Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Medical and Health Sciences

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• Unit Title

  Clinical Laboratory Management

• Unit Code

  ART6004

• Year

  2018

• Enrolment Period

  2

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  20

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

• Unit Coordinator

  A/Prof Peter ROBERTS

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Description

This unit will focus on the quality management of an Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) clinical laboratory and will include the calibration and assessment of precision and accuracy of essential equipment; staff training and competency records; development and maintenance of records and controlled documents; and the traceability of gametes and embryos. Implementation of internal quality control in the laboratory and participation in external quality assurance programmes will also be undertaken. All aspects of critical criteria and good practice criteria required for Certification against the current Reproductive Technology Accreditation Committee (RTAC) Code of Practice (Australia/New Zealand and International Editions) will be examined.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Evaluate the fundamental principles of quality management and accreditation as applied to ART.
2. Critically evaluate the various methods of calibrating and verifying essential equipment.
3. Utilise quality management techniques that demonstrate staff competency through formalised training and assessment.
4. Implement the methods used to ensure traceability of gametes during handling, processing and culture.
5. Apply internal quality control and external quality assurance techniques to the assessment of gametes and embryos as necessary for running an IVF clinic.
6. Identify and critique the criteria required for Certification against the current RTAC Codes of Practice.

Unit Content

1. Quality assurance, management and accreditation.
2. Equipment calibration and validation.
3. Staff training and records.
4. Traceability of gametes and embryos.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and seminars. Students will also attend an accredited Assisted Reproduction/Fertility clinic to observe laboratory procedures.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Core Reading(s)

• Johnson, M. H. (2018). Essential reproduction (8th ed., pp. ix, 412 ). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell.
• Gardner, D., Weissman, A., Howles, C., & Shoham, Z. (2017). (D. K. Gardner, A. Weissman, C. M. Howles, & Z. Shoham, Eds.), Textbook of assisted reproductive techniques (Fifth edition., pp. 1–563). Milton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
• n.d. (2018). Clinical perspectives /. (D. K. Gardner, A. Weissman, C. M. Howles, & Z. Shoham, Eds.), Textbook of assisted reproductive techniques (Fifth edition.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

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