Quick Guide to Body Fluid Testing

By Darci Block and Deanna Franke

The Quick Guide to Body Fluid Testing, Second Edition, continues as a readily available pocket reference for students, academics, and health care professionals working in a wide variety of contexts with the body fluid testing process.

The authors have organized the material that makes up the main body of their text in three parts devoted to preanalytic considerations such as collection, labeling, handling, transport, specimen pretreatment, and test ordering practices, analytic validation, and postanalytic considerations. This revised edition includes a new section on validation requirements when replacing instruments, expanded post-analytical considerations to include selection of quality control materials and concentrations, and expanded frequently asked questions to address questions that arise around body fluid testing.

This second edition aims to help laboratories make decisions about their body fluid testing menu and risk-based decisions about the thoroughness of their validation study design, making it a valuable resource to lab professionals.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 044318531X
• ISBN13: 9780443185311
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 82 Pages