UNIDAD DIDÁCTICA 1. THE CLINICAL ANALYSIS LABORATORY

1. General characteristics of the clinical analysis laboratory
2. Functions of clinical analysis laboratory personnel
3. Safety and risk prevention in the clinical analysis laboratory
4. Waste disposal
5. Quality control

UNIT 2. CLINICAL ANALYSIS LABORATORY SECTIONS

1. Sample collection section
2. Sample reception and recording section
3. Sample seeding section
4. Culture media section
5. Product and reagent storage section
6. Bacteriology section
7. Mycobacteria section
8. Mycology section
9. Antibiotics section
10. Immunomicrobiology or serology section
11. Other sections: virology and molecular biology

TEACHING UNIT 3. CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

UNIT 4. BLOOD SAMPLES

1. General characteristics of blood
2. Vascular anatomy
3. Blood collection material
4. Blood collection techniques
5. Common errors
6. Anticoagulants
7. Preanalytical and postanalytical phases of clinical determination. Factors affecting the chemical composition of blood

UNIT 5. HEMOGRAM

1. Introduction to hemogram
2. Hematological series
3. Fundamental hematological analytical methods
4. Sedimentation rate

UNIT 6. BIOCHEMISTRY, SEROLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

1. Obtaining a blood sample for serological, biochemical and microbiological study
2. Biochemistry study
3. Serology study
4. Microbiological study

UNIT DIDACTIC 7. QUALITY CONTROL. AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL NOVELTIES IN THE MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY

1. General characteristics
2. Materials, apparatus and specific procedures in the microbiology laboratory
3. Safety standards in the microbiology laboratory
4. Quality control in the microbiology laboratory
5. Analytical phase control
6. Description of large automatic systems and their operation
7. Usefulness and applications

UNIT DIDACTIC 8. CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

1. Fundamentals
2. Usual flora of the human species
3. Main microorganisms involved in human infectious processes
4. Work protocols according to the type of sample
5. Sample collection, transport and processing for bacteriological analysis

TEACHING UNIT 9. TECHNIQUES USED IN CELL CULTURES

1. Obtaining a primary culture
2. Maintenance of a cell line
3. Subcultures
4. Techniques for the isolation and selection of cell clones
5. Cryopreservation techniques

UNIT DIDACTIC 10. APPLIED MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TECHNIQUES

1. The comet technique
2. Cell staining techniques
3. In situ hybridization
4. Flow cytometry