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Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Techniques (BMLT)

 

About Medical Laboratory Techniques (BMLT)

The Faculty of Allied Health Sciences at Era University offers a four-year Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Technology (BMLT). Medical Laboratory Technology is an Allied Health profession that focuses on the use of clinical laboratory testing to diagnose, treat, and prevent illnesses.
It is one of the most sought-after paramedical science programs, promising a successful career to those who pursue it. MLT specialists are active constituents of the health-care teams and hospitals. Students learn how to conduct tests, collect data, create reports, and record their results to operate and maintain complex lab equipments.
As the number of laboratory tests being conducted continues to grow due to expansion in health sector and the introduction of new types of tests, employment of clinical laboratory professionals is on the rise.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of three year teaching and training & 6 months of internship, the students should be able to:

  • Perform all the laboratory exercises of Phlebotomy, Clinical Pathology, Hematology, Histopathology, Cytopathology, Biochemistry and Microbiology, independently
  • Handle and operate all the semi-automatic and fully automatic instruments &other equipment used in the laboratory
  • Perform exercises of quality control
  • Maintain the records of the laboratory by proper documentation
  • Supervise and manage the junior technical &non-technical staff of the laboratory
PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Upon the successful completion of the program BSc. MLT graduates are able to:

  • Use their knowledge and technical skills of medical laboratory techniques for providing quality clinical investigations support
  • Conduct routine clinical laboratory procedures within permissible quality control parameters in phlebotomy, haematology, biochemistry, immunohematology and microbiology
  • Demonstrate technical skills, social behaviour and professional awareness for functioning effectively as a Laboratory Technologist
  • Apply problem solving techniques in identifying and correction of pre analytical, post analytical & analytical variables
  • Use proper quality management and safety protocols to operate and maintain laboratory equipment
  • Recognize the global and environmental implications of laboratory experiments.
  • To effectively communicate through oral, graphical and written means
  • Work as a front line leader / team member in diversified professional and industrial research areas
ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION
  • 10 + 2 or equivalent examination recognized by any board with minimum 50% MARKS IN Physics, Chemistry and Biology/ Biotechnology/ Mathematics.
COURSE DURATION

3.5 years + 6 months of internship

CAREER PROSPECTS

Medical laboratory specialists have a vast array of practice settings to choose from. Currently, skilled laboratory experts are in demand in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, public health facilities, pharmaceutical industries, research laboratories and diagnostic centers.
Aspiring students can continue their study and go on to work as scientists or academic professors. Medical Laboratory Technologists with a keen sense of judgment may be able to work as industrial consultants or quality assurance officers or start their own business after gaining experience in the industry.

CURRICULUM AT A GLANCE

HUMAN ANATOMY

  • Introduction to Anatomy
  • Anatomical Terminologies
  • Body cavities & membranes
  • General anatomy of bones, joints muscles, skin & cardiovascular system

PATHOLOGY HEMATOLOGY & CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

  • Introduction to Clinical Pathology
  • Laboratory & Instruments
  • Universal work precaution for lab personnel & waste disposal
  • Commonly used methods for sterilization & collection of blood sample
  • Knowledge of WHO guidelines

BLOOD BANKING

  • Immunohematology & Blood Groups
  • Blood group systems
  • Blood Donor
  • Collection, Storage, Preservation & transportation  of Blood and its components
  • Detection and Identification of antibodies
  • Cross matching (compatibility testing, Antihuman globulin (coomb’s) test

HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY

  • Blood & Cardio vascular system
  • Respiratory & Digestive system
  • Muscle Nerve Physiology

GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INSTRUMENTS

  • History & Scope of Microbiology
  • Working & Uses of Compound Microscope
  • Morphology

SEROLOGY &  IMMUNOLOGY

  • Immunodiagnostics & Precipitation techniques
  • Agglutination, Complement Fixation & Neutralization test & Fluorescence techniques, Skin  tests
  • Antigen Antibody reactions
  • Molecular diagnostic techniques

ENVIRONMENTAL & BIO MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

  • Introduction to Environment, pollution and its types and effect on humans
  • Types of Bio Medical Wastes
  • Collection, Treatment and Safe Disposal of Bio Medical Waste 

LABORATORY MANAGEMENT

  • Introduction to Laboratory
  • Universal work precautions for lab personnel
  • Waste Disposal, Benefits and costs of management system
  • General Requirements: Impartiality, Confidentiality, Structural requirements: (including defining staff roles, reporting Structures and internal communication).
  • Resource requirements, Process requirements

BACTERIOLOGY

  • Introduction to prokaryotic cell, bacterial morphology, cell wall
  • Different type of staining methods etc.
  • E. coli, Shigella Spp. Salmonella Spp. etc.

VIROLOGY

  • General Morphology, properties and ultra-structure of Viruses
  • Cultivation of viruses, Bacteriophages,  Morphology, Pathogenesis and Laboratory Diagnosis of RNA &DNA viruses, Herpes virus, Hepatitis B Virus , Pox Virus

IMMUNOLOGY

  • Immune response
  • Organs of Immune System
  • Factors effecting immunogenicity
  • Role of Complement System
  • Hypersensitivity & Major Histocompatibility Complex

BIOCHEMISTRY

  • Introduction to Biomedical Lab
  • Description of Glassware’s equipment’s
  • Units of measurement
  • Preparation of reagents & solutions

BIOCHEMISTRY(SPECIMEN COLLECTION & ANALYSIS)

  • Specimen Collection & Maintenance
  • Urine & Body Fluid Analysis
  • Basic instruments of Biochemistry
  • Specimen collection, identification, transport, patient preparation for test

QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION

  • Quality Management & Audit in Lab
  • Chromatography & Electrophoretic Techniques
  • Immunoassay & Lab Automation

BIO-ENGINEERING

  • Methods of Data Collection
  • Organization of Data
  • Measures of Central Tendency, Correlation and Regression
  • Sampling, Probability and Probability Distribution