Diagnostic Laboratory Section

Weekly outline

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  General

  

  • Course overview Page
  • Syllabus File
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  11 March - 17 March

  
  Erythrocyte Examination

  • Haemoglobin determinations and its significance
  • Acid Hematin method Page
  • Cyanmethemoglobin method Page
  • Significance Page
  • Determination of Packed Cell Volume
  • Wintrobe Method Page
  • Significance Page
  • Determination of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
  • Methods Page
  • Significance Page
  • Estimation of Erythrocyte count
  • Materials and Methods Page
  • Significance Page
  • Exercise Page
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  18 March - 24 March

  
  Leukocyte Examination

  • Estimation of Leukocyte count
  • Materials and methods Page
  • Significance Page
  • Estimation  of Differential Count
  • Materials and Methods Page
  • Different types of Leukocytes Page
  • Neutrophil of different species Page
  • Eosinophils of different species Page
  • Basophil of different species Page
  • Lymphocyte of different species Page
  • Monocyte of different species Page
  • Significance and interpretation Page
  • Exercise Page
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  25 March - 31 March

  
  Examination of Blood for parasites

  • Wet film Examination Page
  • Microfilaria File
  • Leishman's staining Page
  • Giemsa staining Page
  • Protozoa Demonstrable in blood smear Page
  • Exercise Page
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  1 April - 7 April

  Urinalysis and Clinical significance

  • Physical examination Page
  • Test for blood in urine Page
  • Tests for Proteins Page
  • Test for Glucose Page
  • Test for Ketone bodies Page
  • Test for Bile salts Page
  • Test for Bile pigments Page
  • Exercise Page
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  8 April - 14 April

  
  Faecal examination

  • Direct examination Page
  • Sedimentation Technique Page
  • Results and Interpretation of eggs/larvae/Oocysts/cysts Page
  • Floatation Technique Page
  • Simple floatation Technique Page
  • Centrifugal floatation (Lane's method) Page
  • Results and Interpretation of eggs/larvae/Oocysts/cysts Page
  • Exercise Page
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  15 April - 21 April

  
  Examination of Skin Scraping

  • Examination of Skin Scraping Page
  • Exercise Page
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  22 April - 28 April

  
  Bacterial staining Techniques

  • Simple staining Page
  • Differential Staining Page
  • Acid fast staining Page
  • Exercise Page
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  29 April - 5 May

  
  Cultivation of bacteria

  • Streak plate Method Page
  • Analysis of microbial load in water Page
  • Exercise Page
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  6 May - 12 May

  Antibiotic sensitivity test

  • Preparation of medium Page
  • Primary culture Page
  • Preparation of inoculum Page
  • Procedure Page
  • Selection of antibiotic disc Page
  • Interpretation of result Page
  • Exercise Page
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  13 May - 19 May

  Liver Function Test

  • Estimation of Alanine amino transferase
  • Estimation of ALT Page
  • Clinical Significance of ALT Page
  • Estimation of Aspatate amino transferase
  • Estimation of Aspartate amino transferase Page
  • Clinical significance Page
  • Estimation of Alkaline Phosphatase
  • Method of Estimation Page
  • Clinical significance Page
  • Estimation of Glucose
  • Method of Estimatioin Page
  • Clinical significance of Glucose Page
  • Estimation of Protein and Albumin  
  • Method of estimation Page
  • Clinical significane of protein and albumin Page
  • Estimation of total cholesterol & HDL cholesterol
  • Method of Estimation Page
  • Clinical significance Page
  • Estimation of Bilirubin 
  • Method of estimation Page
  • Exercise Page