Laboratory Medicine 1997: Vol 28 Index

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Alcohol consumpbyt aidoloesncen,ts , Antibocoldd iaggelustin:ins , April 247; Beck, Robert: on informataindc tsh e
Sept 585 to D antiJgane 21n; d,ire ct laboratMoarrchy ,16 7
Aldolase assay, Aug 536 antigtelst,o Febb 1u31l, Aiprinl 2 59; Beck, Susan: on graduatfaecsin g
new bloteostds f or,A pri2l5 8 shijfob tmariketn, Jgan 33
Belanger, Anne: on quality programs
and accreditatMairochn 1,8 4
Bell, Graoen mamtureity:-ons et
diaofb thee yotunge, Jusly 422
Beninato, Barbara: as legislative
liaison, March 160
Bessy, DeAnn: MLT as career step for,
Sept 572
Betamethasone, Dec 779
Bichnevicius, Sylvia, Feb 112
Bilirakis, Michael: House Commerce
Subcommoin tHetaleth ea nd
American Associoaf Btloiodo Bnan ks
EnvironmeManyt 2,9 6
(AABB): leukocyte reduction ASCP. See American Society ofC linical BilirubOictn 6,6 1
standard, May 330; Quality Program, Pathologists BioavailabilAiutgy 5,2 5
March 182,J uly 419 (letters) Ash, K Owen: on biood lead levels, Biohwastae, zstoraager ofd, Ja n 6
June 360 (letter)
Assays: for Alzheimedirs'easse , Biosafety Level 3 conditions, May 334
May 319; for Chagas’ disease, , Career opportunitieisn ,
April 271; for low-density lipoprotein Jan 17, 35
cholesDtece 75r8.o Sele ,al so Birefriinnc gryestanl canaely,sis ,
immunoassays Dec 775
Asthma therapy, Sept 559 Bishop, John W: on Pap smear costs,
July 447
BitFte,e Malrch, 1 88
BlackDbavoid uJ:r onn h,uma n
Acute fatty liver ofp regnanAcuyg ,50 1
herpe8s inv heialrthyu dsono r,
Adams, JoAnn: on qualitiofe jso b
candidateJasn, 3 7
Adeno-assvioracl (iAAaV)t veectdor s,
May 321
March 182, July 41(9l etters);
Chagas’ disease threat for, April 269;
July 429;7 5th anniversary, April 236, Feb 131; herpes8v iinr heualsth y
May 288; ons tate regulatory design donor, July 422; HLA typing for stem
propoJulsy 4a26l; wsage, a nd May 332; in laboratory oft hef uture, cell transplantation, July 451;
March 169; in new transfusion leurkeducotionc iny celtlulaer bl ood
vacancy survey for 1996, March 176,
medicine technologies, April 258; for componeMany t328s; ,ne w
June 357 (letter); Workshop Weeks,
Pap smears, July 443, Aug 514 pervert oo
April 258; transfusion therapy for
B immunosuppressed patients,
Bacteria: how and whyo fa ntibiotic June 388; wastage of blood products,
May 292 (letitne yesrte)rda;y' s
laboratoMaryy 3,0 0
yps eer cya) tnu niversal
i , Aug
Analytic validAparitl 2i54o, Mnay, 3 15
AndeRicrharsd: oon Pnap, sme ar
malpsruitas, cJulty 4i43,c Aueg 5 10
Anemia, fetal hemolytiJacn, 2 1
Angina, stable, July 424
Anoirn aedolexscenits,a Se,pt 585
Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Nov 693
Albumin, ins lidep reparation, Nov 716 resistance Basic fibrgroowtbh flactaor,s Jutly 4 24
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Alcohol consumpbyt aidoloesncen,ts , Antibocoldd iaggelustin:ins , April 247; Beck, Robert: on informataindc tsh e
Sept 585 to D antiJgane 21n; d,ire ct laboratMoarrchy ,16 7
Aldolase assay, Aug 536 antigtelst,o Febb 1u31l, Aiprinl 2 59; Beck, Susan: on graduatfaecsin g
new bloteostds f or,A pri2l5 8 shijfob tmariketn, Jgan 33
Belanger, Anne: on quality programs
and accreditatMairochn 1,8 4
Bell, Graoen mamtureity:-ons et
diaofb thee yotunge, Jusly 422
Beninato, Barbara: as legislative
liaison, March 160
Bessy, DeAnn: MLT as career step for,
Sept 572
Betamethasone, Dec 779
Bichnevicius, Sylvia, Feb 112
Bilirakis, Michael: House Commerce
Subcommoin tHetaleth ea nd
American Associoaf Btloiodo Bnan ks
EnvironmeManyt 2,9 6
(AABB): leukocyte reduction ASCP. See American Society ofC linical BilirubOictn 6,6 1
standard, May 330; Quality Program, Pathologists BioavailabilAiutgy 5,2 5
March 182,J uly 419 (letters) Ash, K Owen: on biood lead levels, Biohwastae, zstoraager ofd, Ja n 6
June 360 (letter)
Assays: for Alzheimedirs'easse , Biosafety Level 3 conditions, May 334
May 319; for Chagas’ disease, , Career opportunitieisn ,
April 271; for low-density lipoprotein Jan 17, 35
cholesDtece 75r8.o Sele ,al so Birefriinnc gryestanl canaely,sis ,
immunoassays Dec 775
Asthma therapy, Sept 559 Bishop, John W: on Pap smear costs,
July 447
BitFte,e Malrch, 1 88
BlackDbavoid uJ:r onn h,uma n
Acute fatty liver ofp regnanAcuyg ,50 1
herpe8s inv heialrthyu dsono r,
Adams, JoAnn: on qualitiofe jso b
candidateJasn, 3 7
Adeno-assvioracl (iAAaV)t veectdor s,
May 321
March 182, July 41(9l etters);
Chagas’ disease threat for, April 269;
July 429;7 5th anniversary, April 236, Feb 131; herpes8v iinr heualsth y
May 288; ons tate regulatory design donor, July 422; HLA typing for stem
propoJulsy 4a26l; wsage, a nd May 332; in laboratory oft hef uture, cell transplantation, July 451;
March 169; in new transfusion leurkeducotionc iny celtlulaer bl ood
vacancy survey for 1996, March 176,
medicine technologies, April 258; for componeMany t328s; ,ne w
June 357 (letter); Workshop Weeks,
Pap smears, July 443, Aug 514 pervert oo
April 258; transfusion therapy for
B immunosuppressed patients,
Bacteria: how and whyo fa ntibiotic June 388; wastage of blood products,
May 292 (letitne yesrte)rda;y' s
laboratoMaryy 3,0 0
yps eer cya) tnu niversal
i , Aug
Analytic validAparitl 2i54o, Mnay, 3 15
AndeRicrharsd: oon Pnap, sme ar
malpsruitas, cJulty 4i43,c Aueg 5 10
Anemia, fetal hemolytiJacn, 2 1
Angina, stable, July 424
Anoirn aedolexscenits,a Se,pt 585
Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Nov 693
Albumin, ins lidep reparation, Nov 716 resistance Basic fibrgroowtbh flactaor,s Jutly 4 24
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Blood products: irradiation of, Feb 138; The Seven Habits of Highly Cardiopulmonary bypass, hemostasis Chou, David: on informatics and the
June 388; wastage of, May 292 Effective people: Restoring the during, Oct6 32 laboratory, March 167
(letter) Character Ethic, Aug 540; Successful Cardona, Marcelo, Oct 676 ("Profiles") Chromogenic agar media, March 208
Blood smears, platelet clumps in, Scientific Writing, May 338; Career development: emerging Chronic trauma disorders, June 381
Oct 665f Systematic Quality Management, opportunities for laboratorians, Cimetidine, Aug 527
Blood substitutes, hemoglobin-based, Nov 732; You Just Don't Understand: Jan 17; graduates face shifting job Circadian rhythm, and pharmacokinetic
Feb 131 Women and Men in Conversation, market, Jan 32; job hunting, Dec 760; processes, Oct 655
Blood transfusion: AABB Quality Aug 540 medical technology as wise career Citrate, trend toward 3.2%, Aug 532
Program, March 182, July 419 Borrelia, July 436f choice, March 163; MLT as steipn , CK-MB, troponins replacing, Nov 700
(letters); Chagas’ disease threat for, Borrelia burgdorferi, Oct 624 Sept 572; wage and vacancy survey Clean rooms, May 334
April 269; in gene therapy, May 321; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy: and for 1996, March 176. See also Clearance of a drug, Aug 524, Sept 589
hyperkalemia after massive, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, April 231; Education; “Profiles” Client-server architecture, Feb 117,
May 305; for immunosuppressed prions as causative agent for, Carlson, Leigh, June 383 March 170
