Cover for Accurate Results in the Clinical Laboratory

Accurate Results in the Clinical Laboratory

A Guide to Error Detection and Correction

Book2013

Edited by:

Amitava Dasgupta and Jorge L. Sepulveda

Accurate Results in the Clinical Laboratory

A Guide to Error Detection and Correction

Book2013

 

Cover for Accurate Results in the Clinical Laboratory

Edited by:

Amitava Dasgupta and Jorge L. Sepulveda

Browse this book

Book description

This practical, easy-to-use guide, named to Doody’s Core Titles 2013, addresses interference issues in all laboratory tests, including patient epigenetics, process of specimen coll ... read full description

Browse content

Table of contents

Actions for selected chapters

Select all / Deselect all

  1. Full text access
  2. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 1 - Variation, Errors, and Quality in the Clinical Laboratory

    Jorge Sepulveda

    Pages 1-8

  3. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 2 - Effect of Age, Gender, Diet, Exercise, and Ethnicity on Laboratory Test Results

    Octavia M. Peck Palmer

    Pages 9-17

  4. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 3 - Effect of Patient Preparation, Specimen Collection, Anticoagulants, and Preservatives on Laboratory Test Results

    Leland Baskin, Valerian Dias, ... Christopher Naugler

    Pages 19-34

  5. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 4 - Sample Processing and Specimen Misidentification Issues

    Alison Woodworth and Amy L. Pyle

    Pages 35-51

  6. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 5 - Hemolysis, Lipemia, and High Bilirubin: Effect on Laboratory Tests

    Steven C. Kazmierczak

    Pages 53-62

  7. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 6 - Immunoassay Design and Mechanisms of Interferences

    Pradip Datta

    Pages 63-73

  8. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 7 - Effect of Herbal Remedies on Clinical Laboratory Tests

    Amitava Dasgupta

    Pages 75-92

  9. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 8 - Challenges in Routine Clinical Chemistry Testing: Analysis of Small Molecules

    Jorge Sepulveda

    Pages 93-129

  10. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 9 - Challenges in Routine Clinical Chemistry Analysis: Proteins and Enzymes

    Jorge Sepulveda

    Pages 131-148

  11. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 10 - Sources of Inaccuracy in Biochemical Genetics Testing

    Michael J. Bennett

    Pages 149-154

  12. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 11 - Challenges in Endocrinology Testing

    Lindsay A.L. Bazydlo, Neil S. Harris and William E. Winter

    Pages 155-175

  13. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 12 - Pitfalls in Tumor Markers Testing

    Alyaa Al-Ibraheemi, Amitava Dasgupta and Amer Wahed

    Pages 177-193

  14. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 13 - Issues of Interferences in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

    Gwendolyn A. McMillin and Kamisha L. Johnson-Davis

    Pages 195-211

  15. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 14 - Limitations of Drugs of Abuse Testing

    Amitava Dasgupta

    Pages 213-232

  16. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 15 - Challenges in Confirmation Testing for Drugs of Abuse

    Larry A. Broussard

    Pages 233-246

  17. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 16 - Alcohol Determination Using Automated Analyzers: Limitations and Pitfalls

    Sheila Dawling

    Pages 247-272

  18. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 17 - Pre-Analytical Issues and Interferences in Transfusion Medicine Tests

    Elena Nedelcu

    Pages 273-294

  19. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 18 - Issues with Immunology and Serology Testing

    Amer Wahed and Semyon Risin

    Pages 295-304

  20. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 19 - Sources of Errors in Hematology and Coagulation Testing

    Andy Nguyen and Amer Wahed

    Pages 305-314

  21. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 20 - Challenges in Clinical Microbiology Testing

    Laura Chandler

    Pages 315-326

  22. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 21 - Sources of Errors in Molecular Testing

    Laura Chandler

    Pages 327-341

  23. Book chapterNo access

    Chapter 22 - Problems in Pharmacogenomics Testing

    Dina N. Greene, Cecily Vaughn and Elaine Lyon

    Pages 343-355

  24. Book chapterNo access

    Index

    Pages 357-368

About the book

Description

This practical, easy-to-use guide, named to Doody’s Core Titles 2013, addresses interference issues in all laboratory tests, including patient epigenetics, process of specimen collection, enzymes, biomarkers. Clinicians and laboratory scientists can therefore rely on one reference which speaks to both their needs of accurate specimen analysis and optimal patient care.

Erroneous hospital and pathology laboratory results can be confusing and problematic, especially in acute care situations. While some factors creating interference, can be identified in the laboratory, detecting many others is often dependent on clinical details unavailable to the laboratory scientists or pathologists. Therefore, clinicians must become proficient in identifying such erroneous reports, and working with pathologists and laboratory scientists so that they can understand the source of such interferences, correct the results, and then decide what course of action must be followed for proper patient management.

This practical, easy-to-use guide, named to Doody’s Core Titles 2013, addresses interference issues in all laboratory tests, including patient epigenetics, process of specimen collection, enzymes, biomarkers. Clinicians and laboratory scientists can therefore rely on one reference which speaks to both their needs of accurate specimen analysis and optimal patient care.

Erroneous hospital and pathology laboratory results can be confusing and problematic, especially in acute care situations. While some factors creating interference, can be identified in the laboratory, detecting many others is often dependent on clinical details unavailable to the laboratory scientists or pathologists. Therefore, clinicians must become proficient in identifying such erroneous reports, and working with pathologists and laboratory scientists so that they can understand the source of such interferences, correct the results, and then decide what course of action must be followed for proper patient management.

Key Features

  • Named to Doody’s Core Titles 2013, a collection development tool for health sciences libraries of all sizes, by Doody Enterprises
  • Practical information for both clinicians and laboratory scientists, presented in the form of tables and charts for easy reference
  • Focus on range and sources of interferences rather than details of toxicologic mechanisms which are well covered in toxicology textbooks
  • Covers interferences across endocrine, oncology, hematology, immunohistochemistry, immunology, serology, microbiology, and molecular testing
  • Named to Doody’s Core Titles 2013, a collection development tool for health sciences libraries of all sizes, by Doody Enterprises
  • Practical information for both clinicians and laboratory scientists, presented in the form of tables and charts for easy reference
  • Focus on range and sources of interferences rather than details of toxicologic mechanisms which are well covered in toxicology textbooks
  • Covers interferences across endocrine, oncology, hematology, immunohistochemistry, immunology, serology, microbiology, and molecular testing

Details

ISBN

978-0-12-415783-5

Language

English

Published

2013

Copyright

Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Imprint

Elsevier

You currently don’t have access to this book, however you can purchase separate chapters directly from the table of contents or buy the full version.

Purchase the book

Editors

Amitava Dasgupta

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Houston, TX

Jorge L. Sepulveda

Associate Professor and Associate Director of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY