A clinical Science and discipline, devoted to quantitative measurement, or qualitative assessment of any substance which can be assayed in any type of biological fluid of any animal species
Laboratory Medicine
Staff of Clinical Laboratory
- Clinical Pathologists
- Blood Bank Pathologists
- Other Pathologists with Specialization
- Medical Technologists
- Receptionists and Laboratory Technicians
Sections/Methods of Laboratory Medicine
- Reception/Specimen Processing
- Clinical Chemistry
- Clinical Immunology
- Clinical Microscopy
- Hematology & Coagulation
- Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking
- Clinical Microbiology
- Anatomic Pathology
- Molecular Genetics
- Immunopathology
- Point of Care Testing
- Molecular Diagnostics
Overall Diagnostic Process
a. Pre-Analytical
b. Analytical
c. Post-Analytical
Disciplines in Clinical Laboratory
- Anatomic Pathology
- Clinical Chemistry
- Clinical Microscopy
- Endocrinology
- Hematology
- Immunology and serology
- Microbiology
- Toxicology
- Molecular and Nuclear Diagnostics
Classifications of Clinical Laboratories
- Classification by Ownership
- Classification by Institutional Character
- Classification by Function
- Classification by Service Capability
2 Types of Classification by Ownership
a. Government - operated by local or national government unit
b. Private - privately owned
2 Types of Classification by Institutional Character
a. Institution Based - within the premise of DOH
b. Non-institution Based - independent and not attached to DOH
3 Classifications by Function
a. Clinical Pathology - deals with chemical and cellular analyses of blood and other body fluids, and identification of microbes and parasites
b. Anatomic Pathology - Processing and examination of surgical specimens
c. Molecular Pathology - Analysis of certain genes, proteins, and other molecules to diagnose disease
Other Clinical Laboratories
- Mobile Clinical Laboratory
- National Reference Laboratory
- Physician’s Office Laboratory
- Free Standing Laboratories
- Point of Care Testing
