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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Estridge, Barbara H.
Other Authors: Reynolds, Anna P., Walters, Norma J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany, NY : Delmar Publishers, [2000]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Laboratory Techniques and Procedures.
Medical Laboratory Science.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the medical laboratory
  • The medical laboratory
  • The medical laboratory professional
  • Introduction to medical terminology
  • The metric system
  • Laboratory safety: physical and chemical hazards
  • Laboratory safety: biological hazards
  • Quality assurance in the laboratory
  • General laboratory equipment
  • Laboratory glassware
  • The microscope
  • Basic hematology
  • Introduction to hematology
  • Blood collection: capillary puncture
  • Blood collection: venipuncture
  • Hematocrit
  • The hemacytometer: WBC and RBC counts
  • Platelet count
  • Hemoglobin determination
  • Preparing and staining a blood smear
  • Blood cell morphology and differential count
  • Morphology of abnormal blood cells in peripheral blood
  • Reticulocyte count
  • Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
  • Principles of automated hematology
  • Basic hemostasis
  • Principles of hemostasis
  • Disorders of hemostasis
  • Bleeding time
  • Prothrombin time
  • Activated partial thromboplastin time
  • Rapid tests for hemostasis disorders
  • Basic immunology and serology
  • Introduction to immunology and serology
  • Immunohematology: ABO grouping
  • Immunohematology: Rh typing
  • Slide test for infectious mononucleosis
  • Slide test for rheumatoid factors
  • Urinalysis
  • Introduction to urinalysis
  • Collection and preservation of urine
  • Physical examination of urine
  • Chemical examination of urine
  • Microscopic examination of urine sediment
  • Urine pregnancy tests
  • Basic clinical chemistry
  • Introduction to clinical chemistry
  • Specimen collection and processing for clinical chemistry
  • Laboratory reagent preparation and calculations
  • Chemistry instrumentation in the physician office laboratory
  • Point-of-care testing
  • Measuring blood glucose
  • Measuring electrolytes
  • Measuring blood cholesterol
  • Basic clinical microbiology
  • Introduction to clinical microbiology
  • Infection control and transmission-based precautions
  • Culture techniques for bacteria
  • Preparing a bacteriological smear and performing a gram stain
  • Throat culture and rapid tests for Group A Streptococcus
  • Urine culture, colony count, and antibiotic susceptibility testing
  • Laboratory detection of sexually transmitted diseases
  • Fecal occult blood test
  • Basic parasitology
  • Introduction to parasitology
  • Collecting and processing specimens for parasite examination
  • Microscopic methods of detecting intestinal parasites
  • Preparing and staining smears for blood parasites
  • Appendix A: Sources of information: health care accrediting and credentialing agencies, professional societies, governmental agencies
  • Appendix B: Guide to standard precautions
  • Appendix C: Abbreviations commonly used in the medical laboratories
  • Appendix D: Metric conversion tables
  • Appendix E: Laboratory reference values.