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Chemical Pathology - (CHPL-301) (MLT): Course Contents

Chemical pathology involves the biochemical investigation of bodily fluids such as blood, urine and cerebrospinal fluid. By discovering how and where the body's chemistry has changed, diseases can be diagnosed and monitored.

Course Contents

Sodium and water metabolism.

Potassium metabolism and water balance.

The kidney and renal calculi.

Urine.

Investigation of renal, water, and Electrolytes disorder.

Chemical Changes in Gastrointestinal tract.

Minerals.

Endocrine.

Carbohydrates Metabolism.

Liver Metabolism.

Plasma Lipid and lipoprotein.

Bile Pigments and Urobillinogen in urine.

Haemoglobin, Myoglobin and Haemosiderin in Urine.

Other chemical tests.

 

Course Objectives

Aims and Objectives of the Program:

This program will provide the knowledge and practical skill to the medical lab trainees, who would be able to:

• Learn and apply theory and techniques in the medical pathology laboratory.

• Avoid problems pertaining to collecting, transporting, handling and conducting tests on laboratory samples.

• Confidently and correctly carry out all the bench work required for diagnostic tests in various discipline of pathology.

• Demonstrate proper handling and preventative maintenance of instruments.

• Convey timely laboratory results to the clinicians.

• Perform and monitor quality control in the laboratory.

• Assist the consultants in research.

• Demonstrate ethical behavior and decision making

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