Course Descriptions

This course is designed for phlebotomy and medical laboratory technician students. The course covers didactic knowledge and performance of venipuncture, capillary and arterial blood draws. It also emphasizes other body fluid collection, specimen processing, point-of-care analysis and specimen storage.

This course provides clinical phlebotomy experience for phlebotomy technician students in an affiliate hospital/clinic laboratory under the supervision of qualified technicians and technologists. Training includes blood and body fluid collection, processing and storage.

This is an introductory course for Medical Laboratory Technology students covering the techniques, interpretation and correlation of results in urinalysis, hematology, chemistry, immunology, microbiology and immunohematology. Other topics included in the course are instrumentation, preparation of reagents, quality assurance and quality control, specimen collection, transportation, analysis and result reporting.

This is an introductory course for Medical Laboratory Technology students covering the techniques, interpretation and correlation of results in urinalysis, hematology, chemistry, immunology, microbiology and immunohematology. Other topics included in the course are instrumentation, preparation of reagents, quality assurance and quality control, specimen collection, transportation, analysis and result reporting.

This course is designed for phlebotomy and medical laboratory technician students. The course covers knowledge and performance of venipuncture, capillary and arterial blood draws. It also emphasizes other body fluid collection, specimen processing, point-of-care analysis and specimen storage.

This introductory course for Medical Laboratory Technology students covers the clinical areas of blood banking and transfusion medicine. The course discusses compatibility theory, principles of antigens on red blood cells and serum antibodies.

This course is the laboratory component of MLT1124, Immunohematology, and addresses the analytical principles, techniques and correlation of results related to blood banking and transfusion medicine. The course covers techniques including evaluating criteria for specimen rejection, blood type and cross match procedures, antigen typing, identification of expected and unexpected antibodies, investigation of transfusion reactions and blood component preparation.

This course is designed to present mathematical operations commonly utilized in the medical laboratory. Topics include use of basic math processes, systems of measurement, conversion factors, solutions, dilutions, statistics for laboratory medicine and quality control. Upon completion, students should be able to solve practical problems in the context of the medical laboratory.

This is an introductory course for Medical Laboratory Technology students covering the production, maturation, function and abnormalities of blood cells and coagulation to maintain body homeostasis.

This course is the laboratory component for MLT1216, Hematology, and covers the analytical principles, techniques and correlation of results related to hematology and homeostasis. Learners will perform basic laboratory techniques related to hematological and coagulation analysis, including the preparation, analysis, interpretation and reporting of quality control material and patient sample results.

This is an introductory course for Medical Laboratory Technology students. The course is an overview of the urinary system in health and disease. The course also includes study of other body fluids including cerebral spinal fluid, amniotic fluid, serous fluid, synovial fluid, sputum, semen and feces.

This course is the laboratory component of the Biological Fluids course that includes basic fundamental concepts of analytical principles, techniques and correlation of results in the analysis of various biological fluids. Learners will practice the performance of basic laboratory techniques related to biological fluid analysis including the preparation, analysis, interpretation and reporting of quality control material and patient sample results.

This is an introductory course for Medical Laboratory Technology students which covers the analytical principles, techniques and correlation of results in the science of body chemistry. Other topics included in the course are instrumentation, calculations, quality assurance and quality control, analysis and result interpretation.

This course is the laboratory component of a comprehensive introductory overview of diagnostic chemistry that includes basic fundamental concepts of analytical principles, techniques and correlation of results in the science of body chemistry. Learners will practice performing basic laboratory techniques related to diagnostic chemistry analysis including the preparation, analysis, interpretation and reporting of quality control material and patient sample results.

This course is an introduction to specific molecular biology applications in the laboratory. This course includes a discussion of DNA, genetics, nucleic acid extraction and modification, blotting methods, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and probe analysis in relation to the diagnosis of various diseases.