This module reviews how to navigate the course, describes the module structure, and lists other resources to prepare for the Medical Laboratory Scientist certification exam.

This module is split into two parts.

• Part A - Foundations of Clinical Laboratory Practice: Reviews the principles and procedures of laboratory quality, laws and regulations governing the laboratory, laboratory instrumentation, maintenance, principles of operation, laboratory mathematics, and standards and procedures for laboratory safety. 
• Part B - Specimen Collection and Handling: Reviews procedures to maintain specimen integrity for blood specimens, including the use of appropriate collection tubes, venipuncture steps, and capillary draw steps, the proper order of draw, procedures to maintain specimen integrity for non-blood specimens, including urine, stool, other non-blood specimens, and irretrievable specimens, and the causes of erroneous results. 

This module reviews the principles of operation and maintenance of common clinical chemistry instruments, describes renal function tests and hepatic function tests and their clinical significance, carbohydrate metabolism, protein analysis techniques, enzyme assays, endocrine function tests, lipid metabolism, fluid and electrolyte balance, acid-base balance and pH regulation, cerebrospinal fluid collection and analysis, and other chemistry procedures.

This module reviews the anatomy and physiology of blood, explains the principles and procedures of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and special tests, and describes various instrumentation and preventative maintenance.

This module reviews the processes and mechanisms of hemostasis, types of hemostatic disorders and their characterizations, and the tests and procedures used for coagulation and hemostasis.

This module reviews the principles of immunology and serology, syphilis and the principles and procedures of serological tests, immunology and serology test procedures, and special test procedures.

This module reviews major blood group systems, their antigens and antibodies, the immune response, classes of immunoglobulins, tests and procedures involved in pretransfusion compatibility testing, and hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) and testing considerations.

This module reviews blood banks and regulatory bodies ensuring safety and quality of blood products, describes blood collection and donation, differentiates blood components, blood component preparation, storage, and labeling, special patient populations and transfusion considerations, and therapeutic phlebotomy indications and outcomes.

This module reviews bacteriology principles and procedures, bacterial identification, special bacterial tests, virology, parasitology, mycology, and quality control in microbiology.

This module reviews renal system anatomy and physiology, procedures for collecting and processing urine specimens, physical, chemical, microscopic, and confirmatory procedures for analyzing urine, and special testing methods associated with urinalysis and body fluids.