LAB

I.  Learning Report
      This week i worked with a lab technician. while i was there we looked at tissue samples, analyzed urine and blood samples, and looked at different areas in the lab.  i learned about who a pathologist is and what they do, i saw lab equipment such as: hemoglobinometer, chemistry analyzer, coagulation machine, label printer, incubator, and a slide stainer. the best thing that happened to me this week was just seeing all the cool and different equipment, also i went into the storage room that body parts from the OR was stored. i saw body parts like uteruses and gal bladders. the worst thing that happened to me this week was being in the front of the lab (where the patients are). there weren't any patients, so i just went back into the back of the lab. over this week was fair because the second day was boring and kinda a repeat of my first day.

II. Experience Record
    
hemoglobinometer: A whole blood hemoglobin assay is a device consisting or reagents, calibrators, controls, spectrophotometric instrumentation used to measure the hemoglobin content of whole blood for the detection of anemia. This generic device category does not include automated hemoglobin systems.  
coagulation machine: causes a transformation of a liquid or solid into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass. 

slide stainer- stains slides different colors to see what the different chemicals on there do.

there are no therapeutic procedures int the lab. 

also when i was there, there was no disease/disorders determined from the test. 

at the lab the they called the hemoglobinometer a hemo. analyzer.

III. Experience Journal

I. as soon as i walked in i saw a wall. you could turn either left of right, right was the back of the lab where they do all the test, and the left was the out patient area. i worked with a lab technician and she ran diagnostic test on urine, blood, and tissue samples. as a whole the department they receive samples/orders from the OR and ER to run diagnostic test. i saw a

hemoglobinometer: A whole blood hemoglobin assay is a device consisting or reagents, calibrators, controls, spectrophotometric instrumentation used to measure the hemoglobin content of whole blood for the detection of anemia. This generic device category does not include automated hemoglobin systems.  

coagulation machine: causes a transformation of a liquid or solid into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass. 

slide stainer- stains slides different colors to see what the different chemicals on there do. 

II. i saw a few people working in different areas of the back of the lab running test and observing samples. my employee didn't really interact with a lot of people just because she was busy that day and had a lot of work to get done. the communication skills as a department was pretty well. they get orders from the OR/ER to run test. in the area i noticed that everyone at least had on gloves. they scan and run test on various samples and determine what is wrong with the patient. they have a pathologist and hematologist in the lab. 

III. i learned how important the lab is, i always thought the ER and OR were the most important. but without the lab they would never know whats wrong with the patients! for medical terminology she pretty much just said hemo. analyzer. 

IV. my experience as a whole was fairly good. this experience gave me a new appreciation for the lab and the workers in there. i dont think this will benefit my future very much because its still something I'm not very interested in. i think my personality fits best with the out patient area because i work better with people.  

slide stainer