patients, June 388; new technologies April 231 Carlson, Rita: as legislative liaison, Clinical (central) data repository (CDR),
for, April 258, Sept 556 (letter); and Brana-Mulero, Carmen, Nov 706 March 160 Feb 117, March 167, June 357 (letter)
wristband errors, March 207 BRCA1, genetic testing for, April 255, Carpal tunnel syndrome, June 380 Clinical chemistry, of the newborn and
Blumberg, Neil: on AABB Quality May 311, 317 Carriere, Carol: on Pap smears, July 440 infant, Oct 659
Program, March 185 BRCAZ2, genetic testing for, Apri! 255, Carver, Cathy: on transition to Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Blume, Wendy: on MLTs, Sept 574 May 317 consulting, Feb 110 Amendments of 1988 (CLIA ‘88):
Body fluids: synovial fluid crystal Breast cancer: genetic testing for, Castleberry, Barbara: on MLTs, Sept 573 California desiring exemption from,
analysis, Dec 774; Wright-Giemsa April 252, May 316; US trends in, Cataldo, Nancy: on ethical dilemmas in Feb 91; and California regulatory
cytology of, Nov 713 June 361 genetic testing, May 311 proposals, July 426; Continuing
Body lice, relapsing fever transmitted Brenghause, Georgine: on job market Catheters, heparinized, Feb 101 Competence Recognition Program,
by, July 436 for graduates, Jan 38 Cation-exchange chromatography, Jan 9; on cytotechnologist
Bogdanich, Walt: on Pap smears, Bridges, Carolyn: on influenza vaccines, June 371 workloads, Jan 25, May 291 (letters),
July 442 Aug 489 Cellulose acetate electrophoresis, July 440; genetic testing guidelines,
Bone, image analysis of, Dec 770f Brown, Sherrod: House Commerce Jan 55 April 254; Pap smear requirements,
Bone marrow transplantation: from Subcommittee on Health and Centers for Disease Control and Aug 511; point-of-care testing
donors with matching human Environment, May 297 Prevention laboratory (“Profiles”), guidelines, Aug 504, Sept 598;
leukocyte antigens, Nov 690; HLA Browsers (Internet), Jan 43, Feb 118, Dec 804 specimen identification procedures,
typing for, July 452; transfusion March 170 Central American laboratory March 206
therapy for immunosuppressed (“Profiles”), Oct 676 Clinical microscopy. See Microscopes
Bruising, in specimen collection from
patients, June 388 the elderly, Aug 520 Cephalosporin antibiotics, May 326, “Clinical Pathology Rounds”:
Bonfiglio, Thomas A: on Pap smears in Bryant, Beverly: and California June 392 antiphospholipid syndrome,
public perception, July 442 regulatory proposals, July 426; on job Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), slide March 172; ectopic pregnancy
“Book Reviews”: American Society for hunting, Dec 763; as legislative preparation of, Nov 713 detection, Feb 103; erroneous
Microbiology Pocket Guide to Clinical liaison, March 159 Cervical cancer: Pap smears for leukocyte counts and cold
Microbiology, June 404; Blood: Bulimia, in adolescents, Sept 585 detecting, July 418, 441, Aug 509; agglutinins, April 247; glycosylated
Textbook of Hematology, 2nd ed, US trends in, June 361
Bulletin boards, electronic, Sept 567
CF transmembrane conductance
Burlington, Bruce: on home prothrombin
regulator (CFTR) gene, May 319, 321,
time test, June 360
July 433
Clinical Chemistry: Theory, Analysis, Chafin, Sam: on cross-training,
C
and Correlation, 3rd ed, June 404; Sept 576 relapsing fever in recent visitor to
Calcium oxalate, Dec 775
Clinical Diagnosis and Management Chagas’ disease, April 269 Africa, July 436; severe fetal anemia,
Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate,
by Laboratory Methods, 19th ed, Chairs: ergonomic, June 384; for Jan 21
May 337; Clinical Laboratory Dec 774 microscopy, Nov 711 Clinical validation, April 254
Medicine: Clinical Application of CA-125 levels, for screening for fetal Chakrabarty, Lila: on MLTs, Sept 573 Clinton, Bill: Balanced Budget Act of
Laboratory Data, 6th ed, Jan 70; Down syndrome, Nov Change, removing barriers to, Jan 14 1997, Nov 693; on Medicare savings,
Creative Couples in the Sciences, California: Assembly Bill 3109, Feb 91, Chemistry: bedside blood glucose April 234; on National Bioethics
Aug 539; Cytology: Diagnostic March 160; employees’ rights to testing, Jan 63; “Book Reviews,” Advisory Commission, Aug 491
Principles and Clinical Correlates, personnel files, Aug 498; genetic June 404; clinical chemistry of the Cloning of genes, March 193, April 252,
May 337; Developing the Leader testing legisiation, Aug 492; newborn and infant, Oct 659; clinical May 321
Within You, Aug 540; DNA licensure changes, Sept 576; evaluation of Accu-Chek Advantage Clotted body fluid specimens, Nov 714
Simplified: The Hitchhiker's Guide to nonlicensed personnel study, system, July 462; glucose test strips Coagulation: antiphospholipid
DNA, Nov 731; A Guide toS pecimen Sept 558; regulatory change affected by storage conditions, syndrome, March 172; EDTA,
Management in Clinical proposals, July 426; Senate Bill 113, Feb 135; misordered tests, Aug 536; April 248, Oct 665
Microbiology, Oct 668; How to Meet Feb 91, March 159; Senate Bill 1537, urinary reagent strips for glycosuria Coagulation tests: discard tubes in,
the Most Frequently Cited Laboratory Feb 91; setting health care trends, detection, June 397; in yesterday's Aug 530; heparinized catheters in,
Standards, Oct 668; How to Win Feb 91 Feb 101; in yesterday's laboratory,
Friends and Influence People, Cancer: genetic testing for, April 252, May 299. See also Prothrombin time
Aug 540; Interpretation of Diagnostic May 316; Kaposi's sarcoma, Coats, laboratory, June 358 (letter)
Tests, 6th ed, Feb 138; The July 422; US trends in, June 361. See Chest pain, exercise-induced, July 424 Cocaine, Sept 585
Laboratory Practice of Clinical also Cervical cancer; Colon cancer Children: clinical chemistry of the COLA, Sept 559
Toxicology, April 275; Leadership Cancilla, Kurt: MLT as career step for, newborn and infant, Oct 659. See Cold agglutinins, April 247
Library, Aug 540; Medical Mycology: Sept 572 also Newborns Collection tube contamination,
A Self-instructional Text, 2nd ed, Candida albicans, March 208f CHINs (community health information June 369
July 467; Osler’s Web: Inside the Candida tropicalis, March 209f networks), Feb 115 College catalogs, as recruitment tool,
Labyrinth of the Chronic Fatigue Capitation, Medicare formula for, ChlaJulmy 42y3, dSepti 58a2, D,ec 752 June 375
Syndrome Epidemic, Jan 69, Oct 628 Chlamydia and gonococcus RNA probe, College ofA merican Pathologists (CAP):
June 358 (letter); PCR Protocols for Caplan, Arthur: on ethical dilemmas in Aug 536, Nov 685 (letter) inspection procedures and quality,
genetic testing, May 311 Chlamydia trachomatis, July 423f, Mach 11838, July 41(9l etters); point-
Biok ee Sept 583 of-care testing accreditation,
Cardiac troponin C, Nov 704 Chloroquine, Sept 594 Aug 506. See also Q-Probes program
July 467;A Photographic Atlas for Cardiac troponin |, Nov 700 Cholera, Jan 8, May 294 Collinge, John: on tonsil biopsy for
the Microbiology Laboratory, Cardiac troponin T, Nov 700 Chorionic villus sampling, April 239 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, April 231
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Colon cancer: fecal—ocblcouodl ttes t Core valueOcst ,63 0 Cytology: “Book ReviewMsay, 3”37 ; testing, April 253, May 317; in HLA
