A Guide to Specimen Management in Clinical Microbiology

Klappentext A Guide to Specimen Management in Clinical Microbiology is the classic reference that addresses and meets the needs of everyone in the "total testing process" circle. It provides complete, concise information on the unique needs of the microbiology laboratory regarding specimen management and is the only single source for the specimen management policies required for laboratory results that are accurate, significant, and clinically relevant.Medical, nursing, and medical technology students, practicing physicians, private practice offices, clinical laboratories, and public health laboratories can turn to this valuable resource to answer their questions on issues such as the correct procedures of specimen selection, collection, transport, and storage in the clinical microbiology laboratory, the rationale associated with the specimen requirements, and proper communication between the lab and its clients. Zusammenfassung A Guide to Specimen Management in Clinical Microbiology is the classic reference that addresses and meets the needs of everyone in the "total testing process" circle. It provides complete! concise information on the unique needs of the microbiology laboratory regarding specimen management and is the only single source for the specimen management policies required for laboratory results that are accurate! significant! and clinically relevant.Medical! nursing! and medical technology students! practicing physicians! private practice offices! clinical laboratories! and public health laboratories can turn to this valuable resource to answer their questions on issues such as the correct procedures of specimen selection! collection! transport! and storage in the clinical microbiology laboratory! the rationale associated with the specimen requirements! and proper communication between the lab and its clients. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface How to Use This Book Section I Communicating Laboratory Needs Basic Issues Selecting a Representative Specimen Requisitions Specimen Packaging and Transport Color-Coded Vacuum Tubes Catheters Often Used in Medical Procedures Specimen Priority Specimen Rejection Criteria Rejection Statements of Addenda to Laboratory Reports Specialty Testing Environmental Samples Hand Wash Specimens Laboratory Reports Section II Specimen Management Policies and Rationale Collection Times Collection Procedures Specimen Transport Specimen Processing: General Specimen Processing: Molecular Lower Respiratory Tract Specimens Urine Specimens Wound Specimens Spinal Fluid Specimens Throat and Nasopharyngeal Specimens Vaginal and Endometrial Specimens Miscellaneous Specimens Section III Specimen Collection and Processing Body Fluid Specimens Abdominal-Peritoneal Fluid (Paracentesis, Ascites) Blood Specimens Cerebrospinal Fluid Pleural-Thoracentesis Fluid Gastrointestinal Specimens Duodenal Contents Gastric Contents Pinworm Eggs Collected by Adhesive Tape Preparation Rectal and Anal Swab Specimens Sigmoidoscopy Specimens for Amebiasis Stool or Feces for Culture or Parasitology Studies Stool Specimen Collection Directions Genital Specimens General Information Cervical or Endocervical Specimens Genital Smears for Herpes Urethral and Penile Specimens Respiratory Specimens General Information Bronchoscopy-Bronchial Washing Nasal Specimens Nasopharyngeal Specimens Sputum Tracheal Aspirate Transtracheal Aspirate Throat Specimens Urine Specimens General Information Urine from Catheters Clean-Catch Urine Cytoscopic Specimens: Bil...

List of contents

Preface
 
How to Use This Book
 
Section I Communicating Laboratory Needs
 
Basic Issues
 
Selecting a Representative Specimen
 
Requisitions
 
Specimen Packaging and Transport
 
Color-Coded Vacuum Tubes
 
Catheters Often Used in Medical Procedures
 
Specimen Priority
 
Specimen Rejection Criteria
 
Rejection Statements of Addenda to Laboratory Reports
 
Specialty Testing
 
Environmental Samples
 
Hand Wash Specimens
 
Laboratory Reports
 
Section II Specimen Management Policies and Rationale
 
Collection Times
 
Collection Procedures
 
Specimen Transport
 
Specimen Processing: General
 
Specimen Processing: Molecular
 
Lower Respiratory Tract Specimens
 
Urine Specimens
 
Wound Specimens
 
Spinal Fluid Specimens
 
Throat and Nasopharyngeal Specimens
 
Vaginal and Endometrial Specimens
 
Miscellaneous Specimens
 
Section III Specimen Collection and Processing
 
Body Fluid Specimens
 
Abdominal-Peritoneal Fluid (Paracentesis, Ascites)
 
Blood Specimens
 
Cerebrospinal Fluid
 
Pleural-Thoracentesis Fluid
 
Gastrointestinal Specimens
 
Duodenal Contents
 
Gastric Contents
 
Pinworm Eggs Collected by Adhesive Tape Preparation
 
Rectal and Anal Swab Specimens
 
Sigmoidoscopy Specimens for Amebiasis
 
Stool or Feces for Culture or Parasitology Studies
 
Stool Specimen Collection Directions
 
Genital Specimens
 
General Information
 
Cervical or Endocervical Specimens
 
Genital Smears for Herpes
 
Urethral and Penile Specimens
 
Respiratory Specimens
 
General Information
 
Bronchoscopy-Bronchial Washing
 
Nasal Specimens
 
Nasopharyngeal Specimens
 
Sputum
 
Tracheal Aspirate
 
Transtracheal Aspirate
 
Throat Specimens
 
Urine Specimens
 
General Information
 
Urine from Catheters
 
Clean-Catch Urine
 
Cytoscopic Specimens: Bilateral Urethral Catheterization
 
Suprapubic Aspirate for Urine Cultures
 
Urine Specimens: Bladder Washout
 
Urine Specimens: Ileal Conduit
 
Viruses, Chlamydiae, Rickettsiae, and Fungi
 
Chlamydia Culture
 
Specimens for Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma spp.
 
Fungal Specimens
 
Rickettsial Specimens
 
Viral Specimens
 
Wound Specimens
 
General Information
 
Ear (Otitis Media) Specimens
 
Eye Specimens
 
Skin and Contiguous Tissue Specimens
 
Section IV Specimen Management Summary Tables
 
Bacteriology and Mycology Specimen Collection Guidelines
 
Specimen Management for Infrequently Encountered Organisms
 
Specimen Guide for Virus Isolation
 
Virology Specimen Collection Guidelines
 
Parasitology: Anatomic Sites Containing Diagnostic Stages
 
Parasitology Specimen Collection Guidelines
 
References
 
Index

Product details

• Authors: J Michae Miller, J Michael Miller, J. Michael Miller, Michael J. Miller, Shelley A Miller, Shelley A. Miller, Shirley A. Miller
• Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781555819613
• ISBN: 978-1-55581-961-3
• No. of pages: 209
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Series: ASM Books; ASM
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; Mikrobiologie, Medizin, microbiology, Medical Science, Klinische Mikrobiologie, Mikrobiologie u. Virologie