MT 302. Body Fluids--Basic renal physiology, macroscopic, chemical and microscopic analysis of urine, renal pathology and disease correlations; cerebral spinal fluid and other body fluid analysis. Prerequisites: permission of instructor. 3 hours. (G. Fritsma)
MT 304. Physics for Technologists--Electricity, nuclear physics, light, mechanics, heat, and optics applied to laboratory instrumentation and to physiology. Prerequisite: MA 106. 5 hours. (Thompson)
MT 402. Hemostatis--Normal hemostatic mechanisms and disorders of hemostasis; laboratory methods of evaluating and monitoring hemostatic functions. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. 2 hours. (G. Fritsma)
MT 407, 408, 409, 410, 411. Clinical Practice--Directed clinical practice: laboratory procedures and methods; quality control, preventive maintenance, safety. Prerequisites: MT 402, 425, 430, 436, 440. Fall. Total credit 12 hours.
MT 412. Clinical Laboratory Operations--Organizational management, laboratory industry trends, assessment of services, marketing, protocols, policies, outcome measurements, training programs, legal and regulatory environments, ethics and values for individuals and institutional management. Prerequisites: MT 405, HRS 450 and permision of instructor. 3 hours (Greenup)
MT 420. Clinical Chemistry I--Principles and methods of analysis of biochemical metabolites used in medical laboratories; instrumentation; quality control and quality assurance. Liver function, pancreatic and digestive function, metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, heme, lipids and enzymes, and correlation of laboratory data. Prerequisites: BY 311 or concurrent, PY 214, CH 232. 5 hours. (Randolph)
MT 421. Clinical Chemistry II--Instrument troubleshooting, endocrinology, therapeutic drug monitoring, and evaluation of drugs of abuse. Prerequisite: MT 420. 4 hours. (Randolph)
MT 425. Immunology--Physiology of immune responses to infectious agents, tumors, transplants; abnormal responses: hypersensitivity, autoimmunity, immunoproliferative disorders, and immunodeficiencies; antigen-antibody reactions; complement; application of immunologic tests in infectious and autoimmune diseases. Prerequisites: BY 271, BY 311 or concurrent, and permission of instructor. 5 hours. (Jeff)
MT 430. Immunohematology--Immunogenetics serological characteristics, and clinical significance of blood group antigens and antibodies; pretransfusion tsting; antibody identification; immune hemolytic disorders; transfusion therapy. Advanced techniques in pretransfusion problem solving; parentage testing; transfusion service management: medical/legal, regulatory and accreditation requirements. Prerequisites: MT 425 and permission of instructor. 6 hours. (M. Fritsma)
MT 436. Clinical Microbiology I--Procedures and identification techniques for isolation and identification of bacteria, application of microbial characteristics for isolates from clinical specimens; focus on laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases; data interpretation and clinical correlation and epidemiology of etiologic and iatrogenic agents. Prerequisite: BY 261 or 271. 7 hours. (Jeff)
MT 437. Clinical Microbiology II--Study of emerging diagnostic technologies; antimicrobics and treatment for specific organisms; study of agents associated with infections of compromised host; experiential application of education methodology by students. Prerequisite: MT 436. 4 hours. (Greenup)
MT 440. Hematology I--Fundamental concepts in clinical hematology, including practices, methods, and instrumentation. Also normal structure and function of peripheral blood, bone marrow cells and the changes which occur in common diseases. Prerequisite: BY 330 or 309. 4 hours. (Bell)
MT 441. Hematology II--Advanced concepts in clinical hematology, including practices, methods, and instrumentation, quality improvement, correlation of results, problem-solving, management. Abnormal structure and function of peripheral blood, bone marrow cells and detailed changes which occur in many hemological disorders. Prerequisites: MT 420, 440 and 408. 3 hours (Bell)
MT 460, 461. Clinical Laboratory Correlations I and II--Synthesize the clinical, technical, and analytical proficiencies that comprise clinical laboratory science practice. Analyze illustrative medical cases through selection, application, and interpretation of clinical laboratory protocols. Test the validity of case analysis by identifying souces of uncertainty, analyzing quality assessment data, and reviewing outcomes. Prerequisites: MT 407-411 or equivalent. 3,3 hours. (Bell, G. Fritsma, M. Fritsma, Jeff)
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