for, Aug 488; genetic testing for, typing, July 451; structure and
May 318; US trends in, June 361 CortMairy zEllaen,s No,v 6 89 Cytotechnology extraction, Jan 48; techniques for
Costaras, Janice: as legislaltiiaivseon , Cytomegalovirus (CMV): ganciclovir- testing native, Feb 121
March 159 resiNosv 6t98;a leunkodtepl,eti on DNA ploidy, Dec 770
Cost containment: continuous quality reducing risk of, May 328; screening DNA polymerase enzymes, March 192
improlivmiteed mby,e Manrcht 1 57; DNA sequencing, March 193, April 253,
discard tubes as unnecessariy n May 318
Doctors’ Company: and Pap smear
reagent boxes for biohazawarstde , litigation, Aug 509
Jan 6( letter); inl aboratdoesriygn , Doerksen, Roy, Nov 701
May 332; and laboratory informatics, Donahue, Tracy: MLT as caresteep rfo r,
March 167; MLTs for, Sept 572: Sept 573
netwheoalthr cakre feor,d Ja n4 ; Donor screening, April 272
Communication skills, Feb 108, Aug 547 Dosage, therapeutic drug monitoring of,
vacancy survey for 1996, March 176;
Commhuealnth iinftormyati on Aug 524
networks (CHINs), Feb 115 workload regulations for, Jan 25, Dot blot technique, Feb 123, May 320
May 291 (letJtuley 4r40s, N)ov, 6 86
Downsizing: and patient-focused care,
(letter). See also Papanicolatoesut s Oct 644; phlebotomy cuts, May 292;
reversing the trend, Sept 565; in
D
wage and vacancy survey for 1996,
Daigle, Linda: on patient-focucsaerde , March 176, June 357 (letter)
Oct 651 Doyle, Kay: on job market for
D antigen, antibodies to, Jan 21 graduates, Jan 35
Darkfield illumination, Dec 783 Drew, Larry: on ganciclovir-resistant
Data warehouFsebe ,11 7 cytomegalovirus, Nov 698
Davey, Diane: on Pap smear Drug interactions, therapeutic drug
automatiAougn 5,1 5 monitoring of, Aug 527
DeFilippi, Christoopnh treopron:in , Drug resistance: Finland winning battle
Nov 700 against, Oct 624; how and why
Deming, W Edwards: quality principles bacteria resist antibiotics, May 324;
of, March18 4 identifying multidrug-resistant TB,
Denatouf DrNA,a Jatn 4i8,o Fenb 1 21, March 156; increasing occurrence of
March 191 antibiotic resistance, June 392
Derman, Herbert: on Pap smear Drugs, therapeutic: how the body
manages, Sept 588. See aiso Drug
controverAusgy 5,1 5
resistance; Therapeutic drug
Design, for today's laboratoMrayy 3,3 2
monitoring
Diabetes mellitus: and glycosylated
Drugs of abuse, adolescent use of,
Sept 585
onset diaboef tthee yosun g,
July 422; urinary reagent strips for E
Jan 20, April 228( letter factors in detecting glycosuria, June 397. See
Eating disoridn aedolressce,nts ,
usefulnesosf , March 155 (letter)f;o r also Glucose meters Sept 585
job huntDeci 76n0; gan,d n ew DickMicehaerl: son toelepnath,olog y, Ectopic pregnancy, Feb 103
transmedficiune steichnoolongie s, Jan 12
Educabouat ltaboriatoroy tnest :orde rs,
April 261; inp atient-focuscaerde , Dictoif Ococupnatiaonarl Tyitl es, Aug 534; ASCP 1997 scholarships,
Oct 644; forp hlebotomiMsatys 2,92 : Jan 29 July 429; inc are for the elderly,
as threat tol aboratoriSaepnts 5,76 ; Di-deoxyribose derivative, March 193 Aug 521; in fraud prevention
reposiJtunoe 3r57i (leettser,); of in wage and vacancy survey for 1996, Digibind, Oct 654 complJiunae 3n63c; gerad,ua te
genetic test results, May 313; of March 176; who benefiftrsom , DigoFexb 8i9,n Oc,t 6 55 medical educfaundtinig, oOctn 62 7;
patient records, April 244 Mar15c5 (lhette r) Digoxinlike immunoreactive factors, for job huntiDnegc 7,60 ; 1996 annua!
Conjugation (genetics), May 326 CryoglobulAiprnils 2,4 9 Oct 654 survey of medical laboratsocirenyc e
Connecticut: employees’ rights to Dilute Russviepelr vleno'm sti me progOrct a634m; rescru,iti ng
persfileos, nAugn 498e; glene tic Cryptococcus neoformans, March 209 (dRWT), March 172 stutdo meedicanl ttechnsolog y,
Crystal analysis of synovial fluid, Dilution protocol, for slide preparation, June 374; for shifjtobi mnargket ,
Connolly, Bill: onj ob huntinDegc ,76 0 Dec 774 Nov 715 Jan 38; trafior nphiiebontomgist s,
Consulting, Jan 19, Feb 110 CTX genetic sequence, Jan 8 Direct antigltesot (bDAuT):l aindn ne w Feb 86 (letter), July 420 (letter); who
Cumustlressa distordiers,v Juene 381 transfusion technologies, April 259; will train tomorrow's technologists,
CunniMynlesg: ohn faecaml—o,ccu lt stabilized hemoglobin solution's Sept 564. See aiso “Continuing
Education Update” series; Cross-
affoen, cFetb 1 31
age-specific testing, training
Direct billing, Feb 92
Aug 518, Sept 581, Oct 659; Direct medical educatiOocnt ,62 7 Effusions, in slide preparation, Nov 714
antibiotic resistance, May 324, Ehrlich, Garth: hereditary pancreatitis
Disaster Mortuary Team (D-MORT)
June 392; blood banking, April 258, discovery, March 157
program (“Profiles”), Feb 148
May 328, June 388, July 451; body Elderly, the: collecting specimens from,
Discard tubes, in coagulation studies,
fluids, Nov 713, Dec 774; computers, Aug 518; elevated sodium levels in,
Jan 43, Feb 115, March 197, May 315, 319; screening newborns Aug 530 June 369; laboraitsosuresy o f
April 263; microscopNoevs 7,09 , for, Dec 752; sweat test for children, Disseminated intravascular coagulation geriatric patients, July 458;
Dec 768; molebcioulogly, aJarn 4 8, Oct 661; sweattes t vsg enetic (DIC), Aug 501 netwheoalthr cakre efor,d Ja n 4
Feb 121, March 191; therapeutdircu g tesftori, Jnulyg 4 33 Distrphiaseb ofu atd riug,o Ocnt 6 55
monitAougr 52i4,n Segpt, 58 8, Cytocenstlirdei prfepuargatieon , DNA: amplifiocf saeqtueinceos no f,
Oct 653 Nov 713 March 191;a nalybsyi imsag e
Contquailitny imuproovemuent s(C Q), immunopathology analDeyc 76s8; iins anti,biot ic
Ma1r57,c Juhne 359 coordinator (“Profiles”), July 476 resistMaay n32c4;e “B,oo k Electronic mail (e-mail), Jan4 3,J an 58,
Contois, Lucille: on MLTs, Sept 574 Cytokeratin 19, Oct 624 ReviNeov w731s; i,n ge”net ic Feb 100
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Electronic signatures, April 263 overuse injuries in the workplace, Team,” Sept 554; “NetworkHeeadlt h
Electrophoresis: agarose gel, Feb 121, June 380; the Pap smear appraised, Care and the LaboratorJya,n” 4 ;
June 371; cellulose acetate, Jan 55; July 440; the Pap smear on trial, “PlaSeedns itn tihe Lnabograto ry
Aug 509; patient-focused care, GardJuenen 35,6;” “T he
Oct 644 Significoaf nCacrdeia c Markers,”
Eliner, Connie: on job hunting, Dec 760 Fecal-occult blood test,A ug 488, Nov 684; “View from the Rural
Embryos, for prenatal cystic fibrosis Nov 694, Dec 752 LaboraAutg o482r; “yWi,nd”s of Gomes, Carol: as legislative liaison,
testing, May 320 Ferguson, Steve: career choice in Change Within Our Profession,” March 159
Employees: core values checklist for, current market, Jan 34 March 152 Gonorrhea, July 423, Sept 582
Oct 630; empowerment of, June 365; Fetal hydropJasn, 2 1 Frye, Lee: career path in current market, Gopher (Internet research tool), Jan 43
loyalty in an age of uncertainty, Feulgen reaction, Dec 770 Jan 35 Gout, Dec 774
Sept 562; rights to personnel files, Field ofv iew, of microscopes, Nov 709 Government: career opportunities
Aug 498 File transfer protocol (FTP), Jan 12, G consulting for, Jan 18. See also
Empowerment, June 365 Jan 43 Gaffney, Cindy: onq ualitioef sjo b Regulation; and agencies byn ame
