MDLT 1810 Laboratory Techniques & Orientation
Course Information
| Course Number | MDLT 1810 |
|---|---|
| Course Title | Laboratory Techniques & Orientation |
| Description | This course is an orientation course designed to familiarize the student with a career in the medical laboratory field. It covers basic skills in clinical laboratory techniques and provides the student with practice. Topics include: MLT/Phlebotomy program policies; certification; working with various pieces of equipment; safety; infection control; quality control; specimen collection, handling, and processing; good laboratory technique; and maintaining efficiency and accuracy. The practice of phlebotomy is heavily emphasized in this course. Students will continue to enhance their phlebotomy skills in other technical courses where blood samples are needed, and also during the clinical internship. |
| Total Credits | 3 |
| Total Hours | 64 |
| Instruction Type | Credits and Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 2 Credits, 43 Hours |
| Lab | 1 Credit, 21 Hours |
Pre/Corequisites
None
Institutional Core Competencies
- Communication - Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate and effective interactions with others to achieve their personal, academic, and professional objectives.
- Critical and Creative Thinking - Students will be able to demonstrate purposeful thinking with the goal of using a creative process for developing and building upon ideas and/or the goal of using a critical process for the analyzing and evaluating of ideas.
Course Competencies
- Apply SCC MLT/Phlebotomy program policies.
- Differentiate medical laboratory personnel.
- Practice Standard (Universal) Precautions and laboratory safety.
- Use blood collection terminology appropriately.
- List blood collection equipment needed for various blood collection techniques.
- Perform various blood collection techniques.
- Identify sources of blood collection complications.
- List legal and medical issues pertaining to patient contact as a phlebotomist/medical laboratory technician.
- Identify the appropriate glassware/plasticware used in the medical laboratory.
- Demonstrate how to correctly use a centrifuge.
- Demonstrate how to correctly use a balance.
- Demonstrate how to correctly use manual and semi-automatic pipettes.
- Use microscopes appropriately.
- List the components of quality assurance/control programs.
- Apply quality assurance/control program rules.
- Apply appropriate corrective action for failed quality control measurements.
- List general rules for proper patient specimen collection, handling, processing and transporting.
- List the implications of preanalytical testing variables on laboratory results.
- Apply appropriate action for correction of preanalytical testing variables.
SCC Accessibility Statement
South Central College strives to make all learning experiences as accessible as possible. If you have a disability and need accommodations for access to this class, contact the Academic Support Center to request and discuss accommodations.
North Mankato: Room B-132, (507) 389-7222; Faribault: Room A-116, (507) 332-7222.
Additional information and forms can be found at: southcentral.edu/disability
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