Prepared by:

Miss Charmain Tuaño Solas, RMT, MAT 1

 Branch of laboratory medicine which
deals with the diagnostic or therapeutic
applications of science and technology.

 Known as Clinical Laboratory Science

 A dynamic healthcare profession that

deals with the study and practice of
diagnostic laboratory medicine
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 To improve the management of health
conditions using various means of
identifying the causes and nature of
diseases;

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 To aid other health professionals in
decision-making as well as in
therapeutic directions; and

 Ultimately to deliver an excellent

patient care and improve the quality of
life

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 provide the 80% of the
critical objective
information for diagnosis,
treatment, and preventive
health care by analyzing
body tissues and fluids
using complex
instrumentation,
sophisticated techniques,
and specialized
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 Philippine Medical Technology Act
of 1969

 Medical Technology is an auxiliary

branch of laboratory medicine which
deals with the examination of various
human specimens to aid the physician
in the diagnosis, study, and treatment of
diseases and in the promotion of health
in general.
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 Examination of tissues, secretions and
excretions of the human body and body
fluids by various laboratory procedures
and techniques either manual or
automated;

 Blood Banking procedures and

techniques;

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 Parasitologic, Mycologic and Microbiologic
procedures and techniques;

 Histopathologic techniques and

Cytotechnology;

 Clinical research involving patients

requiring the application of medical
technology knowledge and procedures;

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 Preparation and standardization of
reagents, controls, stains and others;

 Clinical laboratory quality control;

 Collection and preservation of specimens

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 450 BC – 300 AD  diseases are
punishment from the gods
A Hippocrates  conventional thinking:
A Body = 4 Humors:
1. blood
2. phlegm
3. black bile
4. yellow bile

Technology  Clinical Technology

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 Vivian Herrick  strongly believes that
medical technology may be traced back in
1550 BC when intestinal parasites such as
the Taenia and Ascaris were mentioned.

 Ruth Williams  wrote a book on

“Introduction to the Profession of Medical
Technology.”
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 Dr. Douglas  started the first laboratory
instruction in 1884

 Dr. James Todd  published a laboratory

guide entitled, “Manual of Clinical
Diagnosis” in 1908

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 17th Century  invention of microscope,
examination of biological specimens
microscopically, identification of parasites
and microbes

1896  1st Clinical Laboratory

 University of Pennsylvania William
Pepper Laboratory
 staffs were mostly doctors who have
shown interest in Laboratory
Medicine
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 1900  laboratories began to hire
bacteriologist during the outbreaks of
infectious diseases such as tuberculosis
and typhoid to detect the presence of
pathogens in samples of sputum, throat
cultures, and feces.

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Medical Technology became more
sophisticated and the need for these
workers increased and their numbers
began to rise.

 Laboratory assistants or technicians

trained on the job to perform routine test
procedures.

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 1911  laboratory science was
accepted as basis for diagnosis of diseases

 1915  Pennsylvania State, USA enacted

law requiring all hospitals to have a clinical
laboratory and to employ full time
laboratory technicians.

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 1920  the American College of
Surgeons began requiring trained
technicians to supervise hospital
laboratories

 clinical pathology at this time was

an undefined medical science yet its
practitioners foresaw that laboratory
testing could potentially revolutionize the
power and scope of medical diagnosis

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 1922  the 1st formal recognition of the
profession came when a group of 39
physicians laid the foundation for the
American Society for Clinical Pathology
(ASCP) with the objective to promote the
practice of scientific medicine by a wider
application of clinical laboratory methods
to the diagnosis of disease

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 1928  ASCP created a formal program
to ensure the competence of laboratory
workers through certification and solicited
technicians to apply for certification

 1930  Schools for training laboratory

workers were established and ASCP
issued the first certificate to 400
technicians

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 1933  ASCP began to require that
applicants meet educational prerequisites
and pass both written and practical
examinations to obtain certification

 1940  ASCP required a two-year

collegiate education and 12 months actual
training in the laboratory as preparation for
practice

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1950  A standard curriculum was
formalized in preparation for a Bachelor of
Science degree

 ASCP  issued 2,453 certificates and the

number of technicians certified each year
grew steadily

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 1944  26th Medical Laboratory of the 6th
US Army in Quiricada Street, Sta. Cruz,
Manila started training high school graduates
to become laboratory technicians

 1945  US Army left the 26th Medical

Laboratory to the Philippine Department of
Health
 Dr Alfredo Pio de Roda of the Manila
Health Department set up the Public Health
Laboratory under the city government of
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Manila
 1947  Public Health laboratory-Manila
Health Department (PHL-MHD) started
training laboratory technicians

 1954  PHL offered 6 months training of

high school graduates to become laboratory
technicians and issued certificate of
completion as Medical Technicians

 Philippine Union College (PUC)

offered B.S. Medical and turned out its first
batch of graduates in 1956
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 1957  University of Santo Tomas
(UST) offered Medical Technology as a
major in the degree B.S. in Pharmacy not
B.S. Medical Technology and without the
12-month internship training

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1960  Centro Escolar University
(CEU), through the initiative of
President Carmen de Luna and
university registrar Generosa de Leon,
delegated Dean Purification Suaco to
work for offering the degree B.S.
Medical Technology and turned out the
first batch of graduates in 1962

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 1961  Far Eastern University (FEU)
started offering B.S. in Medical technology
under the College of Medicine and had its
first batch of graduates in 1963

 University of the Philippines (UP)

started offering B.S. in Hygiene

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 September 15, 1963  an
organizational meeting was held at Public
Health Laboratory, Manila which was
attended by professionals and
academicians from the allied medical
profession

 September 20, 1964  Philippine

Association of Medical Technologists
(PAMET) had its first national convention
at FEU Medical Auditorium
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 CEU College of Medical technology was
established in 1960

 Established under the administration of the

CEU’s 2nd President Doña Carmen de Luna

 1962, it gained government recognition for

turning out the first batch of graduates
consisting of only 8 students.
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 The college has grown in terms of
equipment and facilities and is now
considered the best equipped among the
62 schools of medical technology

 With hands-on training on laboratory

instruments, the graduates acquire skills of
international standards

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 1960-1963
 Ms. Purification Suaco,M.S. Chem

 1st Dean of the College of Medical

technology
 organized and monitored the
proper implementation of the Medical
Technology curriculum

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 1963-1969
 Porfirio de Guia, M.D.

