Laboratory Medicine 2005: Vol 36 Index

2005·4.8 MB·English

Index
Subject Index training in Africa, Jan 4; AIDS training in Anticoagulants: single calibration curve with anti-Xa
Ethiopia, March 134; Annual Meeting in chromogenic assay for monitoring heparin
a Seattle, June 325, Aug 453, Dec 740; Board anticoagulation, May 297; thrombosis risk
_ Abdominal pain: 14-year-old male with, March 161; nominations, Jan 12; Board of Registry certi- testing in the clinical laboratory, Feb 115
24-year-old woman with, Oct 642 fies 400,000th laboratory professional, Feb Anti-endomysial antibodies: in celiac disease diag-
ABO blood group: automated system for ABO/D typ- 77; Certification Maintenance Program, Jan 6, nosis, June 368
ing and RBC antibody detection, Jan 29; weak 57(letter), Feb 73, May 266; CLMA/ASCP Anti-gliadin antibodies: in celiac disease diagnosis,
ABO subgroups, Jan 32 . ThinkLab '05, Jan 19, Feb 73, 77, March 138, June 368
Accreditation: competency assessments, March 147 May 264, 270, 273, June 337; CME/CMLE Anti-igA antibodies: patient with low IgA level
Acetaminophen hepatotoxicity: nausea, vomiting, transcripts online, Jan 8; as collaborative requiring transfusion during CABG surgery,
and decreased level of consciousness in organization, June 327, July 391; June 353
patient with chronic back pain, Sept 540 Commission on Public Policy, Feb 76; com- Antikickback statute, March 139, 143, Sept 522
N-Acetyicysteine: nausea, vomiting, and decreased mittee appointments, 2004-2005, Jan 13; Antinuclear antibodies: joint swelling and progres-
level of consciousness in patient with chronic “Contemporary Hemato-lymphoid Diagnostic sive extremity weakness in 39-year-old
back pain, Sept 540 Pathways” program, Jan 8; and cytology pro- African American woman, March 163; in sys-
Acidemia, isovaleric: neonate with hyperammone- ficiency testing, Feb 75, May 267, 274, June temic sclerosis diagnosis, Nov 724
mia, May 293 374, Dec 745; Leadership Exchange for 2006, Antiphospholipid syndrome: thrombosis risk testing
Acidosis: in massively transfused patients, Oct 659 Sept 516, Dec 744; Medscape, Jan 5; in the clinical laboratory, Feb 115
Acinetobacter baumannii: antibiotic resistance in, National Medical Laboratory Week, Jan 11, Anti-Rh17, Oct 642
July 438 March 135, April 199; National Student Honor Antithrombin: thrombosis risk testing in the clinical
Activated protein C resistance: thrombosis risk test- Award, Jan 14, July 391, 395; new head- laboratory, Feb 115
ing in the clinical laboratory, Feb 115 quarters for, July 397, Aug 453; new policy Anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies: in celiac
Activity-based costing, May 278 statements, Jan 9; Pathologists’ Assistant, disease diagnosis, June 368
Acyicarnitines: in glutaric acidemia type |, March PA(ASCP) certification, June 328, Aug 453; Anti-topoisomerase-| (Scl-70) antibodies: in sys-
174 Rodriguez becomes president, Oct 582: temic sclerosis diagnosis, Nov 724
ADAMTS-13: thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura scholarship winners, Feb 72, July 392; state Anti-tumor therapy: endoscopic ultrasound guided, se
and, June 350, Sept 567(letter) licensure policy, Sept 518; student scholar- Dec 779
Addison's disease: sudden death and enlarged adre- ships program, Sept 520; survey on labora- Anti-Xa: single calibration curve with anti-Xa chro-
nal glands in otherwise healthy woman, Sept tory personnel state licensure, Sept 524; mogenic assay for monitoring heparin antico-
543 survey on rapid HIV testing, Aug 468; “Thaw agulation, May 297
Adrenal glands: sudden death and enlarged, in oth- the Freeze” campaign, April 201, May 267, Aortic valve insufficiency in 45-year-old male, June
erwise healthy woman, Sept 543 274, Sept 521; training laboratory personnel
345
AdvaMed, Oct 639 in Africa, May 263; wage and vacancy sur-
Apheresis-derived platelets, Dec 769
Advance beneficiary notice (ABN): as year-end vey for 2003, March 149; Washington office,
chargemaster chore, Feb 81 Feb 71 Arizona: direct access testing panel, March 140
Africa: training laboratory personnel in, May 263 American Society for Quality (ASQ), Sept 538 Arizona Health Sciences Center, March 150
AIDS. See Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), July 408 Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Oct 588, Nov 681
Albumin: in andropause diagnosis, Dec 772 Amyloid A: serum concentrations in full-term infant ARPANET, April 247 :
Albumin index, Sept 559 umbilical cord serum using sold phase indi- Arterial pressure: hypertension and the multifactorial
Alloantibodies: emergency transfusion guidelinesf,o r rect ELISA, June 357 role of salt, Oct 652
autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Jan 45; 24- Analytical error: preventing with open clinical chem- ASCP LabQ, Sept 523
year-old woman with abdominal pain, Oct istry systems, Nov 705; reducing medical ASCPSTAR proficiency testing program, May 269,
642 errors at point of care, May 275 274, June 374
Allogenic adsorption: emergency transfusion guide- Analytic Systems requirements, Oct 615 Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL),
lines for autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Jan Anaphylactic transfusion reaction: patient with low Jan 4
46 IgA level requiring transfusion during CABG Atherosclerosis: and inflammation, April 234; stroke
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), March 179 surgery, June 353 and proinflammatory markers, April 232
American Association of Blood Banks (AABB): and Anatomic pathology: information systems for, Nov Athlete's foot (tinea pedis), Aug 497
FDA extension of deferral period for blood 689 Author Guidelines, Jan 63, April 254, June 382, Aug
donors with West Nile virus, Nov 692; regula- Andropause, Dec 771 . 509, Sept 574
tory and quality initiatives in transfusion med- Anemia: “Media Review,” Aug 504; profound normo- Autoantibodies: emergency transfusion guidelines
icine, Feb 110; Standard 5.1.5.1, Dec 768 cytic in 36-year-old woman with syncopal for autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Jan 45; in
American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA), episodes, June 350; refractory with excess systemic sclerosis diagnosis, Nov 724
March 140, May 268 blasts, Oct 644 Autoimmune hemolytic anemia: emergency transfu-
American Health information Community, Dec 746 Aneurysms: in Marfan syndrome, Dec 764 sion guidelines for, Jan 45
American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Feb 76 Annulare tinea corporis, Aug 497 Automation: for ABO/D typing and RBC antibody
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Antarctica: medical technologist in, Feb 70 detection, Jan 29; continuous throughput
(ASCLS), June 327; on competitive bidding, Antibiotics: drug resistance in, July 435 rapid tissue processing revolutionizes
May 274, Nov 681; distinguished service Antibodies: automated system for ABO/D typing and histopathology workfiow, May 300; for infor-
awards, Oct 590; eCourse online, Oct 592; RBC antibody detection, Jan 29; in celiac dis- mation security, Oct 600; of phlebotomy for
federal funding for AIDS relief, Nov 676; ease diagnosis, June 368; emergency trans- efficiency and patient safety, Sept 528; for
Leadership Exchange conference, Oct 583; fusion guidelines for autoimmune hemolytic quality control, Oct 628; reagent carryover
Medscape Video Editorial, Oct 592; National anemia, Jan 45. See also Antinuclear antibod- Studies, Nov 705; for reducing medical errors
Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, Oct ies; Autoantibodies at point of care, May 276
591; new director of marketing, Oct 590; out- Antibody screening: gel testing for, in community
reach to health occupations students, Nov hospital, Aug 489 B
678; slate of candidates, Oct 590; in Task Anticardiolipin antibodies: thrombosis risk testing in Babaian, Richard: on PSA tests, July 399, 400
Force on Collaboration, Dec 743; teleconfer- the clinical laboratory, Feb 118 Backing up data, Oct 600
ences, Oct 586 Anti-centromere antibodies: in systemic sclerosis Bacteria: contamination of platelets for transfusion,
American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP): AIDS diagnosis, Nov 724 Dec 767; fever, headache, and abdominal
788 LABMEDICINE «V# olu3m6N uembe r 12 # Decembe20r0 5
labmedicine.com
Index
Subject Index training in Africa, Jan 4; AIDS training in Anticoagulants: single calibration curve with anti-Xa
Ethiopia, March 134; Annual Meeting in chromogenic assay for monitoring heparin
a Seattle, June 325, Aug 453, Dec 740; Board anticoagulation, May 297; thrombosis risk
_ Abdominal pain: 14-year-old male with, March 161; nominations, Jan 12; Board of Registry certi- testing in the clinical laboratory, Feb 115
24-year-old woman with, Oct 642 fies 400,000th laboratory professional, Feb Anti-endomysial antibodies: in celiac disease diag-
ABO blood group: automated system for ABO/D typ- 77; Certification Maintenance Program, Jan 6, nosis, June 368
ing and RBC antibody detection, Jan 29; weak 57(letter), Feb 73, May 266; CLMA/ASCP Anti-gliadin antibodies: in celiac disease diagnosis,
ABO subgroups, Jan 32 . ThinkLab '05, Jan 19, Feb 73, 77, March 138, June 368
Accreditation: competency assessments, March 147 May 264, 270, 273, June 337; CME/CMLE Anti-igA antibodies: patient with low IgA level
Acetaminophen hepatotoxicity: nausea, vomiting, transcripts online, Jan 8; as collaborative requiring transfusion during CABG surgery,
and decreased level of consciousness in organization, June 327, July 391; June 353
patient with chronic back pain, Sept 540 Commission on Public Policy, Feb 76; com- Antikickback statute, March 139, 143, Sept 522
N-Acetyicysteine: nausea, vomiting, and decreased mittee appointments, 2004-2005, Jan 13; Antinuclear antibodies: joint swelling and progres-
level of consciousness in patient with chronic “Contemporary Hemato-lymphoid Diagnostic sive extremity weakness in 39-year-old
back pain, Sept 540 Pathways” program, Jan 8; and cytology pro- African American woman, March 163; in sys-
Acidemia, isovaleric: neonate with hyperammone- ficiency testing, Feb 75, May 267, 274, June temic sclerosis diagnosis, Nov 724
mia, May 293 374, Dec 745; Leadership Exchange for 2006, Antiphospholipid syndrome: thrombosis risk testing
Acidosis: in massively transfused patients, Oct 659 Sept 516, Dec 744; Medscape, Jan 5; in the clinical laboratory, Feb 115
Acinetobacter baumannii: antibiotic resistance in, National Medical Laboratory Week, Jan 11, Anti-Rh17, Oct 642
July 438 March 135, April 199; National Student Honor Antithrombin: thrombosis risk testing in the clinical
Activated protein C resistance: thrombosis risk test- Award, Jan 14, July 391, 395; new head- laboratory, Feb 115
