Hematology and Immunology: Quality in Laboratory Diagnosis

Abstract

Written by Adam Seegmiller, MD, PhD, and Mary Ann Thompson, MD, PhD, 116 pages. New York, NY: Demos Medical Publishing. $55.00. ISBN: 978-1620700334 Hematology and Immunology: Quality in Laboratory Diagnosis , a title in the Diagnostic Standards of Care series, focuses on common and uncommon errors encountered in hematology and immunology laboratories that can lead to misinterpretation of test results and misdiagnosis of patients by health care professionals. The book is intended to serve as a learning resource for pathologists, laboratory technologists and technicians, supervisors, and students based on real life laboratory experiences. I believe that the authors have done an excellent job of providing detailed explanations to educate the reader on how to recognize and manage these errors. The book is divided into 2 main sections, Hematology and …