Cover

Copyright

Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface

How to Use this Book

Section I Communicating Laboratory Needs

Basic Issues

Selecting a Representative Specimen

Requisitions

Specimen Packaging and Transport

Color-Coded Vacuum Tubes

Catheters Often Used in Medical Procedures

Specimen Priority

Specimen Rejection Criteria

Rejection Statements or Addenda to Laboratory Reports

Specialty Testing

Environmental Samples

Hand Wash Specimens

Laboratory Reports

Section II Specimen Management Policies and Rationale

Collection Times

Collection Procedures

Specimen Transport

Specimen Processing: General

Sputum Specimens

Urine Specimens

Wound Specimens

Spinal Fluid Specimens

Throat and Nasopharyngeal Specimens

Viginal and Endometrial Specimens

Miscellaneous Specimens

Section III Specimen Collection and Processing

Body Fluids Specimens

Gastrointestinal Specimens

Genital Specimens

Respiratory Specimens

Urine Specimens

Viruses, Chlamydiae, Rickettsiae, and Fungi

Wound Specimen

Section IV Specimen Management Summary Tables

Bateriology and Mycology Specimen Collection Guidelines

Specimen Management for Infrequently Encountered Organisms

Specimen Guide for Virus Isolation

Virology Specimen Collection Guidelines

Parasitology: Anatomic Sites Containing Diagnostic Stages

Parasitology Specimen Collection Guidelines

Reference

Bibliography

Index