Medical Laboratory Procedures Book

Unit I	Fundamentals of Laboratory Practice	1
1	Introduction to Laboratory Practice	3
2	Safety and Infection Control	11
3	Legal and Ethical Considerations	25
4	Quality Assurance and Quality Control	37
5	Instrumentation	49
Unit II	Specimen Collection	65
6	Introduction to Specimen Collection and Transport	67
7	Collection of Urine Specimens	77
8	Collection of Blood Specimens	89
9	Collection of Microbial Specimens	115
Unit III	Urinalysis	131
10	Introduction to Urinalysis Procedures	133
11	Physical Assessment of Urine	143
12	Chemical Analysis of Urine	157
13	Microscopic Examination of Urine	175
Unit IV	Clinical Hematology and Chemistry	191
14	Introduction to Hematology	193
15	Hemoglobin	205
16	Microhematocrit	217
17	Blood Cell Counts	231
18	Blood Smear Preparation and Differential Blood Count	247
19	Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate	263
20	Introduction to Clinical Chemistry	279
21	Blood Glucose Testing	289
Unit V	Microbiology and Immunology	303
22	Introduction to Microbiology	305
23	Bacterial Smear Preparation and Gram Stain	315
24	Introduction to Immunology	337
25	Streptococci Testing	349
26	Pregnancy Testing	365
27	Infectious Mononucleosis Testing	377
28	Rheumatoid Arthritis Testing	389
App. A	OSHA Precautions in Collection of Specimens	401
App. B	Abbreviations in Clinical Medicine	405
App. C	Reference Ranges	407
App. D	Symbols for OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Controls Applicable to Clinical Procedures	413
App. E	1990 DACUM Analysis of the Medical Assisting Profession	415
	Index	421