BLKIM051x Clinical Immunology - practice

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2.7. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marcela Vlková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Miroslava Bučková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Marcela Vlková, Ph.D.
Department of Laboratory Methods – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Michaela Gregorovičová
Supplier department: Department of Laboratory Methods – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites
BLKIM051c Clinical Immunology - practice
Completion of subjects BLKIM0411c.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Laboratory practice supplements the practicals in clinical immunology subject. The students will get acquainted with organisation and practical the processing of the biological material from its reception to the final laboratory report. The students work under the supervision of experienced laboratory technicians and practically perform selected laboratory tests. At the end of this course the student shoud be able to preform under the supervision basic immunologic tests, undrstan the use of the laboratory information system and describe and practically use the knowledge of managing clinical immunology laboratory .
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the student shoud be able to preform under the supervision basic immunologic tests, undrstan the use of the laboratory information system and describe and practically use the knowledge of managing clinical immunology laboratory .
Syllabus
  • Good laboratory praxis – principles of quality assurance and quality control in the clinical immunology laboratory. National and international reference preparations.
  • Problems of establishing of „normal or reference ranges“.
  • Laboratory data logging.
  • The role of the laboratory technician in interpetaion of laboratory results interpretation.Standardization of immunoassays. Organizace provozu v imunologické laboratoři, základní dokumentace
  • Prepartion, handling and storing of patient´s sera
  • KDetaremination of protein concentration by turbidimetry and nephelometry
  • The use of immunoassays
  • Determination of complement and phagocytosis
  • phenotyping of cells by flow cytometry
  • Lymphocyte function tests
Literature
  • LITZMAN, Jiří, Tomáš FREIBERGER, Vlastimil KRÁL and Vojtěch THON. Základy vyšetření v klinické imunologii (Investigations in clinical immunology). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 59 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-4227-8. info
  • BARTŮŇKOVÁ, Jiřina and Milan PAULÍK. Vyšetřovací metody v imunologii. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2005, 176 s. ISBN 8024706911. info
Teaching methods
Pracical work in the routine laboratory under the supervision of the experienced technicians.
Assessment methods
For obtainiung the credit at least 90% presence with adequate personal activity in laboratory is required.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
General note: Všechny formy kontaktní výuky předmětu vyjma přednášek jsou povinné.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 40.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2019, spring 2020.
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