This infobase should meet the management needs of an
entire laboratory medicine department.This product builds on previous
editions of the Laboratory Methods Infobase to include even more topics, text, and
figures.
Included in Version
5.1:
- Enlarged Methods section
- Expanded Interpretation section has
been hyperlinked to appropriate methods
- 117 management forms in English and Spanish
- Adobe Acrobat Reader is on-board for
increase ease of formatting and modifying any one of the 117 management forms
- Audio files of glossary terms for accurate
pronunciation
- Runs on Windows 98
Th manual describes some 200 clinical
chemistry and toxicology tests in complete detail, using the same format as the
reference text Methods in Clinical Chemistry. It also contains a complete
discussion of Urinalysis, with at least 60 color pictures.
The Hematology section includes a
complete discussion of the most common automated hematology laboratory tests. The
Cytopathology
section describes the most common tests for this discipline including specimen collection
techniques, preparation of the sample and staining techniques.
The Reference Guide to Laboratory Tests
provides a brief description of the 1000 most common tests including specimen required,
estimate of turnaround time, and interpretation. This is supplemented by hyperlinks to the
more extensive information in the Laboratory Methods section of the
infobase.
A section on phlebotomy and specimen
collection provides a detailed description of these procedures for chemistry,
hematology, immunology, microbiology, toxicology, and virology analysis. A
toxicology
database describes the structure and toxic characteristics of the 500 most toxic
compounds encountered by a hospital.
What can be done with the infobase:
- Annotate and modify any portion of the entire infobase,
including ANY of the method procedures or forms, to conform to the exact needs of your
laboratory and institution. Multiple users can make their own notes directly on the
infobase and save them as personal shadow files.
- Sort and print modified forms.
- Instantly access all parts of the infobase via
hypertext links.
- Rapidly retrieve specific information from the infobase
using the sophisticated FolioViews™ search
engine.
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Over 11,000
pages of information and 1200 images.
Contributions by 300
world-renowned clinical laboratory experts.
4,000 pages of clinical chemistry
information on 200 common analytes.
Guide to Laboratory Tests has
1,000 pages of summary information on the most common tests with hyperlinks to more
detailed information.
Sections on Cytopathology,
Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology, Phlebotomy, Sample Collection, Processing, and
Toxicology.
Methods of analysis,
interpretation, and specimen requirements.
117 management forms for use in
the hospital laboratory.
500 compounds described in the
Toxicology database.
Complete Urinalysis description,
including color atlas.
Glossary of 10,000
terms and common abbreviations, including 1,000 audio-enhanced
terms for accurate pronunciation
500 pages of US CLIA'88
regulations.
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Software:
Pesce Kaplan Publishers' CD ROM products use the
highly-acclaimed FolioViews search engine, which runs on Microsoft Windows
95 or higher
operating system. All the software necessary to run the infobase itself is included on the
CD ROM.
Hardware:
- Pentium or higher CPU
- WIndows 95 or higher operating system
- 4MB RAM, 8 MB preferred
- VGA video, SVGA preferred
- Double-speed or faster CD ROM drive
- Hard disk with minimum of 1MB available space
- Mouse
- Windows True Type compatible printer, preferably a
laser printer
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