Endocrine function, aging and, July 461 Filter packs for microscopes, Dec 780 candidateJasn, 3 7 Graduate medical education, Oct 627
Engineering: laboratory design for Fingerstick procedures: for the elderly, Ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus, Graft-vs-host disease, transfusion-
today’s conditions, May 332 Aug 521; for infants and children, Nov 698 associated, June 388, July 451
Enterobacter cloacae, antibiotic Oct 660 Garrett, Martha: on MLTs, Sept 574 Gramm, Phil: Republican Health Care
resistance in, June 394 Finn, Paula: genetic testing career, Gels, drug assays affected by, Oct 654 Task Force, May 297
Enterococcus: antibiotic resistance in, May 320 Gel tests, April 259 Gray, Jennifer Bynum: ASCP
May 324, June 392; vancomycin- First-order elimination of a drug, Gene cloning, March 193, April 253, scholarship, July 431
resistant, Jan 5 (letter), May 326, Sept 589 May 321 Gregorich, Cynthia: on patient-focused
June 361, 394 First-order kinetics of drugs, Aug 524 Gene therapMayy ,32 1 care, Oct 647
Enzyme immunoassay (EIA), for First-order red compensator, Dec 776 Genetic code, Jan 48 Grey level, Dec 769
Trypanosoma cruzi, April 271 Fisher, Pam: on regulations and point- Genetic counseling, April 256, May 314 Grobe, John: on job hunting, Dec 762
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay of-care testing, Aug 504 Genetic discriminatMiaoyn 3,1 3 Grody, Wayne W: on ethical dilemmas
(ELISA): for Alzheimer’s disease, Florida: licecnhansgeu prropoesa l, Genetic disorders: genetic testing for,
in genetic testing, May 311; on
May 319; for anticardiolipin antibody July 426 April 252May, 31 6; maturity-onset
genetic test development, April 253;
syndrome, March 173; for Flow cytometry: diaboef tthee yosun g, July 422 on prostate cancer gene mutations,
Trypanosoma cruzi, April 271 i Genetic Information Health Insurance May 317
Epicondylitis, June 380 coordinator (“Profiles”), July 476; and Nondiscrimination Act of 1997,
Ergonomics: in laboratory design, image analysis, Dec 770; for platelet Aug 491 Guidelines: for genetic testing,
April 255, May 312; laboratory
May 333; in microscope design, Genetic linkage analysis, April 253,
professionals in development of,
Junie 634, Nov 710; for overuse Fluorescence in situ hybridization, May 317 March 170
disorder prevention, June 383 Feb 124 Genetic markfoer Hruntsing:ton 's
Gunn, Patricia A, May 348 (“Profiles”)
Error-detection-and-punishment style of Fluorescence microscopy, Nov 710 disMaey 3a21; sfor eperi,odon tal Gunter, Elaine, Dec 804 (“Profiles”)
inspection, March 152, 183 Fluorescent illuminatDieocn 7,8 3 diseaMsaey ,29 3
Error-prevention approach, March 183 Fogarty, William A: on Pap smear as Genetics Confidentialitayn d H
Erythrocyte cold agglutinins, April 247 physician service, July 449 Nondiscrimination Act of 1997,
Half-life of a drug dosage, Aug 524,
Erythrocytes: and glycosylated Fontelo, Paul: on telepathologyJ,a n 12 Aug 492
Sept 589, Oct 655
hemoglobin, June 371; new Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Genetic screefnori Tnay-gSa,ch s
current Good Management Practices diseasMaey ,32 2 Hamilton, Laura: on Pap smear
for blood bankMsa,rc h 183; home Genetic testing, April 252; ethical reimbursement, July 446
Hamlin, William: on accreditation and
test for prothrombin time approved dilemmas in, May 311; predictintgh e
quality programs, March 183
by, June 360; nicotetsti apnpreove d future with, May 316; public policy
Handheld devices, March 167, Aug 507
Erythromycin resistance, in group A by, April 230 issues, Aug 491; sweat test for cystic
Handwashing, May 300, June 361
streptococci, Oct 624 Forensic pathologist (“Profiles”), fibrosivss , July 433
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), Feb 148 Geriatric patients. See Elderly, the Hansen, Eileen: on emerging
April 248, Oct 665 Foscarnet, Nov 698 Gervais, Pearl: one rgonomics, opportunities for laboratorians,
Exercise, Dec 749 (letter) 4C stage, Dec 770 June 383 Jan 17
Exercise-induced chest pain, July 424 Fowler, David: onj ob market for Gibbs, Clarence J: on prions in bovine Harbor Branch Oceanographic
Expert witnesses, Aug 512 graduateJasn, 3 7 spongiform encephalopathy, Institution ("Profiles"), Sept 612
Fox, Michelle: on ethical dilemmas in April 231; on tonsil biopsy for Harwell, George A: on job market for
Ex-vivo gene theraMpayy ,32 1 genetic testing, May 311 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, April 231 graduates, Jan 38
Eyewashes, emergency, May 335 Frable, William J: on Pap smear Global Health NetworJkan, 5 8 Hawaii: genetic testing legislation,
controverAusgy 5,1 2 Gloves: handwaresquihredi wnithg u se 492
F Frank, Tom: on genetic testing, May 318 of, June 361; for palpatai nvegin , Hawk, Jennifer L., Oct 650
Fair Health InformPraactticies oAcnt of Fraud and abuse prevention, April 233, Jan 5( lettpreoperr )us;e o f, Hazardous waste: empty reagent boxes
1997, Aug 491 June 362 June 358 (letitne yesrte)rda;y' s for storing, Jan 6 (letter); with new
False-negatives: in Pap smears, Free fatty acid binding protein, Nov 706 laboratory, May 299 transfusion medicine technologies,
July 442, Aug 510, Sept 559; in Fricke, Barbara A: on interpersonal Glucose: California proposal for testing, April 261
transrectal ultrasound-guided skills, Feb 113; on job market for July 426; glycosylated hemoglobin, Health Care Financing Administration
prostate biopsies, Oct 624 June 370; point-of-care testing for, (HCFA): Medicare fraud and abuse
Farkas, Daniel H: on ethical dilemmas Jan 63, July 462, Aug 504, Sept 599; prevention, April 233; and Pap smear
in genetic testing, May 311 controversy, July 443, Aug 511;
“FeatAAuBB rQuaelitsy ”Pro:gra m, reporting unlawful cytology practices
March 182; building confidencaen d to, Jan 26; telernedicine
unleyoaur spothentiial,n Fegb 1 08; reimbursement policy, Jan 11
Health Insurance Portability and
Cutting laboratfoinrdi goelds i n AccountabilitAyc t of 1996, Jan 12,
MLTs, Sept 572; genetic testing helps April 234
patients and researcprhedeicrt sth e Healthwatch Diagnostics Laboratories
future, May 316; genetic testing Oct 618; “Hats Offt oS pring, Us,a nd (“Profiles”), Jan 81
unlocks the secrets tod isease, the ASCP.” April 226; “A Laboratory Heart disease: cardiac markers,
April 252; gradfuacae sthifetinsg j ob D“iMvaidneadg CiannanDo it StandM,a”n aFgeibn 8g4 ; the Nov 684, 700; screening adolescents
market, Jan 32; job hunting, Dec 760; for, Sept 586
QSr&See rcrotviidocunecs ts
DECEMBER 1997 VOLUME 28, NUMBER 12 LABORATORY MEDICINE
Heart transplearalyn mtarske,r o f Holladay, Blair: on blind revioef wPa p Imaging screening coverage, Oct 621 Interface engines, Feb 116
rejecfotr,i Ooctn 62 4 smear slides, Aug 513 (letter) Interfering substances, Feb 131
Heating, ventilation, and air Home health care: California regulation Immigration law, Jan 27 Interleukin-6, Dec 752
condi(HtVAiC) osysnteim, nMagy 3 34 of testing in, Feb 91, July 426; Immune system, aging and nutrition Internet, Jan 43; and clinical laboratory
Heel punctfuorr inefansts, a nd employment opportunities in, Jan 20; affecting, July 459 science, Jan 58; intranets as part of,
