Board of Certification Study Guide for Clinical Laboratory Certification Examinations Author: Patricia Tanabe | Language: English | ISBN:
0891895876 | Format: PDF
Board of Certification Study Guide for Clinical Laboratory Certification Examinations Description
The 5th edition of The ASCP Board of Certifcation Study Guide the authoritative study tool for preparing for the ASCP Board of Certification (BOC) Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) and Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) certification examinations has been updated and expanded to include new sections on molecular pathology, lab information, safety, answers and explanations for each question, and much more.
More than 2,000 multiple-choice questions are presented in a format and style similar to those on the actual BOC certification examination. They re also organized within the chapters to correspond to the major content areas on the examination.
- Each practice question includes an answer and a brief explanation, with suggestions for additional information sources for more information
- Note at a glance whether a question is appropriate for both MT/MLS and MLT levels or MT/MLS only
- Zero in on a specific topic within a chapter and access questions that relate to that topic
- Questions with images appear as they would on the exam
- Series: BOR Study Guides
- Paperback: 484 pages
- Publisher: American Society for Clinical Pathology; 5th edition (August 1, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0891895876
- ISBN-13: 978-0891895879
- Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
This book is amazing. It a one of a kind study guide that has really helped me. This book is not just one big book filled with reading material, like a study guide you would use or see in school. It is filled with questions that might be asked on your certification exam and includes an answer key at the end of every section you complete with fully detailed answers to why that answer is correct.
The following subjects include:
Blood Banking : blood products, blood group systems, physiology and pathophysiology, serology,and transfusions. Chemistry : carbohydrates, acid-base balance, electrolytes, proteins and other nitrogen-containing compounds, heme derivatives, enzymes, lipids and lipoproteins, endocrinology and tumor markers, TDM and toxicology, quality assessment, laboratory mathematics,and instrumentation. Hematology: erythrocytes-pathology, erythrocytes-disease states, erythrocytes-laboratory determinations, leukocytes-physiology, leukocytes-disease states, leukocytes-laboratory determinations, platelets-physiology, platelets-disease states, platelets-laboratory operations, hemostasis,and hematology laboratory operations. Immunology: autoantibody evaluation, infectious disease serology, protein analysis,and cellular immunity and histocompatibility techniques. Microbiology: preanalytical and susceptibility testing, aerobic gram-positive cocci, gram-negative bacilli, aerobic gram-negative cocci, aerobic or facultative gram-positive bacilli, anaerobes, fungi, mycobacteria, viruses and other microorganisms, and parasites. Molecular biology: molecular science, molecular techniques, and applications of molecular testing.
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