Product Description: This concise, highly practical guide to the interpretation of normal and abnormal laboratory results is now fully revised and expanded, with updates on established and familiar tests, as well as interpretations on recent developments...read more

Revision of the Popular student text that teaches how to apply knowledge in interpreting test results so that appropriate modifications in drug therapy can be made. Will also include a supplemental CD of case studies.

Focusing on medical laboratory procedures, this text covers specimen collection and transport, safety and infection control, quality assurance and control, and all the clinical laboratory procedures performed by the medical assistant. Each chapter begins with a list of psychomotor, cognitive and affective objectives. For each category of tests, the introductory chapter provides a brief overview of the medical science and clinical applications. Each procedural chapter explains each step of the process and the scientific basis of the procedure and offers technical tips and guides for patient education.