Course Description
This course and all MEDT courses are designed to prepare the student for MEDT 2316 and MEDT 2326. This course is an in-depth study of biochemistry and analysis involved in the production of urine and body fluids as they relate to health and disease. Students will be introduced to basic genetics and the nature of the immune system, with emphasis on the constituents that comprise serum-mediated immunity. Basic laboratory principles and procedures are studied.
Prerequisite(s)
Admission to the Medical Laboratory Technology Program, or consent of instructor - Must be completed prior to taking this course.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Perform with accuracy the analytical tests required in this course, using quality control procedures and safety techniques.
- Recognize limitations or sources of error for the analytical tests and take corrective action when possible.
- Relate/correlate information to disease or non-disease processes in relationship to the analysis of urine, other body fluids; and in immunology.
- Use problem solving skills to integrate laboratory data for patient results.
- Demonstrate professional conduct and interpersonal communication skills. Behave in a social manner by working well with others.
Topical Outline
1. Safety
2. Quality Assessment
3. Renal Function
4. Urinalysis (Physical, Chemical, Microscopic examination)
5. Renal
6. Fecal Analysis
7. Urine Pregnancy Tests
8. Metabolic Disorders
9. Body Fluids (CSF, Semen, Synovial, Serous, Amniotic, Vaginal)
10. Serological Testing Principles (precipitation, agglutination, immunoassays, molecular methods)
11. Nature of Antigens
12. Innate/Adaptive Immunity
13. Antibody Structure & Function
14. Cytokines
15. Complement System
16. Hypersensitivity
17. Autoimmunity
18. Serological and Molecular Detection of Bacterial Infections
19. Spirochete Diseases
20. Serology of Viral Infections
21. HIV Serology