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In response to the ever-changing needs and responsibilities of the clinical microbiology field, Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook, Fourth Edition has been extensively reviewed and updated to present the most prominent procedures in use today.The Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook provides step-by-step protocols and descriptions that allow clinical microbiologists and laboratory staff personnel to confidently and accurately 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.
List of contents
Volume 1Editorial Board ixContributors xiHow to Use This Handbook xviiAbbreviations xixPreface xxiiiAcknowledgments xxvReader Response Form xxviiDisclaimer xxix1 Procedure Coding, Reimbursement, and Billing Compliance 1.0.12 Specimen Collection, Transport, and Acceptability 2.0.13 Aerobic Bacteriology 3.0.14 Anaerobic Bacteriology 4.0.1Volume 25 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing 5.0.16 Aerobic Actinomycetes 6.0.17 Mycobacteriology and Antimycobacterial Susceptibility Testing 7.0.18 Mycology and Antifungal Susceptibility Testing 8.0.19 Parasitology 9.0.110 Viruses and Chlamydiae 10.0.1Volume 311 Immunology 11.0.112 Molecular Diagnostics 12.0.113 Epidemiologic and Infection Control Microbiology 13.0.114 Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Laboratory Records, and Water Quality 14.0.115 Biohazards and Safety 15.0.116 Bioterrorism 16.0.1Index
