Description

PREFACE

There is acute shortage of references and / or textbooks in
higher teaching institutions especially in newly opened
institutions engaged in training of various health professionals
in the country. Hence, some of the strategies that are used to
circumvent these problems are developing of lecture notes on
various subjects. Therefore, this lecture is developed to fill the
existing gap and strengthen the teaching -learning processes.
This lecture note is primarily prepared for Medical Laboratory
Technology students pursuing their studies at bachelorrate
level in various higher teaching institutions. It can also be
helpful for those graduates who are in service. In the
development of this lecture note, materials have been
gathered and adapted from different standard books.
This lecture note is divided into seven chapters covering
major and relevant topics of the subject matter. Within each
chapter, important topics are identified and discussed in
simple language so as to facilitate rapid reading and
understanding of important concepts. Each chapter is also
followed by review questions that can enable the reader to
use them as self-assessment tools.
The author strongly believes that this teaching material will
play a pivotal role in promoting the teaching – learning
process through delivery of pertinent information to the