ing in the clinical laboratory, Feb 115 quarters for, July 397, Aug 453; new policy Anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies: in celiac
Activity-based costing, May 278 statements, Jan 9; Pathologists’ Assistant, disease diagnosis, June 368
Acyicarnitines: in glutaric acidemia type |, March PA(ASCP) certification, June 328, Aug 453; Anti-topoisomerase-| (Scl-70) antibodies: in sys-
174 Rodriguez becomes president, Oct 582: temic sclerosis diagnosis, Nov 724
ADAMTS-13: thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura scholarship winners, Feb 72, July 392; state Anti-tumor therapy: endoscopic ultrasound guided, se
and, June 350, Sept 567(letter) licensure policy, Sept 518; student scholar- Dec 779
Addison's disease: sudden death and enlarged adre- ships program, Sept 520; survey on labora- Anti-Xa: single calibration curve with anti-Xa chro-
nal glands in otherwise healthy woman, Sept tory personnel state licensure, Sept 524; mogenic assay for monitoring heparin antico-
543 survey on rapid HIV testing, Aug 468; “Thaw agulation, May 297
Adrenal glands: sudden death and enlarged, in oth- the Freeze” campaign, April 201, May 267, Aortic valve insufficiency in 45-year-old male, June
erwise healthy woman, Sept 543 274, Sept 521; training laboratory personnel
345
AdvaMed, Oct 639 in Africa, May 263; wage and vacancy sur-
Apheresis-derived platelets, Dec 769
Advance beneficiary notice (ABN): as year-end vey for 2003, March 149; Washington office,
chargemaster chore, Feb 81 Feb 71 Arizona: direct access testing panel, March 140
Africa: training laboratory personnel in, May 263 American Society for Quality (ASQ), Sept 538 Arizona Health Sciences Center, March 150
AIDS. See Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), July 408 Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Oct 588, Nov 681
Albumin: in andropause diagnosis, Dec 772 Amyloid A: serum concentrations in full-term infant ARPANET, April 247 :
Albumin index, Sept 559 umbilical cord serum using sold phase indi- Arterial pressure: hypertension and the multifactorial
Alloantibodies: emergency transfusion guidelinesf,o r rect ELISA, June 357 role of salt, Oct 652
autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Jan 45; 24- Analytical error: preventing with open clinical chem- ASCP LabQ, Sept 523
year-old woman with abdominal pain, Oct istry systems, Nov 705; reducing medical ASCPSTAR proficiency testing program, May 269,
642 errors at point of care, May 275 274, June 374
Allogenic adsorption: emergency transfusion guide- Analytic Systems requirements, Oct 615 Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL),
lines for autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Jan Anaphylactic transfusion reaction: patient with low Jan 4
46 IgA level requiring transfusion during CABG Atherosclerosis: and inflammation, April 234; stroke
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), March 179 surgery, June 353 and proinflammatory markers, April 232
American Association of Blood Banks (AABB): and Anatomic pathology: information systems for, Nov Athlete's foot (tinea pedis), Aug 497
FDA extension of deferral period for blood 689 Author Guidelines, Jan 63, April 254, June 382, Aug
donors with West Nile virus, Nov 692; regula- Andropause, Dec 771 . 509, Sept 574
tory and quality initiatives in transfusion med- Anemia: “Media Review,” Aug 504; profound normo- Autoantibodies: emergency transfusion guidelines
icine, Feb 110; Standard 5.1.5.1, Dec 768 cytic in 36-year-old woman with syncopal for autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Jan 45; in
American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA), episodes, June 350; refractory with excess systemic sclerosis diagnosis, Nov 724
March 140, May 268 blasts, Oct 644 Autoimmune hemolytic anemia: emergency transfu-
American Health information Community, Dec 746 Aneurysms: in Marfan syndrome, Dec 764 sion guidelines for, Jan 45
American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Feb 76 Annulare tinea corporis, Aug 497 Automation: for ABO/D typing and RBC antibody
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Antarctica: medical technologist in, Feb 70 detection, Jan 29; continuous throughput
(ASCLS), June 327; on competitive bidding, Antibiotics: drug resistance in, July 435 rapid tissue processing revolutionizes
May 274, Nov 681; distinguished service Antibodies: automated system for ABO/D typing and histopathology workfiow, May 300; for infor-
awards, Oct 590; eCourse online, Oct 592; RBC antibody detection, Jan 29; in celiac dis- mation security, Oct 600; of phlebotomy for
federal funding for AIDS relief, Nov 676; ease diagnosis, June 368; emergency trans- efficiency and patient safety, Sept 528; for
Leadership Exchange conference, Oct 583; fusion guidelines for autoimmune hemolytic quality control, Oct 628; reagent carryover
Medscape Video Editorial, Oct 592; National anemia, Jan 45. See also Antinuclear antibod- Studies, Nov 705; for reducing medical errors
Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, Oct ies; Autoantibodies at point of care, May 276
591; new director of marketing, Oct 590; out- Antibody screening: gel testing for, in community
reach to health occupations students, Nov hospital, Aug 489 B
678; slate of candidates, Oct 590; in Task Anticardiolipin antibodies: thrombosis risk testing in Babaian, Richard: on PSA tests, July 399, 400
Force on Collaboration, Dec 743; teleconfer- the clinical laboratory, Feb 118 Backing up data, Oct 600
ences, Oct 586 Anti-centromere antibodies: in systemic sclerosis Bacteria: contamination of platelets for transfusion,
American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP): AIDS diagnosis, Nov 724 Dec 767; fever, headache, and abdominal
788 LABMEDICINE «V# olu3m6N uembe r 12 # Decembe20r0 5
labmedicine.com
Annual Index
pain in African American male, Feb 90; 14- Burns, John A: on West Nile virus testing, Nov 692 lead poisoning, March 178; Quality institute
year-old male with abdominal pain, March Bush, George W, April 201; on National Medical Conference hosted by, Oct 605; “super bug”
161; “Media Review,” Jan 56, Oct 665; regu- Laboratory Professionals Week, Oct 591 guidelines of, July 438; training laboratory
latory and quality initiatives in transfusion Bush, Rob: on information systems for anatomic personnel in Africa, May 263
medicine, Feb 111 patholoay, Nov 690 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS):
Baden, Michael M: novel published by, Nov 678 CLIA and Equivalent Quality Control, Oct 614;
Ball, John R: on new ASGP headquarters, July 397 Cc . on Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule codes,
Banks, Peter M: in “Contemporary Hemato-lymphoid Calibration: Analytic Systems requirement for, Oct Dec 745; competency assessments, March
Diagnostic Pathways” program, Jan 8 615 147; competitive bidding project, Feb 75, April
Bar coding: in phlebotomy automation, Sept 528; California: ASCP/NCA concerns about licensing reg- 201, Nov 681; cytology proficiency testing,
reducing medical errors at point of care, May ulations, June 330; MLT licensure and nation- Feb 75; Equivalent Quality Control, Oct 577;
277 al certification, May 268; pharmacist testing flow cytometry reimbursement, March 139,
Barriers to communication, April 206 authority withdrawn, July 393 Nov 681; legal issues in laboratory outreach,
Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC), Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science March 143; on mandatory vaccination for
Oct 588 (CSMLS), Oct 591 long-term care patients, Nov 682; Physician
Behcet's syndrome, Oct 644 Cancer: potassium values in cancer patient popula- Fee Schedule for 2006, June 329, Nov 681,
Benchmarking, July 416 tion, Feb 95 Dec 745; year-end chargemaster chores, Feb
Berte, Lucia M: at CLMA/ASCP ThinkLab '05, May Candida albicans, Aug 497, 498 81
273; on Editorial Advisory Board, May 259 Capillary skin puncture: phlebotomy error preven- Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF): guide to interpretation of
Best, Michele: at ASCP Leadership Exchange confer- tion, July 431 indices for, Sept 558
ence, Dec 744 Capital budgeting: financial decision-making in out- Certification: ASCP Board of Registry certifies
Billing: financial opportunities for diagnostic labora- reach operations, Feb 85 400,000th laboratory professional, Feb 77;
tory, July 414; year-end chargemaster chores, ’ Cardiac troponin |: joint swelling and progressive California and national, May 268; Certification
Feb 81 extremity weakness in 39-year-old African Maintenance Program, Jan 6, 57(letter), Feb
Billing codes: financial decision-making in outreach American woman, March 163 73, May 266; for foreign healthcare workers,
operations, Feb 84 Cardiovascular disease: C-reactive protein as car- March 139; for Pathologists’ Assistant,
Biochemical bone markers: analytical and preana- diac risk factor, April 234; normoglycemia as PA(ASCP), June 328, Aug 453; in quality, Sept
lytical issues in measurement of, July 424 encompassing two subpopulations with 538
Biochips (microarrays): miniaturization in, Dec 749; respect to vascular risk in non-obese . Cervicovaginal smears: CPT codes for, Jan 10
quality control and, Oct 620 Caucasian women, Jan 35 “Chair's Message, ASCP Associate Council”:
Biological product deviation reporting, Feb 110 Career development: diverse opportunities for labo- “Building a Better Organization,” Dec 743;
Bioterrorism: ASCP policy statement on preparing ratorians, March 137; wage and vacancy sur- “Coming Soon to Your Laboratory!,” May 265;
for, Jan 9; Escherichia coli 0157:H7 identifica- vey for 2003, March 149 “Continuing Education Reigns Supreme at
a tion in proficiency testing program, April 229; Case studies: aortic valve insufficiency in 45-year- ThinkLab '05, Feb 73; “The Essential
report on lack of preparedness for, March old male, June 345; “CRAB” findings in Volunteer,” Nov 679; “A Fine Finish,” Sept
141; threat agents, June 324 patient with fatigue and history of poor 519; “The Future is Yours!,” March 137;
Blood: cutting costs for, July 415 appetite, Aug 482; fever, headache, and “Laying a Strong Foundation,” July 391;
Blood banking: automated system for ABO/D typing abdominal pain in African American male, Feb “Let's Celebrate!,” Apri! 199; “Let's
and RBC antibody detection, Jan 29; massive 90; fever, weight loss, cough, and chest pain Collaborate!,” June 327; “Local
transfusion in 66-year-old man with blunt in HIV-positive man, Nov 696; 14-year-old Representatives Crucial for Reaching Goals,”
injury to thorax, Oct 657; “Media Review,” male with abdominal pain, March 161; joint Jan 7; “Make a Difference with ASCP!,” Oct
