Keep the faith

Keep the challenges on, or rather compete with yourself..... Stay focus...  Just believe in yourself, be the real you... You'll get there! Make things happen! :) 

It never gets easier; you just get stronger.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." -C.S.LEWIS

SUCCESS IS TO SACRIFICE.

Alam ko na kaya ko to, there's always room for improvement. Just keep in mind, that I'll get there soon. Ilang kembot na lang, makakarating na ko do'n. Konting sipag at effort pa, you'll see me with a big smile. Sabi nga nila, Practice makes perfect, eh. I'll read and read and read. And of course, pray hard too. I know God is always guiding us. DO YOUR BEST AND GOD WILL DO THE REST. ®

Study hard, Pray hard and Do the best!

Pathology Department

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

Community Extension Program

December 21, 2012 @ Banay-Banay 1st, San Jose, Batangas

Fieldtrip - Everything at Once

Last November 27, 2012 I visited the Davao Crocodile Park – Manila, Philippine Science Centrum – Marikina and The Mind Museum - Taguig. The purpose of this trip was to look at some of the exhibits to see how information about science is presented and to learn more about concepts and discoveries related to this area of medical laboratory science.

About 6:30 am we start to go to our first destination the Davao Crocodile Park – Manila. The students were accompanied by the tour guide named “Ate CJ” and some of the MLS faculty. Approximately 9:05 am when we arrived at Davao Crocodile Park – Manila. The first show I visited was Hornbill show by Billy and Bill. The audience will only say the magic word “fly” and “catch”. Followed by the raven bird show named Noahafter that is the green male parrot show named Hannah and white cockatoos named Jam. The other audiences are enjoying the live bird show because of amusement and how do birds really follow the instructions given to them by their masters. However, the masters showed the kids how they feed their crocodiles. The finale, there was the man who cross the rope using his feet at the same time not using safety gear. He has a secret balancing power that he used in able to go in the other side of the station, but to think of it, what if he fall to that 10 feet river of so many crocodiles? He could really die. And there’s the incident. He fell and fortunately he’s ready with his grip and balance to stand using that rope. It’s “buwis-buhay” stuff. We are able to have a photograph with the little crocodile. Kids are so scary, and when the big python showed up and placed in the top of the table with no mouthpiece. Jeez, the skin of that long, long, long snake is so scary.

11:05 am lunch at BlueWave, Pasay. Then, 1:15 pm we arrive at Philippine Science Centrum – Marikina. That is the only exhibit I went that has no air-conditioning unit,  everyone of us are looking for cool place, cause we can’t enjoy the scenery if it’s too hot. 3:30 pm we enter the The Mind Museum – Taguigbecause our ticket time schedule is from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm and we were welcomed by the robot named Aedi. That was the most interesting part of the field trip for me. I discover a lot of things and it was a great help for the students like me that’s why it was called “the first world class museum in the Philippines.”  After a one of a kind experience at the Mind Museum, we went at Market! Market!, also in Taguig City to have our dinner and buy some souvenirs. Our bus no. 2 left the mall around 8:45 pm.

Overall, it was a fun experience with my new school. I’m glad because schools allow fieldtrips; especially in CAMP they include it in the MLS curriculum. Out of 10, I rank the whole field trip a grade of 9. 

Reiss Perez

Reiss Perez