Methods in Haematological Biology

wbcmm2101  2019-2020  Bruxelles Woluwe

Methods in Haematological Biology
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
3 credits
20.0 h + 10.0 h
Teacher(s)
Defour Jean-Philippe; JACQMIN Hugues; Mullier François; Saussoy Pascale (coordinator); van Dievoet Marie-Astrid;
Language
French
Main themes
Morphology (5 hours) : - Automated counting of the blood cells - Errors in an Haematological Morphology Lab - Quality control (including the evaluation of an automated haematology counter) - Microscopy : principles, special optical systems, electron microscopy - General morphological methods : harvesting, fixation, differentiation,… - Special morphological methods : cytochemistry, cytoenzymology, immunocytochemistry, autoradiography Immuno-haematology (5 hours) : - Blood groups - Irregular anti-erythrocyte allo-antibodies - Anti-erythrocyte auto-antibodies - Pretransfusion cross-matching - Flow cytometry : principles and applications Transfusion (4 hours) : - Blood donation - Organization in a blood transfusion centre - Red cell transfusion - Labile and stable blood components - Transfusion complications Haemostasis (6 hours) : - Routine tests in coagulation - Specific quantitative analysis of factor VIII, von Willebrand, IX, XI, XII, and prenatal diagnosis of haemophilia and von Willebrand disease - Specific quantitative analysis of factor I, II, V, VII, X - Dysfibrinogenemia evaluation - Thrombophilic evaluation - Activation markers in haemostasis - Screening and quantitative analysis of natural and pathological coagulation inhibitors - Control of the efficacy of anticoagulant and anti-aggregation treatment - Evaluation of the fibrinolysis and control of thrombolytic treatment
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 Explanation of the methods used in morphology, immuno-haematology, blood transfusion and haemostasis. Teaching interpretation of the results in relationship with the clinical situations. Quality control and general organization in a Haematology Lab.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
Lecture and practice. Practical teaching of the medical doctors and pharmacists in training, about the medical supervision of the emergency tests (haemostasis, blood transfusion and morphology)
Other information
Evaluation : -written and oral examination (theory) -practical evaluation after a 6 months training period
Faculty or entity
MED


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Advanced Master in Clinical Biology