Course Outline
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- Laboratory Mathematics
- Basic Mathematics Overview
- Rounding and Application of Significant Figures
- Systems of Measure
- Systems of Measure: Section Objectives
- Measurements Using the Metric System
- Based on the organizational nomenclature of the metric system, 1/1000th of a gram is called:
- Molecular Mass and Moles
- Concentration of a Solution
- Density and Specific Gravity
- Unit Conversions
- Unit Conversions: Section Objectives
- Unit Conversions Using Dimensional Analysis
- A solution of sodium chloride (NaCl) is 0.025 g/L. If this concentration was converted into mg/dL, what would be the result?
- Percent Conversions
- Temperature Conversions
- Dilutions and Titers
- Clinical Laboratory Calculations
- Clinical Laboratory Calculations: Section Objectives
- Application of Beer's Law
- Relationship Between Transmittance and Absorbance
- Acids, Bases, and Buffers
- If 1 liter of buffer was made in water containing 6.31 x 10-3 moles of K2HPO4 and 0.1 moles of KH2PO4, what would be the calculated pH of the buffer?
- Anion Gap
- Osmolality
- References
Additional Information
Level of Instruction: Basic
Intended Audience: Medical laboratory scientists and technicians. This course is also appropriate for medical laboratory science students and pathology residents.
Author Information: Alec Saitman, PhD, DABCC (CC, TC) completed fellowship training in Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology in the Department of Pathology at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Saitman is board certified by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry (ABCC) in Clinical Chemistry and Toxicological Chemistry. He is currently the Technical Director of the Core Laboratory at Providence Regional Laboratories in Portland, Oregon. His research focuses on the development of small molecule quantitation assays using mass spectrometry. He is particularly interested in establishing efficient production workflows in toxicology testing to meet the growing testing demands in his laboratory.
Reviewer Information: Roger Beckering, M.Ed., BA (Chemistry), MLT(ASCP) has been an educator of medical laboratory sciences for over 25 years. He started as an instructor at the Medical Institute of Minnesota (MIM), later known as Argosy University. At Argosy, Roger held positions as Professor, Clinical Coordinator, and Program Director. In 2014, Roger moved to the Phoenix area where he works as a Professor and Administrator for MLT and MLS programs at Brookline College.
