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From patient to result
27 November 2026
08 h – 17 h
8 h
Enable participants to understand and reconstruct the entire pathway of a specimen in the medical laboratory, from patient identification through to validation and reporting of the result.
- Identify the pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical phases
- Explain the link between the patient, the test request and the specimen
- Understand the requirements for preparation, specimen collection and identification
- Describe packaging, transport and storage conditions
- Recognise a compliant or non-compliant specimen
- Understand specimen preparation and the analytical phase
- Distinguish between technical validation and biological validation
- Explain the principles of reporting, archiving and confidentiality
- Reconstruct the complete traceability of a specimen
Intended audience
- Students in biomedical analysis
- Students in medical biology
- Students in biomedical sciences
- Students in health sciences
- Laboratory trainees
- Recent graduates wishing to consolidate their understanding of the process
Assessment and validation
Training certificate
This programme strengthens skills and employability; it is not an automatic promise of recruitment.