childrOecnt 6,6 0 in networked health care, Jan 4; immunoassays: for ectopic pregnancy Feb 118; as laboratory tool, Sept 567;
Held, Maroin platiyentn-fo:cuse d care, prothrombin time test, June 360; detection, Feb 105; for Trypanosoma resources, Jan 30, Feb 106,
quality assurance for testing in, cruzi, April 271. See also Enzyme- March 175, April 250, May 308,
March 152 linked immunosorbent assay June 403, July 434, Aug 528,
Home pages (WWW), Jan 58 Immunodeficiency, severe, gene Sept 604, Oct 633, Nov 732, Dec 766;
Aug 530; hemogloFba nid nri sk Homocysteine, Aug 488 therapy for, May 321 telepathology via, Jan 12. See also
factfoorrS IsDS , Jan 53;“ Media Homologous recombination, May 325 Immunoglobulin, intravenous, in World Wide Web
H1-B visa, Jan 28 transfusion therapy for Internships, Sept 564
Huber, Chris: MLT as career step for, immunosuppressed patients, Interviewing for a job, Dec 764
Sept 574 June 389 Intranets, Feb 115
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), in Immunoglobulin G (IgG): as Inventory control, May 302
ectopic pregnancy detection, Feb 103 anticardiolipin antibody isotype, In vitro fertilization, for prenatal cystic
Human Genome Project, April 253 March 173; new technologies for fibrosis testing, May 320
Human herpesvirus 8, July 422 testing for, April 259; for prophylaxis In-vivo gene therapy, May 321
Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV): of D alloimmunization, Jan 23 Irradiation of blood components,
: glycosylated in adolescents, Sept 583; California Immunoglobulin M (IgM), cold June 388
electrophoresis, June 370; stabilized, agglutinins as, April 247 Ischemia, July 424
regulation of home testing, Feb 92:
Feb 131 erythrocyte cold agglutinins Immunosuppression, transfusion ISO 9000 quality standard, March 187
Hemoglobin-based blood substitutes, associated with, April 248; therapy for patients with, June 388
Feb 131 Immunoturbidimetric assay, June 372 J
leukocytes reactivating and
Hemoglobin F: glycosylated hemoglohin disseminating, June 388; screening Imperio, Joshua, June 382 Jackson-Harris, Cheryl: on job market
electrophoresis, June 372; and risk test costs, April 273; universal Indian Health Service laboratorian for graduates, Jan 36
factors for SIDS, Jan 53 “Profiles,” Nov 740 Jacobs, Ellis: on regulations and point-
precautions on bloodborne
Hemoglobin solutions, Feb 131 Indirect fluorescent antibody assay of-care testing, Aug 504
pathogens, Nov 725. See also
Hemolysis: hemoglobin solutions Acquired immunodeficiency (IFA), April 271 Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, July 436
causing appearance of, Feb 131; and Indirect hemagglutination assay (IHA), Jaundice, Oct 662
test results on children, Oct 661 syndrome April 271 Jeffords, James M: Senate Labor and
Human leukocyte antigens (HLA):
Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and indirect medical education payments, Human Resources Committee,
leukodepletion preventing
low platelet (HELLP) syndrome, Oct 628 May 297
alloimmunization to, May 329,
Aug 500, Dec 748 (letter) Infants, clinical chemistry of, Oct 659 Jews, Ashkenazic: breast cancer genes
June 388; typing for stem cell
Hemolytic anemia, fetal, Jan 21 transplantation, July 451 Infections: in adolescents, Sept 585. in, May 317; Tay-Sachs disease
Hemostasis, during open-heart surgery, See also infectious agents; Infectious screening, May 322
Oct 632 Human platelet antigens, in neonatal diseases Jobs. See Career development
Heparinized catheters, Feb 101 alloimmune thrombocytopenia, Infectious agents: antibiotic resistance Johns, Cynthia: on patient-focused
HepatitisA , incidence of, July 423 Sept 592 in, May 324; handwashing to prevent care, Oct 645
Hepatitis B, incidence of,J uly 423 Human Research Subjects Protection spreading of, June 361; Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Act of 1997, Aug 492 Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO):
March 156, July 423f; prions as, “Book Reviews,” Oct 668; and COLA,
Hunter, Stephen F: ASCP scholarship, April 231. See also Cytomegalovirus; Sept 559; on collaboration in quality
July 430 Human immunodeficiency viruses; improvement, March 206; point-of-
Hereditary pancreatitis, March 157 Huntington's disease, genetic testing Staphylococcus aureus care testing accreditation, Aug 506;
HereSede Gienetticy te.sti ng for, April 253, May 311, May 320 Infectious diseases: “Book Reviews,” quality programs and accreditation,
Herman, Gilbert: on overuse disorders Hutchinson, Heather: on qualities of job July 467; relapsing fever, July 436; March 184, July 419 (letters)
in histology, June 382 candidates, Jan 36 US trends in, July 423; World Health Jordan, Elke: on Human Genome
Herniated intervertebral disk, June 380 Hyaluronidase, synovial fluid Organization program, Dec 794. See Project, April 254
Herpes, in adolescents, Sept 583 liquefaction with, Nov 714 Jordan, Laurence: on California
Heteroduplex analysis, March 194 Hybridization, Feb 122, March 191, licensure changes, Sept 576
HexosamiA (nheix dA),a Msaye 3 22 April 253, May 318 Journals, on-line distribution of, Jan 60
Highsq-uamgousr inatradepiteheli al Hydrops, fetal, Jan 21 Jungo, Ruth, Feb 109
lesioAnusg ,51 1 Hydroxyapatite, Dec 775 Juran, Joseph: quality principles of,
High-performalnicquei d Hyperglycemia: bedside testing for, Informaandt tihec clsin:ica l laboratory, March 184
chromatography (HPLC): for Jan 65; urinary reagent strip March 167. See also Computers Just-in-time processing, March 170
accuracy with, June 399 Information servers, Jan5 9
measureJmunee n37t1;, f or “In My Opinion”: continuous quality K
hemoFg melasuorembenti, Jnan 55 improvemMearncht 1,57 , June 359; Kant, Jeffrey: on genetic testing,
HilbLoeeu: orn nnonleice,nse d loyalty in an age of uncertainty, April 253
personnSeeplt ,55 8 Sept 562; maintatihen reipuntatgio n Kaposi's sarcoma, and human
Hinson, Janet: on lasfoer rdraswin g of medical technology, Nov 690; herpesv8,i Jruluy s42 2
blooNodv ,68 9 phlecubts,o Maty 2o92;m rayce a nd Kaul, Pamela: on job hunting, Dec 760
HistocompatibilJuiltyy 4,5 2 ethinn diisecasei prtevaylen ce Keane, Skip: as legislative liaison,
Histology: employment outlook for studieFesb, 9 6 March 160
graduatJeasn ,39 ; image analysis, In situ hybridizatFieob n12,3 , Keebler, Catherine M, March 220
Dec 768; overuse disorderisn , March 191 (“Profiles”)
June 382; in wage and vacancy Keffer, JosephH : on troponin, Nov 701
survey for 1996, March 176; in Kennedy, EdwardM : Senate Labor and
yesterday's laboratory, May 299 Human Resources Committee,
Hitchcock, Dorilyn ForlSeepot ,61 2 idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura May 297
(“Profiles”) (ITP), Aug 501 Kennedy, Marilyn Moaont desvel:opi ng
Illinois: genetic testing legislation, self-awareness, Feb 112
Kentucky: cervical cancer rate in,
July 445
VOLUME 28, NUMBER 12 DECEMBER 1997
Kerstine, Nina: on Gray scholarship Lieberman, David: on fecal—occult rapid kits forS taphylococacuruesu s
award, July 431 blood test, Aug 488 identification, Feb 126; relapsing
Key elements, March 189 Lights-out laboratory operation, fevJeulry ,436 ; iny esterday's
Khashab, Mohammad: career choice in March 169 laboratoMaryy 2,9 9
current market, Jan 34 Linder, James: on Pap smear i on Washington”:
