MLTC 1500 — MLT Urinalysis & Body Fluids 3 Credit Hours
This course will provide the student with in-depth knowledge of kidney function, urine formation, and the procedures utilized in performing a routine urinalysis and body fluid analysis. Correlation of abnormal find- ings and disease states will be discussed. Other body fluids included in this course are feces, seminal, amniotic, cerebrospinal, pleural, pericardial, and peritoneal. Discrimination between normal and abnormal findings and correlation of this knowledge to disease states will be included in the course material. Hands-on laboratory time is required. Prerequisite: (LIFE 1409 Anatomy & Physiology II with a grade of C or better AND LIFE 1407 Anatomy & Physiology I with a grade of C or better) or LIFE 1408 Anatomy & Physiology with a grade of C or better AND LIFE 1412 Principles of Microbiology with a grade of C or better AND CHEM 1802 Fundamentals of General Chem with a grade of C or better Enrollment by consent of instructor. Phlebotomy national certi - fication eligibility.