Course Catalog Information (24-25)
HTEC 81
Clinical Urinalysis Laboratory
Course Description
This course teaches the student the various properties and constituents of urine via "hands-on" learning. Emphasis is placed on the interpretation and handling of urine specimens and their accompanying requisitions. Students will be taught to examine urine physically, chemically, and microscopically and compare clinical values as related to the physiology of the urinary system in health and disease. Correlating test results to disease states will be accomplished by the student.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Practice proper application of OSHA standards appropriate for the clinical urinalysis laboratory.
- Perform routine urinalysis on a minimum of 2 normal urine samples with 100% accuracy to include both physical and chemical analysis.
- Identify abnormal urinalysis results and correlate these results with possible causes.
Course Details
- Units
- 0.75 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 0
- Weekly Lab Hours: 2.25
- Gen Ed
- Non-GE Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Transferability
- Transferable to CSU only
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
Requisite and Advisory
- Corequisite(s)
- HTEC 81A
- Prerequisite(s)
- Advisory(ies)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
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