Analytic Procedures for Bacteriology.

Analytic Procedures for Mycology.

Mycobacteriology.

Parasitology and Virology.

Post-Analytic Procedures.

- LABORATORY OPERATIONS

Quality Assessment/Troubleshooting.

Safety.

Laboratory Mathematics.

Manual/Automated Methodology and Instrumentation.

Basic Management Principles.

Education Principles.