Taipei City Hospital

Training period:

3 months; it can be modified as required

Training contents:

• General laboratory technology
  >Hematology and blood bank
  >Biochemistry
  >Serology and immunology
  >Microbiology and parasitology
  >TB( tuberculosis) test and venereal disease test
  >Molecular diagnosis
  >Others
• Clinical training in general medical laboratory
  >Laboratory information system
  >Quality management system
  >Specimen handling, testing and reporting
  >Clinical microscopy training
  (urine sediment, body fluids, sputum, stool parasites, etc.)
  >Emergency laboratory tests
  >Critical value reporting
  >Corrective actions and preventive actions
  >Case discussion

• Blood Bank training
  >Blood typing, cross matching & antibody screening
  >Blood components transfusion
  >Transfusion reactions
  >Blood donation center (2 weeks)
• Clinical hematology training
  >Making and staining of blood smears
  >The interpretation of blood smears
  >Differential diagnosis of common hematologic disorders
• Clinical hematology training
  >Biochemistry auto-analyzers
  >Quality control and proficiency testing
  >Interpretation of laboratory data
  >Laboratory data validation and reporting
• Clinical serology and immunology training
  >Hepatitis markers
  >Tumor markers
  >Hormones
  >Allergies test
• Clinical Microbiology training
  >Culture (blood, urine, body fluids, sputum..)
  >Gram stain, Acid fast stain, …etc.
  >Drug Sensitivity test
• Venereal diseases laboratory
  >HIV serum test
  >CD4/CD8 flow cytometry
  >Syphilis test
  >Molecular diagnosis
• Tuberculosis Laboratory
  >Sputum acid fast staining and interpretation
  >Tuberculosis culture and identification
  >Molecular diagnosis