 Director of the University medical

Clinic and the Dean of the College of
iberal Arts
 2nd Dean and was credited with the
steady growth in the enrollment
 he was responsible for hospital
training affiliations

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 1969 – 1984
 Velia G. Trinidad, M.D.

 3rd Dean
 additional hospital affiliations for the
training of the increasing number of interns
were established

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 1984-1989
 Fe N. Martinez, RMT, Ph.D.

 4th Dean
 during her term, review class inside
CEU was established to monitor closely the
students’ preparation for the board
examination

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 1989-2006
 Priscilla A. Panlasigui, CLS, Ph.D.

 5th Dean

 Marked the start of curriculum

enrichments to meet the demand of
globalization

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 The following enrichments were
integrated in the curriculum:

 Emergency Medical Technician

course integrated in the subject Anatomy
 Pharmacology integrated in the subject
Clinical Chemistry
 Cytology integrated in the subject
General Pathology & Histotechniques

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 Medical Transcription integrated in
Computer 2
 Research integrated in the subject
Biostatistics

 In 1993, the Medical Technology Program

was awarded the Level II accredited status
by the Philippine Association of
Colleges & Universities Commission on
Accreditation (PACUCOA)
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 1996, it was granted its 1st Reaccredited
Level II status which is good for 5 years

 2001, the College got the Level III

accredited status awarded by PACUCOA,
the first and only College of Medical
Technology in the Philippines to get such
an award

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 2006-Present
 Charito M. Bermido, RMT, Ph.D.

 6th Dean

 responsible for the Level III

Reacreditation of the college in 2007

 many academic reforms especially in

the areas of teaching, research, curriculum,
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 The CEU College of Medical technology
aims to provide the world with Medical
Technologists who are scientifically and
technologically competent to deliver the full
spectrum of Medical Technology services
required in modern health care.

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 Demonstrate competencies in scientific
research, methods and processes;

 Have acquired skills of international

standards in instrumentation, laboratory
diagnostic methodology and life-saving
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 Manifest wholesome values and attitude

to be able to contribute to the over-all

social, mental, physical, health and
environment concerns of the community, of
the country, and of the world.

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A Scope of Practice:

A Providers of Clinical Laboratory Services

A Consultants for Clinical Laboratory

Services

A Providers of Disease-State Risk and

Wellness Assessments
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 Within the scope of practice governing the
profession and consistent with ethical and
legal considerations, clinical laboratory
scientists, qualified by education and
experience, perform laboratory tests and
provide test results to physicians and to
consumers upon request or upon physician
referral, in laboratories which clinical
laboratory scientist may own or operate.

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 Clinical laboratory scientist exercise

prudence and judgment to ensure

that such services are consistent with
good practice and sound professional
ethics.

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 Clinical laboratory scientists may
appropriately provide technical assistance
to physicians, manufacturers, and
consumers of clinical laboratory testing
services, including:

advising upon the design and service

scope of clinical laboratories;

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 advising physicians in the appropriate
utilization, selection and sequencing of
clinical laboratory tests and, in
collaboration with attending physicians,
determining clinical correlations and
interpretations of the quality and utility of
specific laboratory results;

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 advising manufacturers upon the design
and development of clinical laboratory
instruments, test kits and other
components; and

 advising other users and consumers of

clinical laboratory testing services upon
appropriate use, maintenance, quality
assurance and other procedural and
informational requirements.

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 Clinical Laboratory Scientist provide
critical information, they do not diagnose or
prescribe treatment.

 Doctors of Medicine renders diagnosis

and provides treatment for human beings

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 Clinical Laboratory
Scientist qualify by
education and
experience to perform
screening tests to
identify the presence or
absence of factors
known to be associated
with risk of disease or
impairment.
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 Clinical laboratory are bound by applicable
laws and regulations, as well as by standards
of good practice and sound professional
ethics, in their relationships with consumers
and with practitioners of medicine

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 1. Scientific Function

2. Managerial Function

3. Educational Function

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 includes the
production of test data,
monitoring the
accuracy, precision and
utility of laboratory
testing, the correlation
and interpretation of
test data, and the
design, evaluation and
implementation of new
laboratory methods.
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 includes managing all
aspects of laboratory
operations:

 Technical
 Fiscal
 Workflow
 Human resources

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 includes the
establishment and
management of
educational
programs for new
and current
laboratory
practitioners, other
health providers
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1) Automation of clinical
instruments

 modern laboratory
equipments are
designed to increase
productivity, decease
biohazard exposure,
decrease labor costs,
and offer a level of
procedural consistency
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Modern Devices in the Clinical laboratory
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2) Molecular diagnosis of diseases

 has a tremendous impact on laboratory

diagnosis and patient management
 clinical applications of molecular tests:

 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and

other infectious disease
 Diagnosis of cancer
 Detection of genetic disorders

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