Essential Procedures For Clinical Microbiology

Provides a concise approach to the performance of laboratory analyses aimed at identifying the etiological agents of infectious diseases. Format allows reader to follow a specimen through all of the steps from proper collection to a final report issued to the clinician.

Provides a concise approach to the performance of laboratory analyses aimed at identifying the etiological agents of infectious diseases. Format allows reader to follow a specimen through all of the steps from proper collection to a final report issued to the clinician.

Provides a concise approach to the performance of laboratory analyses aimed at identifying the etiological agents of infectious diseases. Format allows reader to follow a specimen through all of the steps from proper collection to a final report issued to the clinician.

A collaborative effort of 150+ clinical microbiologists, medical laboratory technologists, and laboratory supervisors. • Provides step-by-step protocols and descriptions to enable clinical microbiologists and laboratory staff personnel to perform all analyses, including appropriate quality control recommendations, from the receipt of the specimen through processing, testing, interpretation, presentation of the final report, and subsequent consultation. • Emphasizes areas such as molecular approaches, bioterrorism, safety, and epidemiology/infection control in medical facilities. • Includes procedures that are formatted to adhere to the GP02-5A (2006) document of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards/Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (NCCLS/CLSI).

The collaborative efforts of over 140 experienced clinical microbiologists, laboratory supervisors, and laboratory technologists are included in the new edition of the Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook . This well–respected reference continues to serve as the sole major publication providing step–by–step descriptions that enable clinical microbiologists and their staffs to perform all analyses and their control from the recept of the specimen to the final report. In respones to the ever–changing needs and responsibilities of the clinical microbilogy community, three brand–new sections have been added, covering procedures for coding and reimbursement, specimen collection and transport, and bioterrorism. To accomodate the expanding role of clinical microbiologists, the new edition places greater emphasis on areas such as molecular approaches, bioterrorism, and infection control in medical facilities. Procedures are formatted to adhere to the GP2–A document of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS). As an added feature, procedures are now divided into preanalytical, analytical, and postanalytical considerations. The icons in the margin of the text relate to safety and standard precautions and will remind users of the need to register dates of receipt, starting in service and expiration, as well as reinforce quality control. To maximize the flexibility and currency of the new edition, CMPH is now available in print, CD–ROM, and online formats. The online version of CMPH will be updated continually, followed by timely revisions to the CD–ROM and print formats. Using any combination of the available formats, users may customize the Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook to best accomodate the needs of their laboratory staff. New to the Second Edition addition of three new sections and thorough revision and expansion of existing section greater emphasis on molecular approaches, bioterrorism, and infection control in medical facilities all procedures divided into preanalytical, analytical, and postanalytical considerations new authors detail remarkable expertise in performing diagnostic analyses available in print and electronic formats

Although there are a number of comprehensive books in clinical micro biology, there remains a need for a manual that can be used in the clinical laboratory to guide the daily performance of its work. Most of the existing publications provide detailed and precise information, for example, by which a microorganism can be characterized and identified beyond any doubt; however, the number of tests involved in this process exceeds the capabilities and resources of most clinical laboratories and are irrele vant for patient care. It is, therefore, necessary in any clinical laboratory to extract from reference manuals, textbooks, and journals those tests and procedures that are to be used to complete the daily workload as efficiently and accurately as possible. It is also essential in the clinical laboratory to determine, on the basis of the kind of specimen being exam ined, which microorganisms are clinically relevant and require isolation and identification and which should either be excluded selectively or simply regarded as indigenous flora and, therefore, not specifically identi fied. Cost and time limit a laboratory's resources, and priorities must be established for handling the workload. The procedures described in the second edition of this manual are those selected by our staff for use in the clinical laboratory on the basis of clinic~l relevance, accuracy, reproducibility, and efficiency. Alternative procedures, when considered equivalent on the basis of personal or pub lished experience, have been included where appropriate.