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INDEX
medical law, ethics, and moral issues
of, 61–76
provision of, challenges to,
171–172
Health care facilities
administration of, 156–161
acceptance of assignment from,
160
aiding consumer, 160–161
CEOs in, 156
health care providers and
insurance, 158–163. See also
Health care providers and
insurance
medical consumer, 157–158
groups of workers in, 121–124,
122f, 123f
infection control and, relationship
between, 115–116
licensure of, 36–37, 36t
organization of, 77–87
Health Care Financing Administration
(HCFA), 46
Health care insurance, 158–163. See
also Health care providers
and insurance
Health care providers and insurance,
158–163
acceptance of assignment from,
160
aiding consumer, 160–161
direct pay, 159
indirect pay, 159
reimbursement and, 159–160
Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA),
63, 69
described, 72–73
regulations of, provisions of, 73
Health maintenance organizations
(HMOs), 72, 158, 159
Health screenings, at ports of entry
to United States, 2
Hemacytometer, 355, 358f
Hemagglutination systems, 416
Hematocrit (Hct)
calculation of, 340–341, 341f
in CBC, 326
described, 340
determination of, 340–345, 341f,
343f
equipment and supplies, 342
initial and weekly quality control,
341
maximum packed cell volume
in, 342
principles, 340, 341f
procedure, 342–344, 343f
reporting of results, 344–345
sources of error, 344
Hematology, 80, 325–362
defined, 325
described, 325–326
procedures, 327–328
Hematoma, defined, 266
Hemoconcentration, 277, 281
Hemoglobin (Hgb), 208
in CBC, 326
described, 345–346
manual determination of, spectrophotometer
in, 345–348,
346f. See also Spectrophotometer,
manual hemoglobulin
determination by
Hemolysis, of sample, 281
HEPA filter masks, in TB prevention,
142, 142f, 143
HEPA mask fit test kit, in TB
prevention, 143
Heparin, 329
Hepatitis
A, 120
B, 112, 120
spread of, limiting of, 136–139,
137f, 138f
vaccination for, 130
requirements for, 150
C, 120
Hgb Pro instrument, 346, 346f
HHS. See Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS)
High-density lipoprotein (HDL),
determination of, 375–378
equipment and supplies, 375–376
linearity, 378
principles, 375
procedure, 376–378
QC, 378
reporting of results, 378
High-efficiency particulate air
(HEPA) filter masks, in TB
prevention, 142, 142f, 143
High-power field (HPF), 302
HIPAA. See Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability
Act (HIPAA)
Hippocrates, in history of laboratory
medicine, 6
Histotechnologists, 29
HIV. See Human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV)
HMOs (health maintenance
organizations), 72, 158, 159
Hospital(s)
accreditation of, 78
organization of, 77–87
committee functions, 84–86, 85t
departments within, 79–84
Hospital laboratories, described, 9
HPF. See High-power field (HPF)
HTLV-1 and HTLV-2. See Human
T-lymphotropic virus 1 and 2
(HTLV-1; HTLV-2)
Human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV), 90, 112
control of, 135
exposure training and immunization
for, 130
humans as reservoirs of, 114–115,
115t
infection prevention effects of,
113–115, 115t
prevention of, 135
spread of, limiting 134–136
strains of, 114
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 and
2 (HTLV-1; HTLV-2), 114
Humor(s), 4
Hyaline cast, 306t, 307f
Hypertonic urine specimens, 303
Hypotonic urine specimens, 303
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Iatrogenic infections, 119
Ictotest, 310–311, 311f
Illinois Department of Professional
Regulation, 54
Illinois Hospital Association, 54
Illinois Society for Microbiology
(ISM), 54
Illinois State Medial Society, 54
Image, projected by laboratory professionals,
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