Course Topics
BLD 842 - Managing Biomedical Laboratory Operations
(2 credits) - Taught Fall Semester of Even Years
- Supply and Demand
- Organizational Structures
- Quality Management
- Laboratory Information Systems
- Capital Equipment
- FMEA and RCA
- Budgeting and Variance Analysis
- Human Resources
- Cost Volume Profit
- Finances
- Productivity
- Strategic Planning
- Laboratory Design
- Reimbursement
BLD 844 Topics in Biomedical Laboratory Operations
(1 Credit) - Taught Spring Semester of Odd Years
- Managing Hypergrowth
- RCA and FMEA
- Lean Quality for the Laboratory
- Licensing of Laboratory Personnel: Pros, Cons, and Myths
- Where will we find the next generation of laboratory professionals?
- Disaster Response: How the lab can prepare
- How to write an effective request for proposal
- Unionization
- PPACA and the lab
- The Laboratory Inspection by a CLIA laboratory surveyor
- Global Health Opportunity
- Delivery of lab technology and relevant continuing education in rural communities in Alaska
BLD 846 Decision Processes for Biomedical Laboratory Operations
(2 Credits) - Taught Fall Semester of Odd Years
- Test Volume
- FDA Approval
- Capital Equipment
- ASR
- NAACLS
- Pharmacogenomics
- Status reports
- Best practices