Celebrating a vast readership among clinical laboratory personnel for over two decades, Medical Laboratory Technology, in its revised, enlarged and updated edition, brings together all relevant medical laboratory technologies-new and existing ones-in three volumes. Particularly tailored to the needs of laboratories with limited facilities in developing countries, the book:
Describes all tests in a step-by-step manner with guidelines to avoid errors and hazards
Details the care and use of laboratory equipment and preparation of reagents
Highlights the clinical significance of laboratory findings
Provides diagrams for easy comprehension
Introduces methods and procedures for producing reliable laboratory findings
Volume I: Introduction, Haematology and Coagulation, Immunohaematology (or Blood Banking)
Volume II: Microbiology, Serology, Clinical Pathology
Volume III: Clinical Biochemistry, Histology and Cytology, Miscellaneous Information
This book serves as an invaluable reference for students as well as practicingprofessionals in medical diagnostic laboratories.
Table of Contents
Section VII: Clinical Biochemistry
1. Biochemical Processes of the Body Under Normal and Pathogenic Conditions
2. Specimen Collection and Processing for Biochemical Analyses
3. Application of Analytical Techniques in Clinical Biochemistry
4. Automation in Clinical Biochemistry
5. Routine Biochemical Tests
6. Biochemical Test Profiles
7. Clinical Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Section VIII: Histology and Cytology
8. Introduction to Histotechnology and Cytotechnology
9. Laboratory Techniques in Histology
10. Laboratory Techniques in Diagnostic Exfoliative Cytology
Section IX: Miscellaneous Information
11. Medical Terminology, Glossary of Technical Terms and Appendices
