Topics will cover thrombosis risk testing, qualitative and quantitative vascular and platelet disorders, defects of plasma clotting factors, and hemorrhagic coagulation disorders and pathways. Evaluation of hemostasis will also be done.

Prerequisites: CLSC 230

The hemostasis laboratory will include tests for prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time, partial prothrombin time, thrombin time, prekallikren test, clotting time, bleeding time, platelet count, whole blood hemostatometry, fibrinogen assay, reptilase test, kilute russel viper Venom Assay and chromogenic analysis.