CLINICAL LABORATORY PRACTICE - CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

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Rotation in the Clinical Chemistry area is a health -related learning experience that allows the student to apply specialized theory of work, skills and concepts. Students will work with a variety of automated and semi-automated procedures, testing, safety, quality assurance in the clinical laboratory, and everything related to clinical laboratory work. A clinical professional provides direct supervision. MTEC 412 STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF BODY FLUIDS AND URINE ANALYSIS 1 CREDIT This course explains the basic concepts related to the physiology of the kidney and other body fluids. Students will learn the principles and procedures for physical, chemical and microscopic analysis of urine, feces and other bodily fluids, will know urinary tract diseases, hered itary diseases and metabolic diseases. Emphasis is placed on the comparison of normal and pathogenic samples. They will use methods and equipment to learn how to identify toxic products in the urine. They will work using quality control and safety in the c linical laboratory. MTEC 413 CLINICAL LABORATORY PRACTICE - BODY FLUIDS AND URINE ANALYSIS 1 CREDIT Students will learn about the physical, chemical, and microscopic characteristics of urine samples. Emphasis will be placed on the procedures of macroscopic analysis of urine and microscopic analysis. The students will work on the automated instruments of the clinical area of urinalysis and additional will process other corporeal fluids that are received in this area