Kimsey, Paul: on nonlicensed personnel, reimbursement, Aug 515 BalaBudgnet cActe ofd 19 97,
Sept 558 Lipase test, Aug 536, Nov 685 (letter) Nov 693; Califseotsr henalith aca re
Kizilos, Peter: on empowered people, Lipemia, Oct 661 creating electronic, March 197 treFnebd 91;s ge,net ic public policy,
June 366 Lipoprotein(a), and target-organ MarijuaSenpat ,58 5 Aug 491; graduate medical education
Kohler illumination, Nov 719, Dec 768, , Sept 559 Marine microbiologist (“Profiles”), funding, Oct 627; LegislatLiiavieso n
781 Listserv (mailing lists), Jan 43, Jan 59, Sept 612 NetMawrcho 159r; likcensi,ng and
Kornman, Kenneth: on genetic markers Sept 567, Dec 759 Martens, Christina, Oct 645 personnel changes debated,
for periodontal disease, May 293 Litigation, over Pap smears, July 440, Sept 561; Medifrcauda anrd aebus e,
Kuliska, Joanne, July 441 Aug 509 MraeirmtbFueilrixs:n eomene JPuaznlpyt ,s4,m4 e8 a r April 233;m odel compliance pian for
Liver function tests, for newborns and
L infants, Oct 662 Massachusetts: licensure proposal,
Laboratory information systems (LISs), Loading dose of a drug, Sept 588 July 426 sciande mendicicne epoli cy,
Feb 99; point-of-care test data entry Locum tenens pathologists, Dec 756 Mast, Bruce: on job hunting, Dec 762 Dec 753; states contemplate
into, March 167, Aug 507; templates Loss leaders, Pap smear as, July 443 Mastectomy, prophylactic, May 316 regulatory changes, July 426;
in, April 263 Louseborne relapsing fever, July 436 Matilla, Teresa: career choice by, telemedicine, Jan1 1
Laboratory Medicine, editorial award Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol Sept 575 Microscopes: crystal analysis, Dec 774;
for, Aug 489 (LDL-C), comparing direct and Maturitdiyabe-teos onfs thee ytou ng design trends in, Nov 709; ergonomic
Lactam, B-, antibiotics, May 326 calculated methods for, Dec 758 (MODYJu)ly, 42 2 design for, June 384, Nov 710; image
Lactate dehydrogenase, Oct 624, Low-ionic-strength saline (LISS), Mean corpuscular hemoglobin analysis, Dec 768; photomicrography,
Nov 706 April 258 concent(MrCHaC)t, iAproiln 2 47 Nov 719, Dec 780
La Loma Luz Hospital, San Ignazio, “Media RevieASwCPs C”omp:tec : Microtomes, motorized, June 385
Belize (“Profiles”), Oct 676 Miller, Sam: on patient-focused care,
Lancets, lasers replacing, Nov Lung cancer, US trends in, June 361 Program to Evaluate Competency, Oct 649
LaPorte, Ronald E: Global Health Lupus anticoagulMaarncht ,17 2 June 402; GermWTaher Coemp:let e MinnGaebberst Roapttor aCen ter
Network development, Jan 58 Lyme disease, July 423, Oct 624 Computer Learning System for (“ProfileApsr”il) 2,8 4
Lasers, for drawing blood, Nov Lymphcolocnaly prtolifeerastio:n of, BacteriolSoepgty 6,04 ; GermWare: Minorities, recruitment to medical
Latchaw, Perthena: on MLTs, Sept 573 March 195; in HLA typing, July 453 The Complete Computer Learning profesosf,i Jounne s37 7
Latex allergies, April 228 (letter) System for ParasitoloSgepyt, 6”03 ; Mission Projects Incorporated
Lead, blood, June 360 M Hematogr|,a Jpunhe y40 3; NCCLS (“ProfileOsc”t) 6,7 6
Lebahn, Francene, Aug 548 (“Profiles”); McCabe, John F: on qualities of job Inf9o6,b Maarchs 21e2; OC MitcNahncye Cl: oln H,unt er
on phlebotomy safety devices, candidatJeasn, 3 7 Validator, March 211 scholaawrarsd, hJuilyp 4 30
May 293 McGee, Jim: on job market for MLTs, Mixed-field agglutination, April 261
“Legal Issues”: immigration law and Jan 41 Medicaid fraud and abuse prevention, MizRuuth:m on oinfotrmatoics ,and the
June 362
medical technologists, Jan 27; McGleRonn: onn aHuntning,ton 's Medical examiner (“Profiles”), Feb 148 laboratMoarrchy 1,6 7
liability for specimen mishandling, Molebiolcogyu: amlplifaicatrion of
April 239 McJunKatkhyi, Jnune, 3 84 Medical Matrix, Jan 46 DNA sequeMnarcch e19s1;, D NA
Legislation: Balanced Budget Act, MacMillan, Donna: on MLTs, Sept 573 Struacndt exutrracteion , Jan 48;
Nov 693; for genetic testing, April 233 testing native DNA, Feb 121. See
Aug 491; 105th Congress, May 296; spongiform encephalopathy Medical Records ConfidentialAictty o f
for telemedicine reimbursement, Magnesium: hypomagnesemia in the 1995, April 244
Jan 12. See also Regulation elderJlulyy ,45 9 Medaind Bcalaancedr Buedget: Ac t of
Legislative Liaison Network, March 159 Mailing lists, electronic (listserv), 1997, Nov 693; fraanud adbus e
Lentendre, Pat: MEDLAB-L mailing list, Jan 43,J an 59, Sept 567 prevention, April 233, June 362; and
Jan 59
MekaJolhn:a onn toxoin tsran,sfer in
Vibrio cholerae, Jan 8
MEDmaiLlingA listB, Ja-n 59,L Dec 759
MennemSteepheyn: eonr pa,tie nt Muni, Indu: on nicotetst,i Apnriel 2 30
Murphy-Williamson, Bridget, Feb 109
outcino pemrfeormsanc e
assessmenFetb, 8 9
Menstrual disorders, ina dolescents,
Sept 581
Mercer, Donald W: on troponin,
Nov 703
of-care testing, Aug 504
Levy, Jay A: on human herpesvir8usi n MesseRnNAg, Meayr 3 24
healthy donor, July 422 Methicillin-resistant
Liability: for Pap smear errors, Aug 509; aureus, Jan 5( letteFreb) 1,2 9,
for specimen mishandlAiprnigl ,23 9 June 394
Licensure: California nonlicensed Methotrexate, Aug 525
perssotundy,n Seeptl 55 8;
Califnoewr lanw oin,a Se'pts 57 6; Aug 492:l icensure proposal, July 427
LegisLialisoan ttesitimvonye o n, Microbiology: AlbiIcD eavalnuatsion ,
March 159; states contemplate March 208; “Book Reviews,”
changes in, July 426, Sept 561; for Feb 138, June 404, Oct 668; marine
telemediciJnaen, 1 2 microbiologist (“Profiles”), Sept 612;
DECEMBER 1997 VOLUME 28, NUMBER 12 LABORATORY MEDICINE
Outcomes ~ “Book Point-of-care (POC) tests, Sept 598;
ReviMaey 33w39;s in ,cont”ext of ASCP evaluator program, April 230;
entire clinical experieMnarcche 1,70 ; for blood glucoJsaen ,63 , July 462,
process balawinth,c Maerchd 1 86
Outpwhoale btlooid gleucosne ttesti ng, regulation of, Feb 91; career
Sept 600 Opportunities in, Jan 18; integrating
Ovarian cancer, genetic testing for, into the laboratorMayr,c h 167;
May 316 Legislative Liaison testimony on,
of, June 358 (letter). See also Gloves March 160; regulations andAug, 50 4
foArug, 52 4 Perfisleso, emnploynees’e rilghts to, Polarizing microscofopre crsys,ta l
Overuse disorders, June 381 Aug 498 analysDiecs ,77 4
PetJeanetr: osn muoscunlosk,elet al Polyclonal cold agglutinins, April 247
P disordeJurnse ,38 1 Polymceharina resacetio n (PCR): for
Pabalis, Valerie, Nov 740 (“Profiles”) PharmacodynamSiecpts 5,8 8 ampliDfNAy seiqunengces ,
Paden, Amy: on training in histology, March 191; in genetic testing,
Jan 39 Oct 653 May 316; genotyfopr inornmagl D
Phase contrast iliuminatiDeocn 7,8 3 gene by, Jan 23; for HLA typing,
July 454; for Leptospira detection,
May 294; for neonatal alloimmune
thrombocytopenia diagnosis,
Sept 594; for Trypanosoma cruzi
tests, April 272
Pontius, C. Annone eme:rgi ng
opportunities for laboratorians,
Feb 86( letter)J une 358 (letter); Jan 17
glove use for palpaJtani 5n( lget,ter ); Potassium: hyperkalemia after massive
handwaass ehssientnialg i n, blood transfusiMoayn 3,0 5
June 361; heparinized catheters in, PRECEDE model of health education,
Feb 101; lasers for drawing capillary Nov 725
blood, Nov 689; in patient-focused Preeclaandm HEpLLsP isynadr,ome ,
care, Oct 644; safety devices for, Aug 501
