ABOUT DEPARTMENT

NPR College of Nursing & Research Institute – Allied Health Science, Medical Laboratory Technology established in the year 2021 affiliated by the Tamil Nadu Dr. M. G. R. Medical University, Chennai Conducting B.Sc., Medical Laboratory Course (4 Years) which provides proficiency to individuals and candidates in diagnosing, treating and preventing disease through the usage of clinical laboratory tests.

B.Sc., Medical Laboratory Technology is an Allied Health course program that offers practical and theoretical knowledge about the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of various kinds of diseases and health problems with the help of clinical laboratory tests. Medical Laboratory Professionals play an important role in the diagnosis of diseases. This program is designed to equip the students with the skill of collection, preservation,  transportation, and testing of various specimens to diagnose and report the disease.

Allied Health Professionals are clinical health care professionals distinct from the Medical, Dental, and Nursing with the ever-increasing role of technology in the health care delivery in the healthcare industry, there is raising demand for well-qualified, well-trained, skilled, and confident medical technologists in various corporate hospitals both within India & Abroad.

During the program, students learn to detect and diagnose diseases and learn about the different treatments available to them. They also acquire knowledge about the collection and sampling of important data, testing, documentation, and reporting for the same.

OBJECTIVES

• Testing and reporting of various body fluids such as blood, urine, CSF, stool, etc., and specimens of cells and tissues.
• To understand the concepts of Medical Laboratorical, Histopathological, Immunological, and in all the laboratory tests
• To become familiar with chemistry and some basic analytical techniques.
• To have a general understanding of the organization's routine and operational standards of laboratories.
• To become an expert in specimen collection procedure, maintenance, and functions of laboratory equipment and instruments, laboratory safety, and medicolegal concerns.
• To produce good lab technicians with skills, competence & integrity
• To give the students a sound knowledge of pathogenic microbes, laboratory diagnosis, virology, mycology, and advanced serological techniques.
• To make awareness of the principles underlying the organization and provide a conducive & safe working environment

VISION

We aspire to be a high academic and technological center with the knowledge, skills, and professional behaviors needed to function effectively in a wide range of laboratory setting

MISSION

To recruit, educate and prepare the highly skilled competent graduates to serve their patients and health care professionals while demonstrating high ethical and moral standards and the utmost in technical competence with zero error.

ELIGIBILITY

Pass in +2 or equivalent (preferred science stream) with physics, chemistry, and biology with 45% of marks in each subject separately including English. Students should have completed the age of 17 years at the time of admission or would complete the said age on or before 31st December of the year for admission to the first year B.Sc., (MLT) course.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

• Lab Assistant
• Laboratory Manager
• Laboratory Technician
• Medical Record Technician
• Laboratory Management of Hematology, Serology, Immunology, Microbiology, Parasitology
• Blood Banking, Phlebotomy Units
• Pathology Lab Technician
• Laboratory information system Analyst/ Consultant
• Health Care Administrator