The Clinical Laboratory
Pathology Department
- facility that performs chemical & microscopic
examinations of various body fluids like blood & tissues
-the workplace of the medical technologist
Clinical Pathology
1. Clinical Pathology
– specializes in chemical, microbiological and hematologic procedures
2. Anatomic pathology
– the diagnosis or confirmation of diseases through autopsy examination &
cellular differentiation of autopsy & surgical tissues
3. Forensic Pathology
– includes all medico-legal examinations
Pathology Department:
ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY
a. Morgue
b. Histopathology Lab
c. Cytology Lab
d. Cytogenetics Lab
e. Electron Microscopy Lab
CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
a. Clinical Chemistry Lab
b. Hematology
c. Immuno-Serology Lab
d. Blood Bank
e. Clinical Microbiology Lab
f. Clinical Microscopy Lab
Sections:
1.
Clinical
Chemistry – where chemical analysis of body fluids are either done manually
or in automation
2.
Clinical
Microscopy – consists mainly of urinalysis but this also includes CSF cell
counts, gastric analysis, semen analysis, transudates & exudates analysis
3.
Hematology
- where CBCs are made, platelet counts,
coagulation studies, bone marrow smear
4. Blood
Bank – where blood typing, blood grouping, cross matching tests and
screening of blood donors are done
- deals with clinical and serological
nature of antigens and antibodies as they relate to the transfusion of blood
and blood components
5.
Immunology
and Serology – identifying antibodies (proteins made by a type of white
blood cell in response to an antigen, a foreign protein in the body)
- serologic tests for syphilis, hepatitis,
HIV and other common diseases
- investigating problems with the immune system
such as autoimmune diseases (when the body’s immune system turns on its own
tissues) and immunodeficiency disorders (when a body’s immune system is
underactive)
-determining organ compatibility for
transplantation
6.
Microbiology
– where identification of causative agents of diseases are done in specimens
like blood, excretions, body fluids, etc.
7.
Parasitology
– where identification of ova,cysts, and adult parasites are done in stool,
urine and other specimen
8.
Histopathology - includes examination of tissues obtained
from biopsy and autopsy
9.
Nuclear
Medicine – requires the use of radioactive isotopes in the diagnosis and
treatment of diseases
