CLINICAL LAB SCIENEC

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INDEX
International Sensitivity
Index, 361
International System of Units (SI),
209, 214–215, 215t
Intrinsic factors, 328
Ion(s), calcium, 329
ISM. See Illinois Society for
Microbiology (ISM)
i-Stat analyzer, 383
J
JCAHO. See The Joint Commission
(TJC)
Johns Hopkins Hospital, 16
Joint Commission on Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations
(JCAHO). See The Joint
Commission (TJC)
Journal of American Medical Technologists,
50
K
Kaiser, H.J., 158
Kaiser-Permanente Medical Care
Program, 158
Kelvin, as measurement type, 210
Ketoacidosis, 309
Kidney(s)
function of, 288, 289f
assessment of, clearance test in,
228
nephron of, 289, 289f
Kidney tubules, casts in, 305–306,
306t, 307f
Kil, 211
Kinetic enzyme calculations,
226–227, 227t
Kinetic rate reaction, 378, 379f
Kinetic reaction, 364
explanation of, 227
Kioch, R., in history of laboratory
medicine, 6
L
Labeling, fluorescent, 390
Laboratory(ies). See also Clinical
laboratory(ies); Medical
laboratory(ies)
costs related to, medical service
costs impacted by, 162–163,
172
equipment and supplies for,
173–179, 175f–179f, 177t
centrifuges, 175–176, 175f,
176f
fume hoods, 179, 179f
medical economics and,
155–172
microscopes, 177, 178f
permissible temperature ranges
for, 177t
refrigerators, 176–177, 177f,
177t
safety cabinets, 179, 180f
sterilization of, autoclave for,
179, 179f
equipment “down” in, costs related
to, medical service costs
impacted by, 168–169
functions of, 172–174
management of, 173
mechanization of, costs related to,
medical service costs impacted
by, 164–165
physicians’ office, 164
reference, costs related to, medical
service costs impacted by,
163–164
safety in, 89–110. See also Safety,
laboratory
testing in
automated testing, 181–182
manual testing, 181
representative procedures,
182–183
student practice of procedures,
182
by those other than professional
laboratory workers, 48–50
types of, 181–183
water in, 179–181
Laboratory Information System
(LIS), 268, 364
Laboratory manager, 29f, 31
Laboratory mathematics, 207–229
assay conditions, 227, 227t
Beer’s law, 225–226, 226f
clearance tests, 227–228
converting units of measurement,
211–214, 212t, 213t, 214f
kinetic enzyme calculations,
226–227, 227t
logarithms, 209
measuring solution strengths,
218–221, 219f–222f
preparing solutions from more
concentrated strength to more
dilute strength, 222–225,
223f, 224t, 225f
preparing solvents, 216–218, 216t
SI, 209, 214–215, 215t
significant figures, 208
systems of measurement, 209–
211, 210f, 210t, 211f, 211t
Laboratory medicine
background of, 1–11, 7t, 10f, 11f
early history, 3–5
evolution of clinical laboratory,
timeline for, 5–6, 7t
Lister in, 5
Malpighi in, 4–5
technological development,
factors contributing to, 6–10,
10f
van Leeuwenhoek in, 4
described, 29–30
lack of recognition as profession,
10–11, 11f
workers in, employment
opportunities as, 11–15.
See also Medical laboratory
workers, employment
opportunities as
Laboratory procedures, costs of,
elements in calculation of,
165–167
Laboratory professionals. See Medical
laboratory workers
Laboratory values, factors affecting,
257
Laboratory workers. See Medical
laboratory workers
Latex agglutination test, 410–412,
410f–412f. See also Rheumatoid
factor (RF) direct slide
test
Latex sensitivity, in phlebotomy, 275
Laundry workers, infection control
in, 122–123
Law(s)
Beer’s, 225–226, 226f
biological safety–related, in laboratories,
timeline of, 90t
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