Community Blood Center is proud to offer a rotation in the Immunohematology Reference Lab for students of local MLS programs. A registration code is required. Contact your MLS Program Director.
What is IRL Experience?
- MLS students spend 1 day (8am-4pm) in the Immunohmatology Reference Lab.
- Curriculum
- Prior to arriving, MLS students download and print the IRL Experience Student Handbook and complete assigned online modules.
- Online modules provide background information on the main topics to be covered:
- Comparing blood bank methods
- ABO discrepancies
- DATs, eluates & Rh nomenclature
- Warm autoantibodies
- Students arrive prepared to discuss and perform testing in the IRL.
Questions? Please address any questions to [email protected].