May 293; staff cuts in, May 292: Pregnancy: in adolesceSnetpts 5,81 ;
training for, Feb 86 (letter), July 420 glucose tolertaesnt dcurein g,
(letter); in wage and vacancy survey Sept 559
for 1996, March 176; workloaidn , Primer sequences, March 191
Feb 86 (letter); and wristband errors, Primidone, Oct 656
Pathologists
Patient care technicians (PCTs),
Sept 577, Oct 644
Patient contact: by physician assistant March 191, April 253,M ay 318
(“Profiles”), June 412: in recruitment Probenecid, Aug 527
Procedures: “Media Reviews,”
Physician assistant (“Profiles”), March 212. See also Guidelines
June 412 Professionalism: building confidence
Physician hospital organizati(PoHnOss) , and unleaysouhr ipotnentgial ,
career opportuniint,i Jeans 1 7 Feb 108; immigrlaaw otni staotuns of
Phyosfficie lacboraitoriaes n(POL s): MTs, Jan 28; NLRB rulionn MgTs ,
career opportuniint, iJaens 17 ; March 164.S ee also Competency;
nonlicensed personnel study,
Sept 558; patient outcomesi n
performance assessment of, Feb 89
Numaeperrturei, Nocv 72a1, lDec 781 Pietz, Sarah, June 384
Nutirmmuine tsysitemo afnfect,ed by,
July 459 Pipetting: ergonomic pipettes, June 384;
in yesterday's laboratory, May 299
0 Plasma, fresh frozen, June 390
OccupaStafietyo annda Helal th
—
1
Office oft he Inspector General (OIC),
Ap2r33,i Junle 3 62
Ohio:l icebnilsl, uMarrche 15 9,
July 427; proposed licensing changes,
Sept 561
Oligonuclpreoboest: ifodr eDN A
amplifiMarccha 1t91;i foorn gen,et ic
testing, April 253, May 318; for native
DNA testinFegb ,12 2
Onyewuenyi, Lilybell, Jan8 0( “Profiles”) Pleural fluids, Nov 714
Ploidy analysis, Dec 770
Plumbing system, May 334
Pluripotential hematopoietic stem cells,
July 451
Pneutumbe asysttemsi, cJan 63
Point mutatMarich o19n3, sMa,y 3 24
VOLUME 28, NUMBER 12 DECEMBER 1997
assisJutnea 41n2;t ma,ri ne strip storage environment, Feb 135; Rhode Island: proposed regulatory
microbiologist, Sept 612; medical changSeespt, 5 61
examait TnWAe crras h, Feb 148; Rh typing, gel testing for, April 259
mobile reference laboratory operator, RichSuea: onr gendetisc t,esti ng,
Jan 80; raptor center volunteer, Quinidine, Oct 656 April 255
April 284; research coordinator, Riipi, LindSeapt, 57 3
Aug 548; vocational rehabilitation R Rincon, Harlan: on regulationasn d
counselMoayr 3,4 8 Rapid kits, for Staphylococcus aureus point-of-care testing, Aug 504
Progesterone, in ectopic pregnancy identification, Feb 126 Risk markers, for heart disease, Nov 706
detectiFoebn ,10 4 Raptor center volunteer (“Profiles”), RobotiMcasy ,33 3
Prostate cancer: gene mutations April 284 Rosen, Robert H: one mployee
cauMsay 3i17;n USg tre,nds in, Reagent blank slide, Nov 716 empowermeJunnet ,36 5
June 361 Reagents, for prothrombin time testing, Roses, Allen D: on Alzheimedris'eass e
Aug 532 testiMnagy ,31 9
Reagent strips: for glycosuria detection, Rosser, Lyle: on emerging opportunities
Protective equipment. See Personal June 397; storage conditions for laboratoriaJnasn, 1 7
affecting glucose, Feb 135 “Roundetmeraginbg loppeort”uni:ti es Sharps, storage of, Jan 6 (letter)
protective equipment Reagent systems: bioMerieux’ Slidex for laboratorians, Jan 17; ethical ShigelloJsuilys 4,2 3
Protein binding, Sept 589, Oct 656 Staph-Kit, Feb 126; bioMérieux dilein mgenmetica tesstin g, Sickle cell anemia, genetic testing for,
ProAtperiinls :2 3p1r ions as infectious agents, VOimteekg'sa ADlibaigcnaonsst iIcDs,’ MAavricsht ap2h0,8 ; Mlaay b3o11r; aitMnaorfrchoy 1,r67 m;a nraedg ttuhlaeit cicloinnssi ca l SiAmpmroinls ,2 5J3e void: on cultural
Protein truncation test, May 318 Feb 126; Oxoid’s Staphylase, Feb 126; and point-otefst-incg, aAruge 50 4 diffeirn ecomnmucniceatsion ,
Prothrombin time (PT): discards tubes Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur's Pastorex Rural laboratories, Aug 482, Nov 740 Feb 111
for testing, Aug 530; home test for, Staph-Plus, Feb 126; Vitek Yeast Ryan White Care ActA mendments, Simpson, Pegon jgob ymark:et for
June 360, Nov 688 (letter); and Biochemical Cards, March 208 May 296 graduates, Jan 40; onM LTs, Sept 574
patient outcomes, Feb Reasonable standard of care, Aug 512 $ ingle-strand conformational
Proximate cause, April 240 Reciprocity law failure, Dec 781 $s polymorphism, March 194, April 253,
Prusiner, Stanley: on prions, April 231 Records, confidentiality of patient, Sabodexturoser agaar,u Mardch 208 May 318
Pseudogout, Dec 774 April 244 Safe Drinking Water ActA mendments, Skin cancer, US trends in, June 361
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, June 394, Recruiting students to medical May 296 SkuGasry,e Ma,y 3 21
July 434 technology, June 374 Safety: in care fort hee lderly, Aug 521; Slide prepabry acyttoceintorifnuge ,
Pulliam, Lisa, Oct 649 Red blood cell (RBC) count, in sample Nov 713
Push processing, Dec 784 dilution standardization, Nov 715 Slot blot techniqFuebe 1,2 3
Reduviid bug, April 269 SlusarAliccjza, yJukne, 3 82
Push smear, Nov 713f
Reed, Joan, June 384 Smith, Dennis M, Jr: on AABB Quality
Qa Reference laboratories: mobile
(“Profiles”), Jan 80; Pap smears sent
“Q&A”: computer skills for laboratory
professionals, Feb 99; confidentiality to, July 444
of patient records, April 244; Reference values: in adolescents, Salfinger, Max: on identifying multidrug-
Sept 586; in the elderly, July 458
cytotechnologist workloads, Jan 25; resistant TB, March 156
Regulation: California setting trend in,
direct and calculated methods for Salmonella, antibiotic resistance in,
Feb 91; consulting for compliance,
LDL-C compared, Dec 758; drawing Jan 19; employees’ rights to May 326
Salmonellosis, July 423
personnel files, Aug 498; and point-
Feb 101; elevated sodium levels in of-care testing, Aug 504; states Santos, Marie: on patient-focused care,
specimens, June 369; employees’ contemplate changes in, July 426, Oct 645 Solid phase assays, April 258
rights to personnel files, Aug 498; Sept 561. See also Clinical Laboratory Saporito, Cathy: on AABB Quality Somrak, Theresa: on Pap smear
ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus, Improvement Amendments of 1988; Program, March 189 controverAsugy 5,1 1
Nov 698; hemostasis during open- Legislation; Licensure Saturation (Michaelis-Menten) kinetics Sosler, Steve: on AABB Quality Program,
heart surgery, Oct 632; the internet as Reimbursement: and Balanced Budget of drugs, Aug 524 March 184
laboratory tool, Sept 567; stat testing Act of 1997, Nov 693; Medicare Sazama, Kathleen: on AABB Quality Soubitot hanaleysisr, Fneb 1 21,
overuse, March 165; sweat test vs formula for capitation, Oct 628; for Program, March 184; on ethical March 192
genetic testing for cystic fibrosis, Pap smears, July 440; for teaching dilemmas in genetic testing, May 311 Spaulding, Sally: living with Huntington's
July 433; working effectively with physicians, April 233; for Schantz, H Daniel: on Pap smear diseaMsaey ,32 1
automation, Aug 515
sales representatives, May 302 telemedicine services, Jan 12 “Special Report”: medical laboratory
Q-Probes program (College of American Relapsing fever, July 436 Schiller, Lorinda, Oct 645 science progsurrveay, mOcst 63 4;
Pathologists): bedside blood glucose Remote care: in networked health care, Science Coalition, Dec 754 recruiting students to medical
