Histotechnology

Course aim

To provide an understanding of the nature and types of histopathological techniques applied in the diagnosis of disease conditions in body tissues.

Course content

Specimen collection and handling. Fixation, manual and automated tissue processing, paraffin and plastic embedding, microtomy, procedures for frozen sections. Use of microwaves in fixation. Frozen sectioning, mountants. Dyes and mechanism of staining, types of haematoxylin, metal impregnation, metachromasia. Theory and application of techniques for connective tissues, lipids, amyloid, microorganisms. Procedures for nucleic acids. Identification and significance of pigments in tissues. Mucin histochemistry. Enzyme histochemistry. Neural tissue techniques. Pathology of skin and gastrointestinal systems.

Textbook(s)

Surarna, S.K. et al 2013, Bancroft's Theory and Practice of Histological Techniques, Current Edition, Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, China

Cook D.J. & Warren P.J. 2015, Cellular Pathology An introduction to Techniques and applications, Current Edition, Scion, Banbury UK

Prerequisite(s)

All first and second year courses in the Bachelor of Laboratory Medicine program.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Lecture	2 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 13 weeks
Practical	4 hours x 12 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Examination, MCQ Tests, Practical exercises

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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