Linné & Ringsrud's clinical laboratory science : concepts, procedures, and clinical applications / Mary Louise Turgeon, EdD, MLS(ASCP), Clinical Laboratory Education Consultant, Mary L. Turgeon & Associates, Boston, Massachusetts, and St. Petersburg, Florida, Adjunct Professor and Academic Consultant, Northeastern University, College of Professional Studies Boston, Massachusetts, Professor South University Physician Assistant Program, Tampa, Florida.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fundamentals of the clinical laboratory -- Safety in the clinical laboratory -- Quality assessment and quality control in the clinical laboratory -- Phlebotomy : collecting and processing blood -- The microscope -- Systems of measurement, laboratory equipment, and reagents -- Laboratory mathematics and solution preparation -- Basic and new techniques in the clinical laboratory -- Delivery of laboratory testing : from point-of-care testing to total automation -- Clinical laboratory specializations -- Introduction to clinical chemistry -- Principles and practice of clinical hematology -- Introduction to hemostasis -- Renal physiology and urinalysis -- Examination of body fluids and miscellaneous specimens -- Introduction to microbiology -- Immunology and serology -- Immunohematology and transfusion medicine.