tteismtei nigm psrtuodvye,m eJnatn, 63A;u gon 5t37u;m around RenJaaln g4l;u pcooisnet -tohfr-ecsahroel dt,e sJtiunnge, 3A9u9g 504 May 294 vtaceanccy hsurnveJoyu nfel o3r7o 149;g9 6w,ay gMe,a rac nhd 176
Repetitive motion injuries, June 381 Sebastian, Sheila: MLT as career step
wristband error study, March 203 Research coordinator (“Profiles”), for, Sept 578 :
Quality assurance: AABB Quality
Aug 548 Seifert, Kelly J, June 412 (“Profiles”)
Program, March 182, July 419
Resistance, drug. See Drug resistance Self-empowerment, June 365
(letters); in bedside glucose testing, Resolution, of microscopes, Nov 710 Self-testing: for blood glucose,
July 462; “Book Reviews,” Nov 732; Restriction endonucleases, Jan 51, June 400, July 462; opportunities in March 206;l iability form ishandling,
continuous quality improvement, Feb 121, March 193 training for, Jan 20; prothrombin time April 239; protecotfi geonenti c
March 157, June 359; and costs, Restriction fragment length test, June 360, Nov 688 (letter)f;o r testiMnayg 3,15 ; slide preparation
March 169; in identifying multidrug- polymorphism, April 253 urine glucose, June 397 techniques, Nov 714;a nd template
resistant TB, March 156; Legislative Résumés, Dec 763 Senile dementia, May 319 |
Liaison testimony on, March 160; in Reticle, Nov 721, Dec 782 Sequence analysis of DNA, March 193,
Retroviral vectors, May 321
“Media Reviews,” March 211; with Reverse ABO grouping, gel testing for,
new transfusion medicine April 259
technologies, April 261; in patient Rhabdomyolysis, Sept 569 July
identification, March 206; for point- Rh hemolytic disease of the newborn, April 271:r outine serologic testing, SpiSusran: eons Pap, sm ear
of-care testing, Aug 504; reagent Sept 593 Aug 488 reimbursemJeunlyt ,44 4
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Stabilized hemoglobin, Feb 131 Theradpruge mounittoriingc: f or Waste: from discard tube use,
Stable angina, July 424 adoleSsepct 5e86;n cltiniscia,n u se Aug 532. See also Hazardous waste
of, Aug 524; how the body manages Weaver, Donna: on job market for
StaJfufinneg : 37re4c.r uSietem eanlts oo Dfo swtnusdieznitnsg,; drugs, Sept 588; forn ewbornasn d graduates, Jan 41
infants, Oct 662; pitfalls of, Oct 653 Weil disease, May 294
StEmaplopyehesy loaucreuos:c acntiubisoti c ThibSotepdhene: oan huered,ita ry Weiinnbdeurcgeedr ,c hJeustd ahp:a ino nte esxt,e rJcuilsey- 424
resiins, Mtaya 326n, Jcunee 39 4; colon canceMary ,31 8 Wenk, Peggy: on employment outlook
Thoracic outlet syndroJmunee ,38 0
handwtao psrevhenti snpregadi ng Thredt, Kristin, June 384 in histology, Jan 39
of, June 361; methicillin-resistant,
Jan 5 (letter), Feb 129, June 394; ThraomlblocoytiompemniuSaen,p te n,5e9o n2a tal Vaccine, against varicelSelpta ,55 9 WesOlcety ,6 48Li nda: on patient-focused care,
rapid kits fori dentificatioonf , Valiodf gaenettic itesots, nApr,il 2 54 Western blot analysis, Feb 122,
Thrombotic
Feb 126 purpura/hemolytic April 231
State licenSseeu Lriceens.ur e Aug 501, Dec 748 (letter) Jan 5 (letter), May 326, June 361, West Virginia: proposed regulatory
Stat testing, overuse of, March 165, Ticks, relapsing fever transmissiobny , 394 changes, Sept 562
Aug 485 (letter) July 436 VanderKatLhye: oenj sobth un,tin g, Wetli, Charles, Feb 148 (“Profiles”)
Steadys-ersumt draugt leeve l, Tiffany, Debra: on patient-focused care, Dec 760 Whitcomb, David: hereditary
Aug 524, Sept 589, Oct 655 Oct 646 pancreatitis discovery, March 157
Tilt-tube methoMady ,29 9 White blood cell (WBC) count: cold
Tomezak, Jerzy: on Tay-Sachs disease, agglutinins and erroneous, April 247;
May 322 in leukocyte reduction, May 329;
Tomlinson, KimberlJayn, 3 5 platelet clumping in, Oct 665; in
Tonsil biopsy, forC reutzfeldt-Jakob sample dilution standardization,
disease, April 231 children, Oct 661 Nov 715
Tools, ergonomJuince ,38 4 Verbic, Mary Ann: as legislative Whole blood glucose meters, Sept 599
Toxicology: “Book Reviews,” April 275; liaison, March 159 Willenberg, Peggy, April 284
monitodrrugi tonxicgit y, Aug 524 Vermont: licensure proposal, July 427 (“Profiles”)
Trasinainnge. Sooktonten Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Willeumier, Donna: on emerging
Transduction (genetics), May 326 opportunities for laboratorians,
Transformation (geneticMasy) 3,2 5 Jan 17
Transfusion. See Blood transfusion Windows help files, for electronic
Transfusion-associated graft-vs-host manual creation, March 197
diseJunae 3s88,e Ju,ly 451 Winkelmann, JamesW : on patient
Treponema pallidum, Sept 584 outcomes in performance
Trichomonas vaginalis, Sept 584 center volunteer (“Profiles”), assessment, Feb 89
Trichomoniasis, in adolescents, April 284 Wireless devices, March 167
Sept 583 Vibrio choleJarn 8a, Meay, 2 94 Wisconsin Health Information Network
TroponNionv 7,0 0 Victim mindsJeunte ,36 6 (WHIN), Feb 118
Trough concentraotf iaod rnug , Vinetz, Joseph M: on ratborne Working distance, of microscopes,
Aug 525 Nov 710
Troxel, David B: on Pap smear Violent deaths, ofa dolescents, Workplace: opportunities in consulting
controverAusgy 5,1 0 Sept 586 for design of, Jan 20; work-related
Trypanosoma cruzi, April 263 Viral DNA, Marc1h9 2 disorders, June 380, Dec 749 (letter).
Trypsin, March 157 Viral vectoMrasy ,32 1 See also Ergonomics
Tube coagutelsta, Fsebe 1 26 VisaJsan, 2 7 World Health Organization (WHO),
Tuberculosis: identifying multidrug- Viadeck, Bruce: on Medicare fraud and Dec 754
resistant, March 156; incidencoef , abuse, April 233 World Wide Web (WWW), Jan 43;
July 423 intranets as part of, Feb 118;
TWA Flight 800 crash (“Profiles”), (“ProfileMsa”y) 3,4 8 laboratory home pages, Jan 58; as
Feb 148 laboratory tool, Sept 567
2C stage, Dec 770 technolAopgriyl ,26 4 Wright-Giemsa stain, Nov 713;
Two-way paging systems, March 168 Volume of distri(bVdu)t oifa od nru g,
Trypanosoma cruzit rypomastigotes
incidencoef ,J uly4 23;s olid phase and epimastigotes, April 271f, 272f
assays for, April 258 UUl trafiltration, int herapeutdircu g Wristband errors, March 203, Aug 520
System checks, March 189 monitoring, Oct 654 Wu, Alan: on troponin, Nov 701
Wyoming; licensure request, July 427
Umiker, William: onc ommunication
T
Tanasijevic, Milenko: on troponin, skilFlesb ,10 9 x
Nov 704 Xenodiagnosis, April 271
Tay-Sachs disease, genetic testing for, March 176, June 357 (letter)
April 253, May 322 Wagner, John: on gene therapy for Y
Teaching physicians, reimbursement cystic fibrosMiasy ,32 1 Yeasts: Candida albicans identification,
for, April 233 Waldor, Matt: on toxin transfer in March 208
Teams. See Multidisciplinary teams Vibrio cholerae, Jan 8 Yost, Judith: on patient outcomes in
TelemeBadlanicecd Biudngete A:ct on WalKarken:e inr Pap, sm ear performance assessment, Feb 89
payfomr, Neov 6n94; tnatisonwi de controverAusgy 5,0 9
z
interest in, Jan 11; inn etworked Wall Street Journal Pap smear series,
health care, Jan 4 July 442, Aug 511 Zemelman, Susan: on gender
differences in communication,
Feb 109
Zero-order elimination of a drug,
Sept 589
Zhao, Xin, June 382
Zimmer, Diane, July 476 (“Profiles”)
April 230;‘ point-of-care testing for,
Zinc defiicnt ihee eldnerlcy, yJul,y 4 60
Aug 504
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