This book is the thoroughly revised and updated edition of the book incorporating most of the revised course content and recent advances concerning medical laboratory technology.
Each chapter begins with a brief introduction, principles, procedure and interpretation of experiment. Use of safety measures while handling infected material (bacterial, viral and fungal infections) is stressed upon. Advances in diagnostic methodologies and instrumentation have been included, which equip the students to prepare stained tissue sections of various types (paraffin, frozen), immunohistochemistry and staining cytology smears (vaginal, fine needle aspiration cytology) by Papanicolaou method.
Highlights of the Third Edition: New additions
Ø Completely revised table on causes of high creatinine
Ø Structure, transmission and diagnosis of hepatitis C virus
Ø One step HCV test device
Ø Structure, signs, symptoms and laboratory diagnosis of hepatitis E virus
Ø Structure, transmission, symptoms and laboratory diagnosis of chikungunya virus infection
Ø Method and interpretation of red-spot-PE test to find out the complications in third trimester of pregnancy
This book aims to enable the students perform routine clinical laboratory investigations (blood, bone marrow, urine, CSF), biopsies and other fluids. Students should be able to provide technical help for selected sophisticated haematological techniques.
The Textbook effectively and comprehensively meets the requirements of
• Students of medical laboratory technology (MLT) courses
• MBBS students
• MD (pathology) and MD (microbiology) students
• Laboratory technology professionals employed in various clinical laboratories who wish to renew their knowledge of the subject.
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