Nov 729; regulatory and quality initiatives in swelling and progressive extremity weakness 585; “What Can a Laporatory Do?,” Aug 455
transfusion medicine, Feb 108; screening vol- in 39-year-old African American woman, Channels of communication, April 205
unteer blood donations for transmissible March 163; markedly decreased serum sodi- Chargemasters: year-end chores for, Feb 81
infectious diseases, Nov 717; weak ABO sub- um concentration in patient with multiple Chelation therapy: for pediatric lead poisoning,
groups, Jan 32 myeloma, April 224; nausea, vomiting, and March 180
Blood-brain barrier, Sept 558 decreased level of consciousness in patient Chemically assembled, electronic nanocomputers
Blood collection: paying physicians for, Sept 522 with chronic back pain, Sept 540; neck pain (CAENs), Dec 748
Blood donors: FDA extends deferral period for and rash in 18-year-old student, July 419; Chemistry: glutaric acidemia type | diagnosis, March
donors with West Nile virus, Nov 691; reguia- neonate with hyperammonemia, May 292; 174; “Media Review,” May 313; miniaturiza-
tory and quality initiatives in transfusion med- patient with low IgA level requiring transfu- tion in, Dec 749; pediatric lead poisoning
icine, Feb 108 sion during CABG surgery, June 353; pro- diagnosis, March 178; potassium values in
Blood pressure: hypertension and the multifactorial found normocytic anemia in 36-year-old cancer patient population, Feb 95; reagent
role of salt, Oct 652 woman with syncopal episodes, June 350; Carryover studies, Nov 705; wet chemistry
Blood transfusion. See Transfusion medicine sudden death and enlarged adrenal glands in tests for inborn errors of metabolism, Aug 476
Blood typing: automated system for ABO/D typing otherwise healthy woman, Sept 543; 34-year- Children: pediatric lead poisoning diagnosis, March
and RBC antibody detection, Jan 29; failure old male with progressive neurological 178. See also Neonates
mode and effects analysis for, Jan 16, 18; decline, Dec 764; tremors, sweating, and pal- Chromogenic anti-Xa assay for monitoring heparin
weak ABO subgroups, Jan 32 pitation, Nov 700; 24-year-old woman with anticoagulation: single calibration curve with,
Blood utilization reviews, Feb 98 abdominal pain, Oct 642; undetectable plas- May 297
Bone: analytical and preanalytical issues in measure- ma creatinine in paralyzed patient with HIV, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD):
ment of biochemical bone markers, July 424 Aug 479; unusual organisms in bone marrow serum malondialdehyde level determination in
Bone formation markers, July 424 of patient with systemic sarcoidosis, Dec 762; patients with by two different methods, Jan
Bone marrow: cryptococcal infection in, Dec 762 vulvar and oral lesions in 34-year-old woman, 41
Bone mineral density: analytical and preanalytical Oct 644; worsening shortness of breath in Ciaccio, Steven: on new ASCP headquarters, July
issues in measurement of biochemical bone 62-year-old man, May 289; young woman 397
markers, July 425 with indurated skin and subcutaneous Cincinnati, University of, Oct 589
Bone resorption markers, July 424 lesions, April 221 Client billing, March 140
Bonfiglio, Thomas: and cytology proficiency testing Cecil, Lisa Sellars: Regional Associate Award for, Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI):
program, Feb 75 April 203 and ISO 15189, March 132; leadership con-
Bradycardia: patient with low IgA level requiring Celiac disease: diagnostic considerations for, June ference, Feb 77; “QC for the Future” confer-
transfusion during CABG surgery, June 353 366 ence, Oct 577, 609; quality management sys-
Breakeven analysis, Feb 85 Cell sorting: miniaturization in, Dec 749 tem model for health care, Oct 641; standard
Brosman, Stanley: on PSA tests, July 399, 400 Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Feb development and Option 4, Oct 639
Brott, Boris: at CLMA/ASCP ThinkLab '05, May 274 108 Clinical Laboratory Coalition (CLC), April 201, July
Brown, Karen A: as new ASCP Associate Chair, Sept 518 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): 393, Aug 458, Sept 521
Bryan, John: as Commission on Public Policy chair, AIDS training in Africa, Jan 4; cytology profi- Clinical Laboratory Compliance Improvement Act
Feb 76 ciency testing, Feb 75, May 267, 269; pediatric (HR 5311), Jan 10
abmedicine.com December 2005 » Volume 36 Number 12®LABMEDICINE 789
4
Annual Index
Clinical Laboratory !mprovement Advisory Consolidation, July 414 node coding in surgical pathology, Oct 602;
Committee (CLIAC), Dec 745 Continuing education: certification and, Jan 57(let- as year-end chargemaster chore, Feb 81
Clinical Laboratory improvement Amendments of ter); at CLMA/ASCP 2005 Conference & Customer service: Equivalent Quality Control and,
1988 (CLIA '88): competency assessments, Exhibition, Feb 73; state licensure and, Sept Oct 624; process improvement and, April 240:
March 147; and cytology proficiency testing, 527. See also “Continuing Education Update” as quality element, June 343; who is the lab-
Nov 694; and Equivalent Quality Control, Oct series oratory's customer, May 287
614; on quality control, Oct 577, 610, 611 “Continuing Education Update” series: achieving Cystatin C: undetectable plasma creatinine in para-
Clinical Laboratory Management Association breakthrough improvements with the applica- lyzed patient with HIV, Aug 479
(CLMA): CLMA/ASCP 2005 Conference & tion of lean Six Sigma tools and principles Cytology: articles in LABMEDICINE, Feb 122(letter);
Exhibition in Chicago, Jan 19, Feb 73, 77, within process excellence, April 240; antibiot- proficiency testing in, Feb 75, April 215, May
March 138, May 264, 270, 273, June 337; ic resistance, July 435; celiac disease diag- 267, 269, 274, June 374, Aug 505(letter),
Quality Advisory Council, April 245 nostic considerations, June 366; dermatophy- Sept 522, Nov 694, Dec 745, 746
Clinical microscopy: digital microscopy, May 309; in toses, Aug 496; emergency transfusion guide- Cytomegalovirus: screening volunteer blood dona-
glomerular and non-glomerular hematuria dif- lines for autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Jan tions for, Nov 717
ferentiation, Oct 647; Kohler illumination, Sept 45; endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle Cytotechnology: wage and vacancy survey for 2003,
530; microscope cleaning, Aug 460 aspiration biopsy, Dec 775; guide to interpre- March 150; Web-based education in, July 398
Clostridium difficile: antibiotic resistance in, July 436 tation of CSF indices, Sept 558; massive CytoTect Triangle, Nov 694
Coagulation: “Media Review,” Oct 666; prothrombin transfusion in 66-year-old man with biunt
time testing practices in Pacific Northwest, injury to thorax, Oct 657; pediatric lead poi- D
Sept 551; thrombosis risk testing in the clini- soning diagnosis, March 178; systemic scle- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, March 155
cal laboratory, Feb 115; University of Alabama rosis (scleroderma), Nov 723; thrombosis risk Daniels, Margaret “Peggy” G: ASCP Associate
at Birmingham Special Coagulation testing in the clinical laboratory Feb 115; will Excellence in Management Award for, March
Laboratory, May 270 Medicare payment system for clinical labora- 138
Coagulopathy: dilutional, Oct 658 tory services change in the future, May 304 Darcy, Teresa P: on CLMA/ASCP ThinkLab '05, May
Coalition for Allied Health Leadership, July 391 Contractuai joint ventures, March 139 273
Coding manuals: as year-end chargemaster chore, Control procedures: Analytic Systems requirement Data backup, Oct 600
Feb 81 for, Oct 615 Data management: reducing medical errors at point
Cold autoimmune hemolytic anemias: compatibility Cord blood: serum amyloid A concentrations in full- of care, May 276
testing in, Jan 47 term infant, using sold phase indirect ELISA, D-dimer: stroke and proinflammatory markers, April
Colistin, July 438 June 357 232 ‘
Collagen: analytical and preanalytical issues in Coronary heart disease (CHD): normoglycemia as Decision-making: in outreach operations, Feb 83
measurement of biochemical bone markers, encompassing two subpopulations with “Denial of service” attacks, Oct 600
July 424 respect to vascular risk in non-obese Deoxypyridinoline, July 425
Collection tubes: prothrombin time testing practices Caucasian women, Jan 35 Dermatophytoses, Aug 496
in Pacific Northwest, Sept 552 Corrective actions, July 416 Developing countries: rapid HIV testing in, Aug 474
College of American Pathologists (CAP): competency Cortisol: STAT testing for, May 303; sudden death Diabetes mellitus: C-reactive protein and, April 237;
assessments, March 147; Q-Probes and Q- and enlarged adrenal glands in otherwise Parmoglycemia as encompassing two sub-
Tracks programs, July 416; regulatory and healthy woman, Sept 543 populations with respect to vascular risk in
quality initiatives in transfusion medicine, Feb Cost containment: financial opportunities for diag- non-obese Caucasian women, Jan 35
111 nostic laboratory, July 414; point-of-care test- Digital glass slide technology, Jan 8
Collins, Carlyn: on Technical Experts Panel, Feb 75 ing cost considerations, Aug 465; process Digital images: quality of, Nov 689
Colorectal cancer: FDA approves new test for, Nov improvement and, April 240; as quality ele- Digital microscopy, May 309
681 ment, June 343; reagent rental, Aug 462 Direct access testing, March 140
Communication: bridging gap between laboratory Costing: activity-based, to aid in laboratory equip- Direct billing, March 139
and nursing, Nev 685; communicating suc- ment selection, May 278 Disease-oriented laboratory reports, Feb 78
cessfully in the workplace, April 205; in phie- Cosyntropin stimulation test: sudden death and Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC): neck
botomy error prevention, July 430; for reduc- enlarged adrenal glands in otherwise healthy pain and rash in 18-year-old student, July
ing medical errors at point of care, May 276, woman, Sept 544 419; profound normocytic anemia in 36-year-
277 Coumadin-induced skin necrosis, April 221 old woman with syncopal episodes, June 350
Compatibility testing: in cold autoimmune hemolytic “CRAB” findings: in patient with fatigue and history Distance education: in cytotechnology, July 398;
anemias, Jan 47 of poor appetite, Aug 482 University of Cincinnati program, Oct 589
Competency testing: executing successful assess- C-reactive protein: evolution as cardiac risk factor, DMAIC roadmap, April 241
ments, March 145; for point-of-care testing, April 234; serum amyloid A concentrations in ’ DNA: miniaturization in study of, Dec 749, 750
Oct 623; state licensure and, Sept 527 full-term infant umbilical cord serum using Downing, James R: Philip Levine Award for, Oct 590
