Accurate Results in the Clinical Laboratory A Guide to Error Detection and Correction

Name: Accurate Results in the Clinical Laboratory A Guide to Error Detection and Correction
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ISBN: 9780124157835

ISBN-10: 0124157831

ISBN-13: 9780124157835

Edition: 2013

Authors: Amitava Dasgupta, Jorge L. Sepulveda

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Interferences in laboratory reports due to drugs and herbal supplements are well documented in the clinical toxicology literature but there is no one book on the market which covers the entire field of clinical laboratory interferences and erroneous laboratory results. This practical, easy-to-use guide will address interference issues in all laboratory tests, including patient epigenetics, process of specimen collection, enzymes, biomarkers, etc., so that clinicians and laboratory scientists can rely on one reference which speaks to both their needs of accurate specimen analysis and optimal patient care.Practical information for both clinicians and laboratory scientists, presented in the…

Book details

List price: $99.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication date: 4/18/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 382
Size: 8.46" wide x 10.87" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.750
Language: English




How ethnicity, gender and age may affect laboratory test results



Effect of diet, exercise and high altitude on laboratory test results



Effect of patient preparation and specimen collection process on laboratory test results



Effect of sample collection containers, anticoagulants and preservatives on laboratory results



Effect of sample processing on laboratory results



Specimen misidentification: strategies to resolve discrepant results



Common endogenous interferences in laboratory tests: Hemolysis, lipemia and high bilirubin



Immunoassay design" Why there are so many interferences?



Heterophilic and auto-antibodies: major sources of erroneous test results



Sources of error in testing common chemistry metabolites



Effect of herbal remedies in clinical laboratory tests: A general overview



Sources of errors in of enzymes and biomarkers testing



Interferences in endocrine Testings



Issues of interferences in testing tumor markers



Interferences in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Commonly Monitored Drugs



Limitations of Drugs of Abuse Testings



False Positive Tests Results with Immunoassays Used for Screening Drugs of Abuse in Urine



Non-prescription and prescription medications and positive toxicology report



Limitations of alcohol determination using automated analyzers



Sources of errors in hematology and coagulation testing



Pre-analytical issues and interferences in immunohematology and transfusion medicine



Sources of errors in immunology and serology testing



Interferences in microbiology



Interferences in molecular testing