This document outlines the course outcomes and pledge for a medical laboratory professional ethics course. The course aims to teach students how to perform various medical lab tests and procedures, including estimating hemoglobin, performing blood counts and blood typing, measuring clotting time and blood pressure, and conducting electrocardiograms. The pledge commits medical lab professionals to putting patient welfare first, maintaining professional standards, promoting equitable healthcare, and complying with regulations.

1. UNIT 1
LAB ETHICS

2. Course outcomes
• On completion of course student will be able to:
1. Perform estimation of Haemoglobin
2. Perform total RBC and WBC Count, Differential WBC ount
and Calculate blood indices.
3. Determination of Blood Group.
4. Perform Erythrocyte sedimentation rate [ESR] And PCV
5. Determination of Clotting Time and Bleeding time
6. Perform Auscultation for Heart Sounds and Blood
pressure
7. Perform Electrocardiogram and Determination of vital
capacity.

36. PLEDGE TO THE PROFESSION
1. As a Medical Laboratory Professional, I pledge to uphold my
duty to Patients, the Profession and Society by:
2. Placing patients’ welfare above my own needs and desires.
3. Ensuring that each patient receives care that is safe, effective,
efficient, timely, equitable and patient-centered.
4. Maintaining the dignity and respect for my profession.
5. Promoting the advancement of my profession.
6. Ensuring collegial relationships within the clinical laboratory and
with other patient care providers.
7. Improving access to laboratory services.
8. Promoting equitable distribution of healthcare resources.
9. Complying with laws and regulations and protecting patients
from others' incompetent or illegal practice
10.Changing conditions where necessary to advance the best
interests of patients

37. Reference :
http://www.ascls.org/about-us/code-of-ethics
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2387036
http://cap-acp.org/professionalism_and_ethics.cfm
https://www.cmltm.ca/about-us/code-of-ethics
https://www.ascls.org/about-us/code-of-ethics
http://www.biologydiscussion.com/hematology-2/medical-laboratory-technology-
role-and-ethics-laboratory-hematology/80319