Clinical Laboratory Urinalysis and Body Fluids

Description

For all courses in urinalysis and body fluids in Clinical Laboratory Programs at both the Associate’s and Bachelor’s degree level.

 

The current, concise, and easy-to-read guide to urinalysis and body fluids for all clinical laboratory technology students and professionals.

 

Clinical Laboratory Urinalysis and Body Fluids brings together all the information clinical laboratory technology students need about all aspects of urinalysis and body fluids. Current, concise, and easy to read, it reflects the authors’ extensive combined experience in academia, research and the technical areas of a clinical laboratory. Topics covered include: safety, quality, renal anatomy/physiology, pre-analytical urinalysis; urinalysis physical components and chemical examination; microscopy; microscopic urine sediment examination; renal diseases; cerebrospinal, serous, and other body fluids; amniotic fluid and pregnancy testing; metabolic diseases, and fecal analysis. Content is sequenced logically, with boxes, tables, and figures augmenting and supporting each chapter’s technical information. Chapter objectives are written at two levels, reflecting laboratory technicians’ and technologists’ differing scope of practice. Periodic self-assessment “checkpoints” challenge students with timely review questions, and chapter-ending review questions are also presented at two levels, reflecting students’ differing backgrounds. Students also gain practical insights through case studies at the beginning of each chapter, and “Mini Case” patient scenarios located throughout.

 

Teaching and Learning Experience

 

This book will help students master all the concepts and techniques they need to succeed as clinical laboratory technicians or technologists. 

• Presents up-to-date coverage of all topics related to urinalysis and other body fluids: Covers safety and quality, as well as all common types of body fluid testing and all stages of urinalysis
• Flexible enough to support instruction of both clinical laboratory technicians and technologists, and students with diverse educational backgrounds: Provides sets of chapter objectives and review questions carefully crafted to serve students with differing knowledge and goals
• Provides practical insight through multiple case studies: Includes “Case in Point” case studies motivating each chapter, and Mini Case studies throughout chapters.

For all courses in urinalysis and body fluids in Clinical Laboratory Programs at both the Associate’s and Bachelor’s degree level.

 

The current, concise, and easy-to-read guide to urinalysis and body fluids for all clinical laboratory technology students and professionals.

 

Clinical Laboratory Urinalysis and Body Fluids brings together all the information clinical laboratory technology students need about all aspects of urinalysis and body fluids. Current, concise, and easy to read, it reflects the authors’ extensive combined experience in academia, research and the technical areas of a clinical laboratory. Topics covered include: safety, quality, renal anatomy/physiology, pre-analytical urinalysis; urinalysis physical components and chemical examination; microscopy; microscopic urine sediment examination; renal diseases; cerebrospinal, serous, and other body fluids; amniotic fluid and pregnancy testing; metabolic diseases, and fecal analysis. Content is sequenced logically, with boxes, tables, and figures augmenting and supporting each chapter’s technical information. Chapter objectives are written at two levels, reflecting laboratory technicians’ and technologists’ differing scope of practice. Periodic self-assessment “checkpoints” challenge students with timely review questions, and chapter-ending review questions are also presented at two levels, reflecting students’ differing backgrounds. Students also gain practical insights through case studies at the beginning of each chapter, and “Mini Case” patient scenarios located throughout.

 

Teaching and Learning Experience

 

This book will help students master all the concepts and techniques they need to succeed as clinical laboratory technicians or technologists.

• Presents up-to-date coverage of all topics related to urinalysis and other body fluids: Covers safety and quality, as well as all common types of body fluid testing and all stages of urinalysis
• Flexible enough to support instruction of both clinical laboratory technicians and technologists, and students with diverse educational backgrounds: Provides sets of chapter objectives and review questions carefully crafted to serve students with differing knowledge and goals
• Provides practical insight through multiple case studies: Includes “Case in Point” case studies motivating each chapter, and Mini Case studies throughout chapters.