Competitive bidding: ASCP view of, May 274, Nov sold phase indirect ELISA, June 357; stroke Drug resistance, July 435; miniaturization in Geter-
681; CMS demonstration project for, Feb 75, and proinflammatory markers, April 232 mination of, Dec 750
April 201, Nov 681; Florida plan for, March Creatine: undetectable plasma creatinine in para- Dunn, Cecil: ASCP Associate Lifetime Achievement
140, May 268, Aug 458; Institute of Medicine lyzed patient with HIV, Aug 479 . Award for, March 138; career development of,
study on, May 305, 306 Creatine kinase, MB isoenzyme of (CK-MB): joint March 137
Complete blood count (CBC): effect of recent severe swelling and progressive extremity weakness Dunphy, Cherie H: in “Contemporary Hemato-lym-
hemorrhage on, Oct 657 in 39-year-old African American woman, phoid Diagnostic Pathways” program, Jan 8
Compliance: legal implications of laboratory error, March 163
April 214; as quality element, June.343; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: regulatory and quality E
reducing medical errors at point of care, May initiatives in transfusion medicine, Feb 112 E-Advocacy Center, Feb 71, July 388, 389, Aug 453
276; year-end chargemaster chores, Feb 81 Cross-contamination: reagent carryover studies, Nov Echocardiography: aortic valve insufficiency in 45-
Computers: Excel™ tips, Aug 503, Sept 566; infor- 705 year-old male, June 345
mation systems for anatomic pathology, Nov Cryptococcus neoformans: in bone marrow of Ectothrix, Aug 497
689; miniaturization in, Dec 748; networks, patient with systemic sarcoidosis, Dec 762 “Editorial”: Equivalent Quality Control, Oct 577; new
April 247; quality management software, CTAD: single calibration curve with anti-Xa chro- members of Editorial Advisory Board, May
June 333, Sept 567( letter); software for per- mogenic assay for monitoring heparin antico- 259
formance appraisals and competency assess- agulation, May 297 Education: ASCP National Student Honor Award, Jan
ments, March 146. See also internet; Cummings, Elijah E, Jan 10 14, July 391, 395; ASCP student scholarships
Laboratory information system (LIS) Cumulative trauma disorders: from pipetting, Sept program, Sept 520; closing of medical tech-
Confidentiality: legal issues in laboratory outreach, 534 nology programs, March 186(letter);
March 143 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes: for CME/CMLE transcripts online, Jan 8;
Conley, Colleen S: on Mercy Ship Anastasis, April cervical cytology, Jan 10; financial decision- “Contemporary Hemato-lymphoid Diagnostic
198 making in outreach operations, Feb 84; lymph Pathways” program, Jan 8; failure mode and
790 LABMEDICINE # Vol3u6m Nuembe r 12 ® Decembe2r00 5
labmedicine.com
Annual Index
effects analysis, Jan 18; learning styles, Dec ExcAueg 5l03,™ Se,pt 5 66 Gas chromatneoonatge rwitah hpypheraymm:one -
753; providing practical experience for stu- Excess specimeNnovs 6,8 2 miaMay, 2 93
Gents, Aug 455; recruiting students for med- Extended spectrum beta lactamase producers, July 437 Gastrotraict:n entdosecopsic tultirasnounad gluid ed
ical technology programs, June 326; restruc- Ex vivo diagnostics: quality control and, Oct 620 fine needle aspirbaiotpsyi oof,n D ec 776
turing of MT programs, July 388; scholarship Gel testing: for antibody screening and identification
winners, Feb 72, July 392; Title Vil of Public F in community hospitAaugl 4,8 9
Health Service Act, Feb 71, 76, April 201, Aug FacVtL oeirden : thrombroisks tiestsin g in the clini- Gene expression: DNA microafrorr claassyifsyin g
457, Sept 521, Nov 682, Dec 745; welcoming cal laboratory, Feb 115 cancers based on, Dec 750
new graduates, May 265. See also Continuing Factor Vill: thrombriosks tiestsin g in the clinical lab- Genetic testing: coverage and reimbursement for,
education; Distance education oratory, Feb 115 June 329
Edwards, Jo Anne:o n state licensure, Sept 527 Failure mode and effects analysis, Jan 16 Glucose: allowable total error critfoer,r Oicta 61 7;
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: aneurysms in, Dec 764 False Claims Act, March 143 disparity in measuroef mhemeognlobtins A 1c
Elam, Sherry: as medical technologist in Antarctica, Favus, Aug 497 and, Aug 493; normoglycemia as encompass-
Feb 70 “Features”: CLMA/ASCP 2005 Conference & ing two subpopulatiownist h respteo cvastcu -
Electrolytes: abnormalities in massive transfusion, Exhibition in Chicago, Jan 19, June 337; FDA lar risk in non-obese Caucasian women, Jan
Oct 659
extends deferral period for blood donors with 35; point-of-care testing cost considerations,
Electronic quality control, Oct 623 West Nile virus, Nov 691; financial decision- Aug 465; quality control problems in finger-
Electrophoresis: cerebral spinal fluid, Sept 558 making in outreach operations, Feb 83; finan- Stick testing, Oct 623; reducing medical
E-mail, Jan 53, April 206, July 443
cial opportunities for diagnostic laboratory, errors at point of care, May 275
Emancipator, Kenneth: at ASCP Annual Meeting in July 413; finding veins, Dec 757; legal impli- Glutaric acidemia type |: diagnoofs, iMasrc h 174
Seattle, Dec 740
cations of laboratory errors, April 213; pipet- Glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase: in glutaric acidemia
Emerging pathogens: regulatory and quality initia- ting evolution and ergonomics, Sept 533; type |, March 174
tives in transfusion medicine, Feb 112 quality contro! for the future, Oct 609; rapid Gluten: celiac disease diagnostic considerations,
Employees: how to hire and keep good staff, July HIV testing, Aug 471; teams in organizations, June 366
401; quality control and hiring procedures, May 281; wage and vacancy survey for 2003, Goals: art and science of setting, Nov 687; for moti-
Oct 631; welcoming new graduates, May 265 March 149 vation, April 209
Employee turnover, July 411 Fecal-occult blood test, Oct 622 Golash, Romaonn th:rea t agents, June 324
Endobronchial ultrasonography, Dec 779 Fee schedules, Feb 84, March 143 Golightly, Candace: in AIDS training in Africa, Jan 4,
Endocarditis, infective: aortic valve insufficiency in Fee splittASiCPn pgol:ic y statemone, nJatn 9 , : §
45-year-old male, June 345 March 139; in contractual joint ventures, Gown, Allen: at ASCP Annual Meeting in Seattle, Dec
Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration March 139 742
biopsy, Dec 775 Fell, Linda: training laboratory personnel in Africa, Graeter, Linda J: on facilitator learning communities,
Endothrix, Aug 497 May 263 Oct 589
Endotoxins: neck pain and rash in 18-y aen-eid stu- Fibrillini-1: Marfan syndrome and, Dec 764 Graham, Anna: on Arizona direct access testing
dent, July 419 File Transfer Protocol (FTP), July 443 panel, March 140
Enterobacteriaceae: antibiotic resistance in, July 437 Filipiak, Nadine M: on National Medical Laboratory Gram-negative bacilli: antibiotic resistance in, July
Enterococcus: aortic valve insufficiency in 45-year- Professionals Week, Oct 591 437
old male, June 345; drug-resistant, July 435, Financial decision-making: in outreach operations, Gram's stain: porous silicon biosensors for repiac-
436 Feb 83 ing, Dec 751
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA): Fine-needle aspiration (FNA): endoscopic ultrasound Granulocytes: Pelger-ijuét anomaly in peripheral
serum amyloid A concentrations in full-term guided, Dec 775 blood film, Feb 103
infant umbilical cord serum using sold phase Fingerstick: versus venipuncture for toddlers, Aug 495 Graves’ disease: and tremors, sweating, and palpi-
indirect, June 357; in systemic sclerosis diag- Fixatives: continuous throughput rapid tissue pro- tation, Nov 700
nosis, Nov 724 cessing revolutionizes histopathology work- Green, Eric D: at ASCP Annual Meeting in Seattle,
Epidermophyton, Aug 497 flow, May 300 Dec 740
Equipment: activity-based costing to aid in selection Flaviviridae, Nov 692 Greene, Marjorie: in University of Cincinnati distance
of, May 278. See also instrumentation Florida: competitive bidding plan, March 140, May education program, Oct 589
Equivalent Quality Control, Oct 609; CLIA and, Oct 268, Aug 458; reimbursement reduction, May Gregory, Kay: on FDA extension of deferral period
614; CLSI standard development and Option 268
PennI Pn er for blood donors with West Nile virus, Nov
4, Oct 639; equivalent quality testing versus Flow cytometry: reimbursement for, March 139, Nov 692
equivalent QC, Oct 626; as not the answer, 681 Grody, Wayne W: at ASCP Annual Meeting in Seattle,
Oct 577; for point-of-care testing and physi- Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH): in andropause Dec 742
cian office laboratories, Oct 621; technology diagnosis, Dec 771
Gustafson, Mary: on FDA extension of deferral peri-
variations and, Oct 617 Food and Drug Administration (FDA): colorectal can- od for blood donors with West Nile virus, Nov
LonFee s Ergonomics: of pipetting, Sept 533 cer approved by, Nov 681; excess specimens 692
Error: achieving breakthrough improvements with policy of, Nov 682; extends deferral period for
the application of lean Six Sigma tools and blood donors with West Nile virus, Nov 691;
principles within process excellence, April new waived test guidance, Dec 745; in trans- H
240; at CLMA/ASCP ThinkLab '05, May 273, fusion medicine, Feb 108 Handheld devices: miniaturization in, Dec 751
June 337; disease-oriented laboratory reports Formalin: continuous throughput rapid tissue pro- Hazard analysis, Oct 633
and, Feb 80; failure mode and effects analy- cessing revolutionizes histopathology work- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP),
sis, Jan 16; and Institutfeo r Quality in flow,May 300 © Oct 635
Laboratory Medicine, April 245; interdiscipli- Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy, Hazardous waste: legal issues regarding, Oct 604
nary teams for reducing, March 136; legal Feb 111 Health and Human Services, Department of (HHS):
implications of laboratory, April 213; phie- Freeman, Vicki: in AIDS training in Ethiopia, March on American Health information Community
botomy error prevention, July 430; reducing 134, 136 membership, Dec 746
medical errors at point of care, May 275 Free thyroxine index (FT4): and tremors, sweating, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act:
Error grid analysis, Oct 634 and palpitation, Nov 700 and disease-oriented laboratory reports, Feb
Erythrocytes. See Red blood cells (RCBs) Friedman, Bruce A: on information systems for 79; first conviction under, Jan 54; on informa-
Escherichia coli 0157:H7: identification in proficien- anatomic pathology, Nov 689 tion security, Oct 598; legal issues in labora-
cy testing program, April 229 Full-absorption costing, May 278 tory outreach, March 143
Essential control points, Oct 636 Fungi. See Mycology Health Level Seven (HL7), April 247, Nov 690
