Medical Laboratory Manual for Tropical Countries

Medical Books

Cheesbrough, Monica

Medicine

Butterworth-Heinemann

This new edition includes an update on HIV disease/AIDS, recently developed HIV rapid tests to diagnose HIV infection and screen donor blood, and current information on antiretroviral drugs and the laboratory monitoring of antiretroviral therapy. Information on the epidemiology and laboratory investigation of other pathogens has also been brought up to date. Several new, rapid, simple to perform immunochromatographic tests to assist in the diagnosis of infectious diseases are described, including those for brucellosis, cholera, dengue, leptospirosis, syphilis and hepatitis. Recently developed lgM antibody tests to investigate typhoid fever are also described. The new classification of salmonellae has been introduced. Details of manufacturers and suppliers now include website information and e-mail addresses. The haematology and blood transfusion chapters have been updated, including a review of haemoglobin measurement methods in consideration of the high prevalence of anaemia in developing countries.

District Laboratory Practice in Tropical Countries, Part 2

Cambridge University Press

District Laboratory Practice in Tropical Countries

Changes in the organization of health services in developing countries have led to district levels assuming more responsibility for the planning, delivery and quality of community health care. This fully up-dated new edition has been produced to help those working in the district laboratory, and those responsible for the organization and management of community laboratory services and the training of district laboratory personnel. Replacing the previous publication Medical Laboratory Manual for Tropical Countries, this book provides an up-to-date practical bench manual, taking a modern approach to the provision of a quality medical laboratory service.

District Laboratory Practice in Tropical Countries, Part 1

Administration & Medicine Economics

This immensely useful volume describes in practical detail microbiological, hematological, and blood transfusion techniques with, as in Part 1 (1999), an emphasis on the use of standard operating procedures, quality assurance and good laboratory practice. There is a twenty page color section, including 80 microbiology plates and 35 plates showing normal and abnormal blood cells.

Changes in the organization of health services in developing countries have led to the district level assuming more responsibility for the planning, delivery and quality of community health care. District Laboratory Practice in Tropical Countries has been produced to help those working in the district laboratory, and those responsible for the organization and management of community laboratory services and the training of district laboratory personnel. Replacing the previous publication Medical Laboratory Manual for Tropical Countries, this book provides an up-to-date practical bench manual, taking a modern approach to the provision of a quality medical laboratory service. It includes practical accounts of: organization and staffing of district laboratory services; total quality management; health and safety; equipping district laboratories; parasitological tests, illustrated in colour; clinical chemistry tests; how to plan a training curriculum for district laboratory personnel. Volume 2, published in late 1999, covers microbiological tests, haematological tests and blood transfusion tests.

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

District Laboratory Practice in Tropical Countries, Part 2, 2nd Edition

Test Preparation

College & High School

Cambridge Univ Pr

District Laboratory Practice in Tropical Countries South Asian Edition, Part 2

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