Features

 

Presents up-to-date coverage of all topics related to urinalysis and other body fluids 

• Begins by thoroughly introducing crucial safety issues, including biological hazards; personal protection equipment; universal precautions; sharps, chemical, radioactive, electrical, and fire hazards; MSDS, NFPA, RACE, PASS, and OSHA—starts instruction by preparing students to perform their tasks safely, and ensuring that they understand the risks involved 
• Includes a full chapter on quality issues in a clinical urinalysis laboratory, introduing quality assurance and control, QC materials and limits, Levey-Jennings control charts, Westgard rules, proficient testing, procedure manuals, and regulatory oversight—stressing the crucial importance of quality to the laboratory, lab professional, and patient, and provides the tools students need to do high-quality lab work 
• Thoroughly introduces renal anatomy and physiology—explaining the kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra, nephron, renal blood flow, glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption and secretion, and renal function tests 
• Covers all aspects and phases of urinalysis—explaining specimen collection and other pre-analytical techniques; physical components; chemical examination via reagent strips; microscopy, microscopic urine sediment examinations, and more 
• Fully introduces other body fluids and analysis techniques, including cerebrospinal, serous, synovial, and seminal fluids; brachioalveolar lavage; gastric contents, sweat, and more—enabling students to perform the full range of tests likely to be used by their laboratories 
• Contains a full chapter on amniotic fluid and pregnancy testing—preparing students to assess fetal distress, infection, and maturity; and to perform tests on Human Chorionic Gonadotropin 
• Covers testing for several metabolic diseases, including Maple Syrup Disease and cystinosis—introducing students to several common tests utilizing gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy 
• Includes a full chapter on fecal analysis, including collection, physical examination, and testing—preparing students to accurately perform fecal analysis 
• Supports key topics with discussions of clinical significance, artifacts, and confusers—ensuring that students understand the subtleties of analysis and avoid common errors 

Flexible enough to support instruction of both clinical laboratory technicians and technologists, and students with diverse educational backgrounds 

• Introduces each chapter with specific learning objectives written at two levels—helping instructors customize their presentation to the needs of clinical laboratory technicians, technologists, or both 
• Presents two levels of chapter-enbing study questions—helping instructors provide testing and review that reflects students’ respective levels of education 

Provides practical insight through multiple case studies 

• “Case in Point” case studies start each chapter, identifying issues and questions to consider—positioning and motivating the content of each chapter by showing how it affects real patients, and how it applies to the student’s career 
• “Mini Cases” present realistic patient scenarios throughout each chapter—reinforcing the practical relevance of each concept and technique

1. Safety

2. Quality Issues in a Clinical Urinalysis Laboratory

3. Renal Anatomy and Physiology

4. Pre-Analytical Urinalysis

5. Urinalysis: Physical Components

6. Urinalysis: Chemical Examination: The Reagent Strip

7. Microscopy

8. Urinalysis: Microscopic Urine Sediment Examination

9. Renal Diseases

10. Cerebrospinal Fluid

11. Serous Fluids

12. Other Body Fluids

13. Amniotic Fluid and Pregnancy Testing

14. Metabolic Diseases

15. Fecal Analysis

The current, concise, and easy-to-read guide to urinalysis and body fluids for all clinical laboratory technology students and professionals.

Clinical Laboratory Urinalysis and Body Fluids brings together all the information clinical laboratory technology students need about all aspects of urinalysis and body fluids. Current, concise, and easy to read, it reflects the authors’ extensive combined experience in academia, research and the technical areas of a clinical laboratory. Topics covered include: safety, quality, renal anatomy/physiology, pre-analytical urinalysis; urinalysis physical components and chemical examination; microscopy; microscopic urine sediment examination; renal diseases; cerebrospinal, serous, and other body fluids; amniotic fluid and pregnancy testing; metabolic diseases, and fecal analysis. Content is sequenced logically, with boxes, tables, and figures augmenting and supporting each chapter’s technical information. Chapter objectives are written at two levels, reflecting laboratory technicians’ and technologists’ differing scope of practice. Periodic self-assessment “checkpoints” challenge students with timely review questions, and chapter-ending review questions are also presented at two levels, reflecting students’ differing backgrounds. Students also gain practical insights through case studies at the beginning of each chapter, and “Mini Case” patient scenarios located throughout.

Teaching and Learning Experience

This book will help students master all the concepts and techniques they need to succeed as clinical laboratory technicians or technologists.

• Presents up-to-date coverage of all topics related to urinalysis and other body fluids: Covers safety and quality, as well as all common types of body fluid testing and all stages of urinalysis
• Flexible enough to support instruction of both clinical laboratory technicians and technologists, and students with diverse educational backgrounds : Provides sets of chapter objectives and review questions carefully crafted to serve students with differing knowledge and goals
• Provides practical insight through multiple case studies: Includes “Case in Point” case studies motivating each chapter, and Mini Case studies throughout chapters.