Ethernet, April 247 Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA),
Ethiopia: AIDS in, March 134 G July 391, Nov 678
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA): heparinized Gaff, Denise: on phlebotomy automation, Sept 528 Health Professions and Nursing Education Coalition
(HPNEC), Aug 457
Gambito, Fe Mercedes: Regional Associate Award
for, April 203 Health Professions Network (HPN), July 391
December 2005 # Volume 36 Number 12®LABMEDICINE 791
s
Annual Index
personnel in Africa, May 263; undetectable Nov 682; in phlebotomy error prevention, July
capillary tubes in centrifugal microhematocrit plasma creatinine in paralyzed patient with, 431
method, Sept 556 Aug 479 In situ hybridization: “Media Review,” Sept 568
Hematology: “Meeting Morphology Challenges” Human T-lymphotropic virus: screening volunteer Institute for Quality in Laboratory Medicine (1QLM),
workshops, April 196, July 396, Sept 520, Oct blood donations for, Nov 717 Jan 9, April 245, Aug 457, Oct 605
593; Peiger-Huét anomaly in peripheral blood Hurricane Katrina: ASCP offer of assistance, Dec Institute of Medicine (IOM), Jan 16, April 245, May
film, Feb 103, May 315(letter); thrombosis 746; ASCP president Rodriguez displaced by, 304, Sept 538, Oct 605, 630
risk testing in the clinical laboratory, Feb 115 Nov 680; messages from the scene about, Instrumentation: activity-based costing to aid in
Hematology analyzers: “Meeting Morphology Nov 678 selection of, May 278; automated system for
Challenges” workshop, April 196; Sysmex Hyperammonemia: neonate with, May 292 ABO/D typing and RBC antibody detection,
pocH-100i analyzer for satellite laboratories, Hypercoagulability: coumadin-induced skin necro- Jan 29; at CLMA/ASCP ThinkLab '05, June
Aug 487, Dec 783(letter) sis, April 221 337; computer interfaces for, Nov 690; cutting
Hematuria: glomerular and non-glomerular, Oct 647 Hypearnd tthe emultnifacstoriial roole nof s:alt, Oct costs for, July 415; for finding veins, Dec 757;
Hemoglobin: “Media Review,” Sept 569; quality con- 652 reagent rental, Aug 462; then and now, Aug
trol problems in testing, Oct 623 Hyperthyroidism: clinical utility of sensitive TSH 476. See also Hematology analyzers
HemoglobiAnc: disparity in measurements of, Aug measurements, Nov 711; and tremors, sweat- Interdisciplinary teams. See Multidisciplinary teams
493 ing, and palpitation, Nov 700 Interleukin-6 (IL-6): stroke and proinflammatory
Hemolysis: results for specimens affected by, Aug Hypocomplementemia: acquired partial lipodystro- markers, April 232
494, Aug 506(letter), Oct 667 (letter), Nov phy associated with, Sept 546 Interleukin-8 (IL-8): stroke and proinflammatory
730(letter), Dec 783\(letter) Hypogonadism: andropause distinguished from sec- markers, April 232
Hemolytic uremic syndrome: profound normocytic ondary, Dec 771 International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision
anemia in 36-year-old woman with syncopal Hyponatremia: markedly decreased serum sodium (ICD-9) codes: the other side of Medicare
episodes, June 350 concentration in patient with multiple myelio- compliance, Feb 122(letter); as year-end
Henderson, Gregory S: message about Hurricane ma, April 224 chargemaster chore, Feb 81
Katrina by, Nov 678 International Commission on Healthcare
Heparin: heparinized versus non-heparinized capil- I Professionals, March 139
lary tubes in centrifugal microhematocrit “Id” reaction, Aug 498 International normalized ratio (INR): prothrombin
method, Sept 556; single calibration curve immunoassays: miniaturization in, Dec 748; for time testing practices in Pacific Northwest,
with anti-Xa chromogenic assay for monitor- testosterone measurement, Dec 772. See also Sept 552; quality control problems in, Oct 623
ing heparin anticoagulation, May 297 Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) International Organization for Standardization (ISO),
Hepatitis B virus: screening volunteer blood dona- Immunoglobulin A (IgA) deficiency: patient with low March 132
tions for, Nov 717 IgA level requiring transfusion during CABG International sensitivity index (ISI): prothrombin time
Hepatitis C virus: regulatory and quality initiatives in surgery, June 353 testing practices in Pacific Northwest, Sept 552
transfusion medicine, Feb 109; screening voi- Immunoglobulin G (IgG): IgG index, Sept 560; igG Internet: ASCP survey on laboratory personnel state
unteer blood donations for, Nov 717 synthesis rate, Sept 560; in West Nile virus licensure on, Sept 524; brief history of, April
Heterozygosity: compound, Oct 642 testing, Nov 692 247, June 373, July 443; e-mail, Jan 53, April
High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC): for Immunoglobulin M (IgM): in West Nile virus testing, 206, July 443; information security, Oct 599,
serum malondialdehyde level determination in Nov 692 600. See also World Wide Web (WWW)
patients with COPD, Jan 41 Immunohistochemistry: “Media Review,” Sept 568 Interstitial lung disease: worsening shortness of
Hilborne, Lee: Congressional briefings by, Oct 587; Immunology: “Media Review,” Sept 568 breath in 62-year-old man, May 289
and Institute for Quality in Laboratory Inappropriate test requests, Feb 122(letter) Interviews for job candidates, July 405
Medicine, Jan 10; on Technical Experts Panel, Inborn errors of metabolism: glutaric acidemia type Intranets: for bridging gap between laboratory and
Feb 75 |, March 174; methods and instrumentation nursing, Nov 686
Histopathology: continuous throughput rapid tissue then and now, foreign policy of lon-selective electrode potentiometry: markedly
processing revoluticaizes workflow, May 300 Independent clinical laboratories, March 143 decreased serum sodiurh concentration in
Histotechnology: wage and vacancy survey for indirect expenses: cutting, July 415 patient with muitiple myeloma, April 224
2003, March 150 P indirect immunofluorescence: in systemic sclerosis lowa: direct billing for anatomic pathology, June 330
Ho, Kenneth C: Regional Associate Award for, April diagnosis, Nov 724 lowa, University of, March 140, April 203, July 390
203 In-dwelling monitors: quality control and, Oct 620 IRC (internet Relay Chat), July 443
Holladay, E Biair: American Society of Cytopathology Infection control practitioners, Nov 685 ISO 9000, May 273, Oct 618
award for, Nov 678; as Board of Registry Infections: 14-year-old male with abdominal pain, ISO 15189, March 132, May 273, June 333, Sept
Executive Director, July 392 March 161; “Media Review,” Sept 568. See 538, Oct 618
“Home brew” tests: financial decision-making in also \nfectious agents; Infectious diseases lsovaleryl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase, May 293
outreach operations, Feb 84 Infectious agents: antibiotic resistance in, July 435 israel Davidsohn Award, Oct 590
Homeiand Security Department: on certification for Infectious diseases: fever, headache, and abdominal
foreign healthcare workers, March 139 pain in African American male, Feb 90; J
Home medical care: point-of-care testing cost con- “Media Review,” Jan 56; screening volunteer Jacobs, Jeff P: as ASCP Vice Presidento f Public
siderations, Aug 465 blood donations for transmissible, Nov 717 Policy, Feb 71; at CLMA/ASCP ThinkLab '05,
Homocysteine: thrombosis risk testing in the clinical Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), July May 274; on sustainable growth rate formula,
laboratory, Feb 115 439 July 393
Homozygosity: consanguineous, Oct 642 Inflammation: and cardiovascular disease, April 234; Jaffe reaction: undetectable plasma creatinine in
Hospital laboratories: financial decision-making in stroke and proinflammatory markers, April 232 paralyzed patient with HIV, Aug 479
outreach operations, Feb 83; legal issues in Influenza: mandatory vaccination for long-term care Job descriptions: criterion-based, July 401
outreach operations, March 142 patients, Nov 682 Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
HP Smith Award, Oct 590 Information security, Oct 598 Organizations (JCAHO): competency assess-
Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV): ASCP in Information technology: brief history of the internet ments, March 147; on failure mode and
global outreach on, May 274; ASCP members pa|r,tA pr il 247; brief history of the internet effects analysis, Jan 16, 18; National Patient
in Ethiopia, March 134; ASCP members in part ll, June 373; brief history of the Internet Safety Goals, Sept 521; Proposed Laboratory
Zambia, Jan 4; ASCP receives federal funding part lil, July 443; digital microscopy, May 309; Patient Safety Goals, May 268; regulatory and
for relief efforts, Nov 676; ASCP survey on e-mail, Jan 53; encouraging investment in quality initiatives in transfusion medicine, Feb
rapid HIV testiAnugg 4,68 ; fever, weight loss, health, Aug 457; Excel™ tips, Aug 503, Sept 111
cough, and chest pain in HIV-positimvaen , 566; information systems for anatomic Joints: swelling and progressive extremity weak-
Nov 696; rapid HIV testing, Aug 471; regulato- pathology, Nov 689; passwords, Feb 68, ness in 39-year-old African American woman,
ry and quality initiatives in transfusion medi- March 158; Wired for Health Care Quality Act, March 163
cine, Feb 108; screening volunteer blood Oct 587 Journals: on Medscape, Jan 5; NIH open access
donations for, Nov 717; training laboratory Informed consent: for excess specimens research, publishing rule, Feb 75
792 LABMEDICINE # Volume 36 Number 12 # December 2005
Annual Index
Jumbelic, Mary |: in tsunami recovery efforts, May Longevity: clinical laboratory innovation and, Aug 452 laboratory professional certified, Feb 77
262 Long-term care patients: mandatory vaccination for, “Media-Review”: An Atlas of the Clinical
K Nov 682 Microbiology of Infectious Diseases Volume 1:
Kass, Mary: on whistlperobtecltioonsw, eJarn 1 0 Lookback, Feb 109 The Bacteria, Jan 56; Clinical Chemistry:
Kenney, Linda: novel published by, Nov 678 Loss leaders, Feb 84 Principles, Procedures, Correlations, 5th
Keren, David F: on ASCR Board nominations, Jan 12 Low-density lipoprotein (LDL): normoglycemia as Edition, May 313; Color Atlas of Hemoglobin
King, Elizabeth: on University of Cincinnati distance encompassing two subpopuiations with Disorders, Sept 569; Color Atlas ofM edical
ecucation program, Oct 589 respect to vascular risk in non-obese Bacteriology, Oct 665; Handbook of
Klebsiella: antibiotic resistance in, July 437 Caucasian women, Jan 35 Immunohistochemistry and In Situ
Klitz, Barbara G: as scholarship winner, Feb 72 Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C): and Hybridization of Human Carcinomas, Sept
Kohler illumination, Sept 530 cardiovascular disease prevention, April 236 568; Immune Hemolytic Anemia, 2nd edition,
