A Guide to Specimen Management in Clinical Microbiology - J. Michael Miller, Shelley A. Miller

A Guide to Specimen Management in Clinical Microbiology

Buch | Softcover
250 Seiten
2017 | 3rd edition
American Society for Microbiology (Verlag)
978-1-55581-961-3 (ISBN)
59,95 inkl. MwSt
The face of infectious diseases has changed since the second edition of A Guide to Specimen Management in Clinical Microbiology was published in 1999. Despite improved surveillance and vaccinations, tens of millions of people visit physicians annually for a possible microbial or parasitic infection. Identifying the infectious agent in a patient remains a top priority, and proper identification begins with careful collection, appropriate packaging and transport, and responsible reporting of patient specimens.


For these reasons, A Guide to Specimen Management in Clinical Microbiology is as essential as ever. The book is divided into four sections and features tips and words of wisdom that come directly from experts in the field.


Communicating laboratory needs explains to all members of the healthcare team what role the clinical microbiology laboratory plays in patient care. It also emphasizes that microbiology specimens contain living organisms that require proper handling to remain viable.


Specimen management policies and rationale provides a framework for creating a specimen management policy and a specimen collection and handling manual that, together, support good medicine and good laboratory practice.


Specimen collection and processing contains detailed protocols for selecting, collecting, storing, and transporting adult and pediatric specimens to the clinical microbiology laboratory. This section can serve as a model for preparation of the specimen management manual.


Specimen management summary tables are handy reference guides that provide answers to most questions regarding the laboratory needs for a wide variety of bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic organisms found in patient specimens.


Because patient care is a team effort, all members of the health care teamaEURO"physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, specimen collectors, and laboratoriansaEURO"will benefit greatly from reading this book.

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 of 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


Specimen Processing: Molecular


Lower Respiratory Tract Specimens


Urine Specimens


Wound Specimens


Spinal Fluid Specimens


Throat and Nasopharyngeal Specimens


Vaginal and Endometrial Specimens


Miscellaneous Specimens


SECTION III


SPECIMEN COLLECTION AND PROCESSING


Body Fluid Specimens


Abdominal-Peritoneal Fluid (Paracentesis, Ascites)


Blood Specimens


Cerebrospinal Fluid


Pleural-Thoracentesis Fluid


Gastrointestinal Specimens


Duodenal Contents


Gastric Contents


Pinworm Eggs Collected by Adhesive Tape Preparation


Rectal and Anal Swab Specimens


Sigmoidoscopy Specimens for Amebiasis


Stool or Feces for Culture or Parasitology Studies


Stool Specimen Collection Directions


Genital Specimens


General Information


Cervical or Endocervical Specimens


Genital Smears for Herpes


Urethral and Penile Specimens


Respiratory Specimens


General Information


Bronchoscopy-Bronchial Washing


Nasal Specimens


Nasopharyngeal Specimens


Sputum


Tracheal Aspirate


Transtracheal Aspirate


Throat Specimens


Urine Specimens


General Information


Urine from Catheters


Clean-Catch Urine


Cytoscopic Specimens: Bilateral Urethral Catheterization


Suprapubic Aspirate for Urine Cultures


Urine Specimens: Bladder Washout


Urine Specimens: Ileal Conduit


Viruses, Chlamydiae, Rickettsiae, and Fungi


Chlamydia Culture


Specimens for Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma spp.


Fungal Specimens


Rickettsial Specimens


Viral Specimens


Wound Specimens


General Information


Ear (Otitis Media) Specimens


Eye Specimens


Skin and Contiguous Tissue Specimens


SECTION IV


SPECIMEN MANAGEMENT SUMMARY TABLES


Bacteriology 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


References


Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie ASM Books
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 226 mm
Gewicht 363 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Laboratoriumsmedizin
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Genetik / Molekularbiologie
ISBN-10 1-55581-961-3 / 1555819613
ISBN-13 978-1-55581-961-3 / 9781555819613
Zustand Neuware
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