Revised 08/2022
MDL 266 - Clinical Chemistry Techniques (3 CR.)
Course Description
Includes performing of clinical chemistry methodologies and operation of typical instrumentation in a clinical laboratory or simulated laboratory setting. Clinical 9 hours per week.
General Course Purpose
In conjunction with lecture courses in clinical chemistry, the purpose of this course is to provide entry level competency needed for employment in a routine clinical chemistry laboratory.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
- Student must be enrolled in the first-year summer semester of the Medical Laboratory Technology AAS degree program or receive program director approval.
- Prerequisites: MDL 260 and MDL 263 with a grade of “C” or better.
Course Objectives
Upon completing the course, the student will be able to:
- Receive and process specimens for clinical chemical analysis.
- Demonstrate safe operation of routine clinical chemistry analyzers including routine start-up, reagent preparation, and basic preventive maintenance.
- Apply the principles of quality assurance to the analysis and evaluation of clinical chemistry results.
- Correlate results of various chemical analyses to evaluate results and describe typical disease states.
- Record and communicate results clearly and accurately.
- Demonstrate personal characteristics which are consistent with those of a desirable employee in the clinical chemistry laboratory.
Major Topics to Be Included
- Specimen processing
- Routine operation and daily maintenance of automated equipment
- Quality control
- Supervised evaluation and reporting of results