CUVIELLO"S REFERENCE MANUAL FOR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (Volume II)

The information contained in this manual has been gathered over the years from lecture notes that I used in teaching Medical Technology, conducting lectures and presenting review sessions. The textbooks used to compile this information presented are listed after each section. Other information used was compiled from lectures and workshops that I have attended throughout the years. It should be understood that this accumulation of data is merely a digest of laboratory material. My purpose was to present what I felt were the basic fundamentals of everyday laboratory life. It is by no means a complete text Contents: Clinical Chemistry, Chart: Chemical Symbols and Atomic Weights, Collecting and Handling Specimens, Instrumentation, Wavelengths, Temperature Conversion - Fahrenheit, Celsuis, and Kelvin, Quality Control Definitions, Westgard Rules for Quality Control, Preparing Solutions, Carbohydrates, Kidney Function, Liver Function, Proteins, Electrophoresis of Proteins, Albumin, Electrolytes, Blood Gases, Minerals (Calcium and Phosphorus), Enzymes, Thyroid, Special Procedures, Uric Acid, Special Procedures-Smith Kline Laboratories, Glassware, Immunohematology, History, Definitions, Abo System Antibodies, Zeta Potential, Genetics of Blood Group Antigens, Subgroups of A and B, Rh Factor and Du, Other Blood Groups, Procedure for Du, MNSs System, Procedures for Blood Grouping, Genatyping Procedures, Antiglobulin Test (Coombs), Compatability Testing, Type and Screen, Chart: Blood Group Choices for Transfusions, RH Immune Globulin, Transfusion of Platelets and Plasma, Special Procedures and Policies, Critical Values for Laboratory Testing, Quality Control, Transfusion Reaction Investigation, Guidelines for Transfusing Blood and Blood Components, more.