MLS 3314 - Advanced Clinical Chemistry

Credits: (4)
Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem - Online
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem - Online
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem, Full Sem - Online
Course Fee: $39.00
Course Fee Purpose: The course fees that are assigned to this course will pay for consumables (e.g. pipette tips and reagents), non-consumables (e.g. instrumentation), and in some cases software and instrument maintenance.
Description: This problem-solving oriented course provides a review of basic clinical chemistry test results and then goes deeper and allows students to make connections to organ-related diseases, such as renal, hepatic, and endocrine diseases. The students will learn how to use clinical correlation as a quality assurance tool to detect patient testing errors. Students also learn about and evaluate the new diagnostic technology available to medical laboratories. Students also learn about and evaluate the new diagnostic technology available to medical laboratories, as well as learning how to select, evaluate, design, perform, and document CLIA-88 acceptable validations studies on new chemistry instrumentation or analytical methods. Interrelated topics in the medical laboratory include workload management, and designing and implementing standards for quality assurance. Additionally, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Toxicology studies are presented. Urinalysis is also reviewed throughout the semester, to include the full scope of both microscopic and macroscopic evaluations.
Pre-requisite(s): Acceptance into the BS program.