MLT 215 — CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
Chemistry is an important area of the clinical laboratory as it is the area where many chemical constituents (such as cholesterol, glucose, calcium, bilirubin, etc.) of the blood and other body fluids are tested. The chemistry department is typically one of the largest and most automated departments in the lab and test results give much information about the functioning of various organ systems in the body. This course includes didactic and laboratory instruction on the chemical components of blood in health and disease. The methods of analysis for the chemicals, principles of these methods, correlation of abnormal findings with disease, basic mathematics, and quality control/quality assurance are stressed. 4 credits