MLT 130 - Clinical Chemistry

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Clinical Hours: 0 Credits: 4

Description: This course focuses on the study of nutritional, functional and excretional chemicals in blood and body fluids, including testing techniques and clinical significance.

Prerequisite(s): MLT 101, MLT 105, MLT 108 and MLT 115.

Course Topics:

General Chemistry techniques, math calculations, statistical QC and pipetting
Instrumentation
Total Protein measurement including Protein Electrophoresis
Non-Protein Nitrogen
Clinically Significant Enzymes
Carbohydrates and Lipids

Textbooks:
Textbook information can be found on the Book Inn website

Required Materials:

In order to participate in lab, students must be wearing floor-length pants, closed-toe, closed heel shoes. Pants may not have rips, tears, etc. Students must also wear a liquid impervious lab coat, gloves and a face shield (available in SCC bookstore) whenever handling clinical specimens. Additional classroom/lab materials and guidelines will be on the course syllabus addendum distributed by the instructor.

Grading System:
An overall grade of C or higher is required for transferability.

A = 90 - 100
B = 80 - 89
C = 70 - 79
D = 60 - 69
F = 0 - 59

Student Learning Outcomes:

Identify the basic components of a spectrophotometer, apply Beer’s law.
Discuss the purpose of blanks and value of automation in the laboratory.
Evaluate the tests to assess protein disorders.
Evaluate the tests to assess kidney function.
Evaluate the tests to assess enzyme status.
Evaluate the tests to assess hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia.
Evaluate the tests to assess lipid abnormalities.

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Official Course Syllabus
2024-2025