Basic Medical Laboratory Techniques

This extensively revised, performance-based text covers the theory and techniques of basic medical laboratory procedures that are performed in physician office laboratories, small clinics, hospital laboratories, public health departments and point-of-care testing facilities.

The Theory. In a chemical laboratory, we carry out some simple operations like bending or cutting a glass tube, boring a cork and studying the complex process of analysing substances qualitatively and quantitatively. We are going to learn some basic laboratory techniques that are easy as long as we concentrate on accuracy, cleanliness, and strict adherence to details when performing any ...