Kopotic, Donna: on computer interfaces for instru- Lowery, Mary: at ASCP Annual Meeting in Seattle, Aug 504; immunology, Infection, and
ments, Nov 690 Dec 742 Immunity, Sept 568; Modern Blood Banking
Lucca, LoisT : Regional Associate Award for, April 200 and Transfusion Practices, Fifth Edition, Nov
L Lundberg, George: as Medscape editor, Jan 5 729; The Phlebotomy Workbook, April 248;
Lupus anticoagulant: thrombosis risk testing in the The Pneumococcus, June 370; Tech Sample
LABMEDICINE: design award for, July 398 Clinical laboratory, Feb 117 Manuscript of the Year, July 440; Thrombosis
Lab-on-a-Chip (Micro Total Analysis System), Dec Lupus erythematosus, systemic: joint swelling and & Bleeding: An Era of Discovery, Oct 666
749
progressive extremity weakness in 39-year- Medical error. See Error
Laboratory information system (LIS): information
old African American woman, March 163 Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act, April
security, Oct 598; small clinical laboratory's Luteinizing hormone: in andropause diagnosis, Dec 201, May 267, 274, June 329, July 393, Sept
implementation of, Sept 529 771 521
Labor costs: in point-of-care testing, Aug 465; Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, Sept 528 Medicare: ASCP “Thaw the Freeze” campaign, April
reducing, July 414
Lymphadenopathy: endoscopic ultrasound guided 201, May 267, 274, Sept 521; Clinical
LLaavpionsea,t aD,a nMieilc:h aeoln: AWriazrodn a Budridreicctk aAcwcaersds ftoers,t iOncgt 590 fDience n7e7e6d ie aspiration biopsy for diagnosing, Lpaabyo rraetqouriyr eFmeeen t Scfheeadruedl,e ,A pOrcilt 250817;, l5e8g8a;l co-
panel, March 140
Lymph nodes: coding in surgical pathology, Oct 602; issues in laboratory outreach, March 142; the
LLLeeeaaadnde rp(sgqohuoiiaaslploi:snt yi)nci,gno ,,mA Npmropuievnld i i6ac2t84ar07ti, ic :oA nud gia ang4dn7,o0 s Aipsr ilo f,2 0M7a;r cshe tt1i7ng8 Lymphoeamsnpadio:rs actmoiaponnit cl bei uolpctesrlyla ,s ooMfu,an rdDc ehcg ui71d77e06d fine needle osPthphyeescrii cmiseiadnne Fcoeofle l ceoScmctpihloenid aunflceeee ,f ionrFc er2be0 a0s16e2,,2 (lAJeuutgntee r 4)5;3 72;9 ;
Leape, Lucien: on medical errors, May 275 Sustainable Growth Rate formula, June 330,
Learning styles, Dec 753 . M July 393, Aug 457; Trustees annual report,
Leases: in capital budgeting, Feb 86; in reagent MacMillan, Donna: on Technical Experts Panel, Feb June 329; will Medicare payment system for
rental, Aug 462 75 Clinical laboratory services change in the
“Least incompatible” units, Jan 47 Macromolecules: continuous throughput rapid tissue future, May 304; year-end chargemaster
processing revolutionizes histopathology chores, Feb 81
Legal issues: in hiring, July 408; implications of lab-
oratory errors, April 213; in laboratory out- workflow, May 300 Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
reach, March 142; of laboratory waste, Oct Major capital expenses, Feb 86 Modernization Act: as freezing reimburse-
604; liability reform bill, Oct 588 Make-or-buy decisions, Feb 85 ment, May 267
Legislation: Cummings whistleblower protections, Malaria: fever, headache, and abdominal pain in Medicare Secondary Payor provisions, March 142
Jan 10; Medical Laboratory Personne! African American male, Feb 90 Medscape, Jan 5, Aug 453
Shortage Act, May 267, 274, June 329, July Malcoim Baldridge Quality Award, May 274, Aug Memorial Hospital (Colorado Springs, CO), March
393, Sept 521; on patient safety, Sept 521; 470 ° 156
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Acts Male menopause, Dec 771 Meningococcemia: neck pain and rash in 18-year-
of 2005, Oct 587; for specimen collection fee Malondialdehyde: serum levels, in patients with old student, July 419
increase, Aug 457; for sustainable growth COPD, determination by two different meth- Mercy Ships, April 198
rate repeal, Aug 457; Wired for Health Care ods, Jan 41 Metabolic (insulin resistance) syndrome, Jan 35
Quaiity Act, Oct 587 Managed care: financial decision-making in out- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, July
Leukemia: mantle cell, blastoid variant, March 168 reach operations, Feb 84 435
Leukocytosis: mantle cell leukemia, biastoid variant, Management: admitting mistakes, March 192; ASCP Microarrays. See Biochips
March 168; potassium values in cancer Leadership Exchange conference, Oct 583, Microbiology: interdepartmental teamwork between
patient population, Feb 95 Dec 744; communication in the workplace, infection control practitioners and, Nov 685;
Lewin Group, Oct 587 April 205; financial decision-making in out- “Media Review,” Jan 56, June 370; miniatur-
Liability: reform bill, Oct 588 reach operations, Feb 83; legal issues in lab- ization in, Dec 750; threat agents, June 324
Licensure: ASCP state licensure policy, Sept 518; oratory outreach, March 142; “lighten up” for, Microfluidics: miniaturization and, Dec 748
ASCP survey on, Sept 524; California MLT, April 256; motivation, April 209; performance Microhematocrit method: heparinized versus non-
May 268, June 330; and Hurricane Katrina appraisals and competency assessments, heparinized capillary tubes in centrifugal,
assistance, Dec 746; Massachusetts bill, Dec March 145; relationship management, Feb Sept 556
746; New York legislation, April 202, 249, July 127; using “and” instead of “but,” Dec 788. Microorganisms: microsporidia in fever, weight loss,
394; state-mandated, Jan 57(letter) See also Team management cough, and chest pain in HIV-positive man,
Lichtenberg, Frank: on clinical laboratory innovation Mantle cell leukemia, blastoid variant, March 168 Nov 696; miniaturization in identification of,
and longer, healthier lives, Aug 452 Marfan syndrome, Dec 764 Dec 750. See also Bacteria
Linder, James: Israel Davidsohn Award for, Oct 590 Marginal costing, May 278 Microsporidia: in fever, weight loss, cough, and
Lipodystrophy: acquired partial, associated with Mark-ups: ASCP policy statement on, Jan 9; North chest pain in HIV-positive man, Nov 696
hypocomplementemia, Sept 546 Carolina anti-markup legislation, Nov 683 Microsporum, Aug 497
Lipo-oligosaccharide: neck pain and rash in 18- Martin, Robert: on Institute for Quality in Laboratory Midwest Institute for Medical Education (MIME),
year-old student, July 419 Medicine, Jan 10 April 215, May 267, June 374, Sept 522, Nov
Listening, April 206; for motivation, April 210 Massachusetts: licensure bill, Dec 746 694
ListServ, July 443 Mass spectrometry: neonate with hyperammone- Miniaturization: in futuristic clinical laboratory medi-
o* a Liver: 14-year-old male with abdominal pain, March mia, May 293 cine, Dec 748
161; nausea, vomiting, and decreased level of McNabb, Kevin M: on Editorial Advisory Board, May Minnesota: laboratory waste legal issues, Oct 604
consciousness in patient with chronic back 259 Minnesota, University of, Feb 76, July 388
ad pain, Sept 540 McWilliams, Lisa M: at CLMA/ASCP 2005 Minor capital expenses, Feb 86
Local area networks (LANs), April 247 Conference & Exhibition, May 264; on Mixed connective tissue disease: joint swelling and
Local IgG synthesis, Sept 560 recruiting students for medical technology progressive extremity weakness in 39-year-
Local Representatives, Dec 743 programs, June 326, July 389; as 400,000th old African American woman, March 163
Decemb2e00r5 =V olume 36 Number 12®LABMEDICINE 793
labmedicine.com
4
Annual Index
Modems, April 247 Nov 685; nurses as laboratory's customer, Patient Safety and Quality improvement Acts (2005),
Modifier appliacs yaeart-enid ochanrgsema:ste r May 287; and peripherally-inserted central Oct 587
chorFeeb, 8 1 catheter lines, Dec 760; point-of-care Patient status: laboratory outreach and, March 142
Molecular diagnoats AStCP i20c05s An:nu al testing cost considerations, Aug 465; Pediatric lead poisoning: diagnosis of, March 178
reducing medical errors at point of care, Peer review: open access publishing and, Feb 75
May 275 Peiger-Huét anomaly: in peripheral blood film, Feb
dlea spiration biopsy for samples for, Dec 778 103, May 315(letter)
Montana: direct billing law, July 394 O tate ia: laboratory copayment proposal, July
Office of the Inspector General: on contractual joint
M-protein: “CRAB” findings in patient with fatigue ventures, March 139 Perfapporaisrals:m exaecutning csucceessf ul,
and history ofp oor appetite, Aug 482 Oligocional bands: “CRAB” findings in patient with March 145
fatigue and history of poor appetite, Aug 482; Peripheral blood: Peiger-Huét anomaly in peripheral
blood film, Feb 103, May 315(letter)
CSF electroanpd ihdenotifricaetiosn iof,s Se pt
Peripheraclenltrayl -caithenters leinres,t Deecd 7 60
558
Peterson, LoAnn: on ASCP survey on laboratory per-
Oliveira, Walter M: Regional Associate Award for,
Multiple myeloma: “CRAB” findings in patient with sonnel state licensSeuptr 5e27,; a t
fatigue and history ofp oor appetite, Aug 482; CLMA/ASCP ThinkLab ‘05, May 274; on feder-
extended storage of liquid-preservsetde m al funfdor iAIDnS rgeli ef, Nov 676; on flow
cells at 4°C results in good engraftmenti n cytometry reimbursemMaercnh t1,39 ; on
patients with, Oct 650; markedly decreased Institute for Quality in Laboratory Medicine,
serum sodium concentirn apattieinto wnit h, Jan9 ; inM edsVicdeao Epditoeria l, Oct 592;
April 224 on National Medicai Laboratory Week, Jan 11;
Multiple sclerosis: guide to interpretatoifo CnS F Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference on South Carodlireict nbialli ng bill, March
indicSeepst ,55 8 OsmolalMiotdye:l , maArpkreidl l2y4 7d ecreased serum sodium con- 140
Mycology: dermatophytoses, Aug 496 Pharmamodecl oef buloodt prioduccts,a Felb 1 09
centration in patient with multiple myeloma, Philip Levine Award, Oct 590
April 225 PhishiOnctg 6,0 0
N Osteocalcin: analytical and preanalytiisscueasl i n
Phlebotomy: automation for efficiency and patient
Nails: dermatophytoAsuegs 4,9 8 measouf birocheemicmal ebonne matrke rs,
safety, Sept 528; error prevention, July 430;
NanopartiDeccl 75e0s, ,75 1 July 425 finding veins, Dec 757;f ingerstivecrsku s
National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Osteaonalypticaol arnd poreansalytiicals is:sues in
venipufnorc totddulerrs, eA ug 495; “Media
Sciences (NAACLS), Oct 586 measouf birocheemicmal ebonne matrke rs, Review,” April 248; and peripherally-inserted
National Assocoif Baioltogyi Toeacnher s (NABT), July 425
central catheter lines, Dec 760; point-of-care
July 391 Outreach operations: financial decision-making in, testing cost considerAaugt 4i65o; nstsud,en t
National Cholesterol Educational Program (NCEP), Feb 83; financial opportunfoir dtiaigneossti c scholarship for, Dec 743; wage and vacancy
April 234, 236, Oct 617 laboratory, July 414; legal issues in, March survey for 2003, March 150
National Health Museum Act of 2005, Dec 745 142 Physician office laboratories (POLs): quality contro!
