Revised 08/2025
MDL 266 - Clinical Chemistry Techniques (3 CR.)
Course Description
Includes performing of clinical chemistry methodologies and operation of typical instrumentation in a clinical laboratory or simulated laboratory setting. Clinical 9 hours per week.
General Course Purpose
In conjunction with lecture courses in clinical chemistry, the purpose of this course is to provide entry level competency needed for employment in an accredited clinical laboratory.
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites
Prerequisites: Students entering this course must have completed MDL 260 and MDL 265 with a grade of “C" or better and be enrolled in the first year summer semester of the Medical Laboratory Technology AAS degree program or receive program director approval.Course Objectives
Upon completing the course, the student will be able to:
- Receive and process specimens for clinical chemical analysis.
- Demonstrate safe operation of routine clinical chemistry analyzers including routine start-up, reagent preparation, and basic preventive maintenance.
- Apply the principles of quality assurance to the analysis and evaluation of clinical chemistry results.
- Correlate results of various chemical analyses to evaluate results and describe typical disease states.
- Record and communicate results clearly and accurately.
- Demonstrate personal characteristics which are consistent with those of a desirable employee in the clinical chemistry laboratory.
Major Topics to Be Included
- Clinical Chemistry procedures
- Specimen processing
- Quality control/assurance
- Routine operation and daily maintenance of automated equipment
- Supervised evaluation and reporting of results