Quick review cards for medical laboratory science / Valerie Dietz Polansky ; senior acquisitions editor, Christa Fratantoro ; developmental editor, Angela Norton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polansky, Valerie Dietz, author.

Contributor:

Fratantoro, Christa, editor.

Norton, Angela, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical laboratory technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (619 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : F. A. Davis Company, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A complete study guide!Use these handy cards for course review now...and exam prep later. More than 500 cards deliver concise, but complete coverage of the major disciplines on the Board of Certification's content outline-general lab practice; hematology; immunology/serology; immunohematology; clinical chemistry; body fluids; clinical microbiology; and management and education.

Contents:

Title Card; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Bibliography; Reviewers; Contents; Partial List of Abbreviations Used; Section 1 Laboratory Operations Review; Credentialing; Agencies That Issue Guidelines/Standards; Federal Regulatory Agencies; Federal Regulations; CLIA '88 Test Complexities; Bloodborne Pathogens Standard; Specimen Infectivity; Packaging of Biologics for Shipping; Hazard Communication Standard (HCS); Occupational Exposures to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories Standard; Hazard Categories of Chemicals; Hazard Identification System; Storage of Chemicals; Fire Safety

Commonly Used Anticoagulants/AdditivesRecommended Order for Drawing Evacuated Tubes & Filling Tubes From a Syringe; Recommended Order for Filling Microcollection Tubes From Capillary Punctures; Special Situations in Phlebotomy; Special Test Requirements; Phlebotomy Sources of Error; Guidelines for Specimen Handling & Processing*; Centrifuges; Examples of Criteria for Specimen Rejection*; Types of Glass; Types of Plastic; Glassware Inscriptions; Volumetric Glassware; Glass Pipets; Mechanical Micropipets; Grades of Chemicals; Purified Water; CAP Reagent Labeling Requirements

Brightfield MicroscopyOther Types of Microscopy; Informatics; Computer Hardware; Computer Software; Information Systems; Computer Networks; Quality Assessment; Quality Control; Quality Control Statistics; Interpretation of Quality Control Data; Westgard Multirules; Typical Steps Taken When a Control Is Outside Acceptable Range*; Calibration; Test Performance Specifications and Verification; Diagnostic Value of a Test; Other Components of a QA Program; CLIA Requirements for Procedure Manuals; Ethical and Legal Issues; Commonly Used Prefixes in the Metric System; General Laboratory Calculations

Section 2 Clinical Chemistry ReviewComparison of Conventional and SI Units for Selected Reference Ranges; Examples of Patient Variables That May Affect Chemistry Values; Examples of Preanalytical Factors That May Affect Chemistry Results; Differences in Analyte Concentrations; Photometric Methods; Visible Light; Wavelengths Used in Spectrophotometry; Chromatography*; Other Analytic Techniques; Steps in Automated Analysis; Chemistry Panels; Carbohydrates, Lipids, and Proteins; Regulation of Glucose; Diabetes Mellitus; Tests for Diabetes Mellitus

Typical Laboratory Findings in Uncontrolled Diabetes MellitusMetabolic Syndrome; Aminoacidopathies; Protein Electrophoresis; Common Serum Protein Electrophoresis Patterns; Nonprotein Nitrogen Compounds; Major Electrolytes; Other Electrolytes; Iron and Related Tests; Factors That Influence Enzymatic Reactions; Enzymes of Clinical Significance; Summary of Diagnostic Enzymology; Cardiac Markers for Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction; Other Cardiac Tests; Bilirubin Metabolism; Unconjugated Versus Conjugated Bilirubin; Differential Diagnosis of Jaundice; Pituitary Hormones

Thyroid and Parathyroid Hormones

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 6, 2014).

ISBN:

0-8036-4103-6

OCLC:

879024287