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282 • Phoenix College 2005-2006 Catalog
Course Descriptions
HCE167
Laboratory Testing in Patient Care
Service Centers
1 credit 1.5 periods lecture + lab
Basic Point of Care testing in a clinical
setting. Includes procedures for
urinalysis, whole blood hematology,
glucose monitoring, cholesterol and
coagulation testing. Specimen collection
and handling. Compliance with
Occupational Health and Safety
Administration (OSHA) and the Clinical
Laboratory Improvement Amendments
(CLIA) regulations. Prerequisites: None.
Corequisites: HCC130, HCC145, or
permission of Program Director.
HCE170
Overview of Histology (Anatomic)
Laboratory
1 credit 1 period lecture
Overview of anatomic laboratory
services, anatomic laboratory
professionals, and the role of the
histology technician. Emphasis on
certification, accreditation, and
regulatory agencies. Application of
process improvement, quality control,
laboratory mathematics, infection
control, sharps/mechanical hazards,
documentation, medico-legal
implications, and chemical hygiene
principles. Includes information
management in anatomic laboratories.
Importance of management and
supervision leadership principles and
professional growth and ethical conduct.
Prerequisites: Admission to Histology
Program or permission of program
director. Corequisites: HCE171 and
HCE172.
HCE171
Histology Techniques Level 1
2 credits 2 periods lecture
Principles of fixation and fixative
solutions. Anatomic laboratory
instrumentation and specimen handling,
identification, and tracking protocols.
Emphasis on gross examination
processes, tissue processing protocols,
and specialized processing techniques.
Prerequisites: Admission to Histology
Program or permission of program
director. Corequisites: HCE170 and
HCE172.
HCE172
Histology Techniques Level 1 Practicum
3 credits 6 periods lab
Practicum in histology techniques
performed in an anatomic laboratory.
Application of clinical skills for specimen
handling, identification, and tracking
protocols. Use of anatomic laboratory
instrumentation. Study of gross
examination protocols. Demonstration of
fixation techniques, paraffin processing
protocols, and specialized processing
techniques. Performance of clerical and
computer functions using medico-legal
guidelines for documentation. Use of
professional and ethical conduct in all
interpersonal communications.
Prerequisites: Admission to Histology
Program or permission of program
director. Corequisites: HCE170 and
HCE171.
HCE173
Histology Techniques Level 2
3 credits 3 periods lecture
Emphasis on decalcification techniques,
ergonomic safety practices for
microtomy, and frozen section
techniques. Application of embedding
orientation by tissue type. Procedures for
paraffin embedding station, cryostat and
rotary microtome set-up and
maintenance, and sharps safety practices
for the microtome. Includes techniques
for microtomy, specialized microtomy,
frozen section, and cytology specimen
preparation. Prerequisites: HCE172.
Corequisites: HCE174.
HCE174
Histology Techniques Level 2 Practicum
3 credits 6 periods lab
Practicum in histology techniques
performed in an anatomic laboratory.
Use of decalcification and frozen section
techniques. Includes embedding
orientation by tissue type and ergonomic
safety practices for microtomy.
Procedures for the paraffin embedding
station, cryostat and rotary microtome
set-up and maintenance, and sharps
safety practices for the microtome.
Emphasis on techniques for microtomy,
specialized microtomy, frozen section,
and cytology specimen preparation.
Prerequisites: HCE172. Corequisites:
HCE173.
HCE175
Histology Techniques Level 3
3 credits 3 periods lecture
Recognition of basic cellular structure.
Identification of carbohydrates
classification, pigments, minerals, and
lipids in tissues and connective tissue
structures. Explanation of chemical
staining theory. Stain principles and
procedures for nuclear and cytoplasmic
structures, carbohydrates and lipids,
connective tissue, and tissue pigments
and minerals stains. Prerequisites:
HCE173 and HCE174. Corequisites:
HCE176.
HCE176
Histology Techniques Level 3
Practicum
3 credits 6 periods lab
Practicum in histology techniques
performed in an anatomic laboratory.
Recognition of basic cellular structure,
carbohydrate structures, connective
tissue, lipid structures, and pigments and
minerals in tissues. Application of
chemical staining. Emphasis on stains for
nuclear and cytoplasmic structures,
carbohydrates and lipids, connective
tissue, and tissue pigments and minerals
stains. Prerequisites: HCE173 and
HCE174. Corequisites: HCE175.
HCE177
Histology Techniques Level 4
3 credits 3 periods lecture
Identification of pathologic organisms
and neurological structures. Use of stains
for microorganisms and neurological
structures. Explanation of theories of
histochemical and immunohistochemical
staining. Procedures for histochemical
and immunohistochemical stains.
Overview of specimens for electron
microscopy and autopsy procedures.
Emphasis on assessing histology
workflow processes, laboratory
procedure manuals, and workload and
productivity recording and monitors.
Prerequisites: HCE175 and HCE176.
Corequisites: HCE178.