National Institutes of Health: consolidaptriopoonsa l OutsourcAiprnilg ,19 7 for the future and, Oct 621
for, Nov 682; open access publishing rule, Feb Overview: C-reactive protein as cardiac risk factor, Physicians: Medicare payment cuts for, Dec 745; Q
75 April 234; Pelgeanroma-lyH inu peéripther al methtoo medasuroe plhysiociagn saytisf ac-
blood film, Feb 103, May 315(letter); regulato-
Oct 591 ry and quality initiatives in transfusion medi- 361
National Medical Laboratory Week, Jan 11, March cinFeeb, 10 8 Pipetting: evolanud etrgoinomoicsn o f, Sept 533
135 Piskorski, Geraldine: on Certification Maintenance ;
P
National Student Honor Award, Jan 14, July 391, Program, Jan 6 .
395 Packet omine, April 247
Nayar, Ritu: and cptategy proficiency testing pre- abdominal pain in African American male, Feb
gram, Feb 75 90
Neck pain: and rash in 18-yeasrtu-deontl, dJu ly
419 dle aspiration biopsy in diagnosiDencg 7,76 ; inal pain in African American male, Feb 92
Neisseria meninngecik ptaini adnd irassh i:n 1 8- nausea, vomiting, and decreased level of con-
year-old student, July 419 sciousness in patient with chronic back pain, pain in African American male, Feb 92
Neonates: with hyperammonMaeym 2i92a; w,it h Sept 540
inborn errors ofm etaboAulg i47s6;m s,eru m Papanicolaou tests (Pap smears): and cytology profi- pain in African American male, Feb 92
amyloid A concentirn afultl-iterom ninsfa nt ciency testing, June 374, Nov 694, Aug Platelets: bacterial contamionfa pltatieleotsn f or
transfusion, Dec 767; regulaatndo quralyit y
rect ELISJuAne ,35 7 initini traanstfusiionv meediscin e, Feb 111
New York State: licensure legislation, April 202, 249, Pneumococcus: “Media Review,” June 370
July 394; notifbiillc rejaecttedi, Aougn 4 58 Parkland Health & Hospital Systems: as Lab Best Pneumoconiosis: worsening shortness of breath in
and BrighteOsctt 5,9 5 62-year-old man, May 289
Norman, Barbara L: on Editorial Advisory Board, May PassFebw 68o, Marrchd 15s8, O,ct 599 Pneumonia: mandatory vaccination for long-term
260 Pathogen reduction: for bacterial contaminationo f care patients, Nov 682
Normogas lencoympacssieng mtwio saubpo:pul a- platelets for transfusiDeocn 7,7 0 Point-of-care (POC) tests: bridging gap between lab-
tions with respect to vascular risk in non- Pathologists’ assistants, June 328, Aug 453 oratory and nursing, Nov 686; cost considera-
obese Caucawosmein, aJann 35 Patient data: security of, Oct 598 tions for, Aug 465; miniaturizatini,o Dne c
North Carolina: anti-markup legislation in, Nov 683 Patient identilegfal iimpclicaatiotns iofo lanbor:ato ry 748; quality control for the future and, Oct
NortUnhiveresitay (Bsostotn), eJulry 38n9, 390 error, April 214; Patient Safety and Quality 621; rapid HIV testing, Aug 468; reducing
Nosocomial infections: antibiotic resistance, July ImprAcots vof 2e005,m Ocet 58n7; itn ph ie- medical errors at point of care, May 275
435 botomy error prevention, July 430; standards Pollution prevention: laboratory waste legal issues,
Nucleic acid amplifiocn FaDAt exiteonsnion: of for, Oct 631 Oct 604
deferral period for blood donors with West Polycmhaein rreacatiosn e(PC R): miniaturization in,
Nile virus, Nov 692; quality control and, Oct 521; at CLMA/ASCP ThinkLab '0M5ay, 27 3, Dec 749
620 June 337; and Institute for Quality in Porous silicon biosensoDrecs 7,5 1
Nuclacied itesctin g: for screening volunteer blood Laboratory Medicine, April 245; legal implica- Porter, Carol: training laboratory personnel in Africa,
donations for transmiisnfsecitibousl dei s- tions of laboratory error, April 213; phlieboto- May 263
easeNosv ,72 0 my automation for efficiency and, Sept 528; Postaerronr: raedulcingy metdicail ecrroras alt po int
Nursing: bridging gap between laboratory and, phleerrbor oprevtentoion,m Juyly 430 of carMeay, 27 5
794 LABM#VE olumDe 36IN umbCer 1I2» D NecemEber 2005
Annual Index
Potassium: values in cancer patient population, Feb Q methodology: to measure physician satisfaction you accomplishments, Sept 576; why self-
95 with hospital pathology services, June 361 help sometimes doesn’t help, May 320; your
Potentiometry, ion-selective electrode: markedly Quality assurance: at CLMA/ASCP ThinkLab '05, behavior's impact on staff, Oct 672
decreased serum sodium concentration in May 273; history of QC gap in clinical labora- Renal function: undetectable plasma creatinine in
patient with multiple myeloma, April 224 tory, Oct 611: Institute for Quality in paralyzed patient with HIV, Aug 479
Preanalytical error: reducing medical errors at point Laboratory Medicine, Jan 9, April 245, Aug Repetitive stress injury: from pipetting, Sept 533
of care, May 275 ~ 457, Oct 605; ISO 9000, May 273, Oct 618; at Reporting: the disease-oriented laboratory report,
Predatory pricing, Feb 84 Parkland Health & Hospital Systems, Oct 595; Feb 78; prothrombin time testing practices in
President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief prothrombin time testing practices in Pacific Pacific Northwest, Sept 554
(PEPFAR), Jan 6, March 134, May 263, 274, Northwest, Sept 551; quality control for the Request for Proposal (RFP) process, May 278
Aug 453 future conference, Oct 577, 609; quality man- Resnick, Martin: on prostate cancer diagnosis, July
“President’s Message”: “It's a Small, Small World,” agement software, June 333, Sept 567(letter); 399, 400
May 263; “Janusian Reflections (Or, Where Quality Qorner, Jan 55, Feb 87, March 132, Results based evaluations, March 145
We've Come From, And Where We're Going),” April 245, May 287, June 343, July 416, Aug Resumes: what to look for in, July 405, 406
Oct 584; “Janusian Reflections, Part Il - 470, Sept 538, Oct 641, Nov 694, Dec 760; Retention of staff, July 410, 414
Positioning ASCP for the Future,” Nov 677; regulatory and quality initiatives in transfusion Retroviruses: screening volunteer blood donations
“Learning at a Higher Power,” June 325; medicine, Feb 108; risk management for, Nov 720
“Medscape: Nirvana for the Medically approach in, Oct 618, 633; role of people in, Return on investment calculations, Feb 86
Curious,” Jan 5; “Moving Forward,” Dec 741; Oct 630; Six Sigma, April 240, May 273, Aug Revenue growth, July 414
“National Medical Laboratory Week. It's 470, Oct 618, 626. See also Equivalent Review: analytical and preanalytical issues in meas-
Important. Get Started Early!,” March 135; Quality Control urement of biochemical bone markers, July
“No Silver Bullet for the Lab Shortage,” April Quality management systems, Sept 538, Oct 633, 424; andropause, Dec 771; bacterial contami-
197; “The Past Need Not Be Prologue,” July 641 nation of platelets for transfusion, Dec 767;
389; “Pathology’s Challenges,” Sept 517; Quality managers, Sept 538 hypertension and the multifactorial role of
“The Penultimate President's Message,” Aug Quality of life: clinical laboratory innovation and, Aug salt, Oct 652; phiebotomy error prevention,
453; “Who is Jeff Jacobs and what is he up 452 July 430; screening volunteer blood donations
to in Washington, DC?,” Feb 71 Quality Systems, Oct 615, 617 for transmissible infectious diseases, Nov 717
Preventive actions, July 416 Rh deletion phenotype, Oct 642
Prideaux, Rhonda: in phlebotomy automation, Sept R Ringworm. See Dermatophytoses
528 Raman spectroscopy, Dec 751 Risk analysis, Oct 599, 634
Privacy. See Confidentiality Randell, Donna: at ASCP Leadership Exchange con- Risk management: for information security, Oct 598;
Procedures: for phlebotomy error prevention, July ference, Dec 744 for quality control, Oct 618, 633
432; for reducing medical errors at point of Rapid group A Strep antigen testing: quality control Robb, James: on Technical Experts Panel, Feb 75
care, May 276 problems in, Oct 623 Rodriguez, Fred H, Jr: becomes ASCP president, Oct
Process Excellence (PEx), April 240 Rapid HIV testing, Aug 471; ASCP survey on, Aug 582; Hurricane Katrina displaces, Nov 680
Proficiency testing: in cytology, Feb 75, April 215, 468 Rodriguez, Susan M: on Hurricane Katrina, Nov 680
May 267, 269, 274, June 374, Aug 505(let- Rash: and neck pain in 18-year-old student, July Rounds: acquired partial lipodystrophy associated
ter), Sept 522, Nov 694, Dec 745, 746; for 419 with hypocomplementemia, Sept 546; glutaric
Escherichia coli 0157:H7 identification, April Reagents: cutting costs for, July 415; reagent carry- acidemia type | diagnosis, March 174; mantle
229; for point-of-care testing, Oct 623; and over studies, Nov 705; reagent rental, Aug cell leukemia, blastoid variant, March 168
quality control, Oct 618 462 Rural hospitals: indications for red blood cell trans-
Proinflammatory markers: stroke and, April 232 Real time chatting, July 443 fusion in urban hospitals and, Feb 98
Project BioShield 1 Act, Nov 682 Recruiting employees, July 402 Ryan, Sister Mary Jean: on quality assurance, Aug
Prostate cancer: diagnosis of, July 399 Red blood cells (RCBs): automated system for 470
e- ee Prostate specific antigen (PSA): in prostate cancer ABO/D typing and RBC antibody detection,
diagnosis, July 399 Jan 29; emergency transfusion guidelines for Ss
Protected health information: security of, Oct 598 autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Jan 45; in Safety: failure mode and effects analysis, Jan 16;
