CLINICAL LAB SCIENEC

INDEX 471
of health care, 61–76. See also
Medical law, of health care
Lease purchase agreements, costs related
to, medical service costs
impacted by, 167–168
Lederberg, J., in history of laboratory
medicine, 8
Legal action, against medical facility
or worker, 68–69
Legal issues, standards for, 70
Length, as measurement type, 210
Leprosy, M. leprae and, 140
Leucine crystals, 308f
Leukemia, feline, 114
Leukocytes, 305f, 330, 331t
Levey-Jennings charts, 234, 236,
242, 243f, 251f
Licensure
defined, 50
described, 44–45
of health care facilities and
educational institutions,
36–37, 36t
of medical laboratory technical
workers, 18–19, 19f
of medical laboratory workers,
described, 39–40, 40t
personnel, 37–42, 39t–42t
disparities in, 38–39, 39t
state, for laboratory personnel,
50–55
Lifestyle, as factor in costs of medical
services, 161–162
Linearity
defined, 223
in HDL, 378
in Stanbio Enzymatic Glucose procedure,
375
in total cholesterol, 378
in total protein determination,
372
Lipoprotein(s), high-density, determination
of, 375–378. See also
High-density lipoprotein
(HDL), determination of
LIS. See Laboratory Information
System (LIS)
Lister, J.
in development of microbiology,
386
in history of infection control, 113
in history of laboratory medicine,
5
Liter(s), as measurement type, 210
Logarithm(s), 209
Low-power field (LPF), 302
LPF. See Low-power field (LPF)
Lumen, defined, 266
M
Macropipette(s)
described, 191
types of, 193
Macroscopic urinalysis, 293
Malpighi, M., in history of laboratory
medicine, 4–5
Manual Prothrombin Time procedure,
360–362, 361f. See
also Prothrombin time (PT),
manual, determination of
Manual testing, 181
Marketing, of personal medical
information, prohibition
on, 74
Massachusetts Committee on Ways
and Means, 55
Massachusetts Cytology Society, 55
Massachusetts Hospital Association,
55
Massachusetts Medical Society, 55
Massachusetts Society of Pathologists
(MSP), 55
Material safety data sheets (MSDSs),
117
Mathematics, laboratory, 207–229.
See also specific components;
Laboratory mathematics
MCH. See Mean corpuscular (erythrocyte)
Hgb (MCH)
MCHC. See Mean corpuscular
(erythrocyte) Hgb concentration
(MCHC)
MCV. See Mean corpuscular (erythrocyte)
volume (MCV)
Mean
defined, 237
variance from, 238–239
Mean corpuscular (erythrocyte) Hgb
(MCH), described, 328
Mean corpuscular (erythrocyte)
Hgb concentration (MCHC),
described, 328
Mean corpuscular (erythrocyte) volume
(MCV), described, 328
Measles, mumps, and rubella
(MMR), immunization for,
150–151
Measurement(s)
converting units of, 211–214,
212t, 213t, 214f
systems of, 209–211, 210f, 210t,
211f, 211t
Measurement devices
bottles for storage, 190–191, 191f
Erlenmeyer flasks, 188–189, 189f
graduated cylinders, 189–190,
190f
Griffin beaker, 189, 190f
pipettes, 191–199, 193f–195f,
197f, 198f. See also Pipette(s)
standardization of, 186–187
types of, 186, 188–191, 189f–191f
volumetric flask, 188, 189f
Median, defined, 237
Medicaid, 11, 45, 158–160, 162,
164, 171
Medical care
ethical delivery of, 63–65
as portion of GDP, 157
Medical care workers, categorization
of, 121–124, 122f, 123f
Medical consumer, 157–158
Medical economics, laboratory
equipment and, 155–172
Medical ethics. See Ethics
Medical facilities
administration of, 156–161. See
also Health care facilities,
administration of
fires in, 93–95, 93f–96f. See
also Fire(s), medical
facility–related
legal action against, 68–69
Medical information
confidentiality of, 69, 69f, 74
limited and specified use of, confidentiality
and, 74
Medical laboratory(ies). See also
Laboratory(ies)
accreditation of, 27–59
development of, 9–10, 10f
federal regulation of, 45–47
hazards found in, 90–91, 91f
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