Protein C: thrombosis risk testing in the clinical lab- glomerular and non-glomerular hematuria, JCAHO Proposed Laboratory Patient Safety
oratory, Feb 115 Oct 647; indications for red blood cell trans- Goals, May 268; regulatory and quality initia-
Protein S: thrombosis risk testing in the clinical lab- fusion in rural and urban hospitals, Feb 98; tives in transfusion medicine, Feb 108. See
oratory, Feb 115 weak ABO subgroups, Jan 32 also Patient safety
Prothrombin 20210: thrombosis risk testing in the Reference checks, July 408 St John, Karen M: Regional Associate Award for,
OOS e Clinical laboratory, Feb 115 Reference laboratories: cutting costs for, July 415 April 203
Prothrombin time (PT): quality control problems in Regulation: and bridging gap between laboratory St John’s Health System (Springfield, MO), March
testing, Oct 623; testing practices in Pacific and nursing, Nov 686; competency assess- 156
Northwest, Sept 551 ments, March 147; of rapid HIV testing, Aug Salaries: compared to other healthcare profession-
Pseudohyperkalemia: potassium values in cancer 471; regulatory and quality initiatives in als, March 186(letter); wage and vacancy sur-
patient population, Feb 95 transfusion medicine, Feb 108 vey for 2003, March 149
Pseudohyponatremia: markedly decreased serum Reimbursement: ASCP “Thaw the Freeze” cam- Sait: hypertension and the multifactorial role of, Oct
sodium concentration in patient with multiple paign, April 201, May 267, 274, Sept 521; 652
myeloma, April 224 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule for 2006, Sanders, Shelly: on National Medical Laboratory
Pseudomonas aeruginosa: antibiotic resistance in, Oct 587, 588; financial decision-making in Professionals Week, Oct 591
July 438 outreach operations, Feb 84; Florida reduc- San Francisco State University, July 389, Juiy 390
=- e
Pseudo Pelger-Huét anomaly, Feb 103 tion, May 268; for flow cytometry, March 139; Sarcoidosis: unusual organisms in bone marrow of
Public Health Service Act, Feb 71, 76 for genetic testing, June 329; Medicare sus- patient with systemic, Dec 762
Puerto Rico: licensure requirement in, Jan 58(letter) tainable growth rate formula, June 330, July Sargent, Beth: Regional Associate Award for, April
Purpura: neck pain and rash in 18-year-old student, 393, Aug 457, Dec 745; for point-of-care 203
July 419 testing oversight, Oct 624; will Medicare pay- Sasnett, Carolyn E (Betsy): Regional Associate
Pyridinoline, July 425 ment system for clinical laboratory services Award for, April 200
eot ct change in the future, May 304; year-end Satellite laboratories: Sysmex pocH-100i analyzer
Q chargemaster chores, Feb 81 for, Aug 487
“Q & A": fingerstick versus venipuncture for tod- “Relationships under the Microscope”: common Scalp: dermatophytoses, Aug 498
dlers, Aug 495; hemoglobin Aic measure- courtesy, July 448, Sept 567(letter); holding Schistocytes: profound normocytic anemia in 36-
ment, Aug 493; results for specimens affect- people accountable, Nov 736; “I!” in the land year-old woman with syncopal episodes, June
ed by hemolysis, Aug 494; STAT cortisol test- of “We,” June 384; the magic of “and,” Dec 350
ing, May 303 800; Planet What-/s, Aug 512; taking stock of Scholarship winners, Feb 72, July 392
labmedicine.com Decemb2e00r5 #V olume 36 Number i2@LABMEDICINE 795
4
Annual Index
Science: automated system for ABO/D typing and Smith, Lorrina: as scholarship winner, Feb 74 Sun, Tsieh “Jack”: HP Smith Award for, Oct 590
RBC antibody detection, Jan 29; clinical utility SNOMED (Systematized Nomenciature of Medicine), Super bugs, July 435
of sensitivTeS H measurementsN,o v 711; Nov 689 Surgical pathology: lymph node coding in, Oct 602
continuous throughput rapid tissue process- Snyder, John R: in AIDS training in Africa, Jan 4, 6; Surveyor Guidelines, Oct 615, 639
ing revolutionizes histopathology workflow, in AIDS training in Ethiopia, March 136 Sustainable Growth Rate formula, June 330, July
May 300; Escherichia coli 0157:H7 identifica- Somrak, Teri: on AIDS training in Ethiopia, March 134 393, Aug 457, Dec 745
tion in proficiency testing program, April 229; South Carolina: direct billing veto overturned in, Syncope: profound normocytic anemia in 36-year-
extended storage of liquid-preserved stem March 139 old woman with syncopal episodes, June 350
cells at 4°C results in good engraftmenti n Spannaus-Martin, Donna: on restructuring of MT Syphilis: screening volunteer blood donations for
patients with multiple myeloma undergoing programs, July 388 transmissible infectious diseases, Nov 717
autologous stem cell transplantation, Oct 650; “Special Report”: activity-based costing to aid in System activity logs, Oct 600
gel testing for antibody screening in commu- laboratory equipment selection, May 278; Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma), Nov 723
nity hospitalA,u g 489; glomerular and non- ASCP survey on laboratory personne! state
glomerular hematuria: preservation of urine licensure, Sept 524; ASCP survey on rapid HIV T
sediment, Oct 647; heparinized versus non- testing, Aug 468; bridging gap between labo- Tandem mass spectrometry: in glutaric acidemia
heparinized capillary tubes in centrifugal ratory and nursing, Nov 685; CLMA/ASCP type | diagnosis, March 174; for methods and
microhematocrit method, Sept 556; indica- ThinkLab '05, May 273; communicating suc- instrumentation then and now, Aug 476
tions for red blood cell transfusion in rural and cessfully in the workplace, April 205; the dis- Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, July 425
urban hospitals, Feb 98; normoglycemia as ease-oriented laboratory report, Feb 78: fail- Task interdependence, May 283
encompassing two subpopulations with ure mode and effects analysis, Jan 16; now TBARS method: for serum malondialdehyde level
respect to vascular risk in non-obese to hire and keep good staff, July 401; infor- determination in patients with COPD, Jan 41
Caucasian women, Jan 35; potassium values mation security, Oct 598; information systems Team management: when a good idea goes bad,
in cancer patient population, Feb 95; pro- for anatomic pathology, Nov 689; Institute for May 281
thrombin time testing practices in Pacific Quality in Laboratory Medicine, Oct 605; Teamwork: setting goals and, Nov 688
NorthwestSe,p t 551; Q methodoltoo mgeays - Kohler illumination, Sept 530; laboratory out- Tech Samples: Manuscript of the Year, July 440;
ure physician satisfaction with hospital pathol- reach legal issues, March 142; laboratory next generation of, Aug 456; renaming, May
ogy services, June 361; reagent carryover waste legal issues, Oct 604; learning styles, 269, Sept 523
Studies, Nov 705; serum amyloid A concentra- Dec 753; lymph node coding in surgical Telepathology, Nov 689.
tions in full-term infant umbilical cord serum pathology, Oct 602; microscope cleaning, Aug Telephone communication, April 205
using sold phase indirect ELISA, June 357; 460; miniaturization in futuristic clinical labo- Teinet, July 443
serum malondialdehyde level determination in ratory medicine, Dec 748; motivation, April Testosterone: in andropause, Dec 771
patients with COPD by two different methods, 209; performance appraisals and competency Testosterone-replacement therapy, Dec 772
Jan 41; single calibration curve with anti-Xa assessments, March 145; phlebotomy Thailand: tsunami recovery efforts in, May 262
chromogenic assay for monitoring heparin automation for efficiency and patient safety, Thiobarbituric acid: for serum malondialdehyde level
anticoagulation, May 297; stroke and proin- Sept 528; point-of-care testing cost consider- determination in patients with COPD, Jan 41
flammatory markers, April 232; Sysmex pocH- ations, Aug 465; prostate cancer diagnosis, Thomas, Dana E: on rapid HIV testing, Aug 473
100i analyzer for satellite laboratories, Aug July 399; quality management software, June Thompson, Nancy Noie: as ASCP Director of
487; weak ABO subgroups, Jan 32 333; reagent rental, Aug 462; reducing med- Membership, June 331
Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis), Nov 723 ical errors at point of care, May 275; setting Threat agents, June 324
“Scoping It Out”: “Beware of Dead Puppy,” Jan 52, goals, Nov 687; small clinical laboratory's Thrombocytosis: potassium values in cancer patient
May 315j(letter); “Every Contact Counts!,” Feb implementation of laboratory information sys- population, Feb 95
127; “Lighten Up!,” April 256; “Why Are You tem, Sept 529; year-erd chargemaster Thrombophilia: thrombosis risk testing in the clinical
Probing Me?,” March 192 chores, Feb 81 laboratory, Feb 115
Screening: gel testing for antibody screening and Specimens: bridging gap between laboratory and Thromboplastin: prothrombin time testing practices
identification in community hospital, Aug 489; nursing about. Nov 685; lymph node coding in in Pacific Northwest, Sept 552
for inborr, errors of metabolism, Aug 476; vol- surgical pathology, Oct 602; prothrombin time Thrombosis risk testing, Feb 115
unteer blood donations for transmissible testing practices in Pacific Northwest, Sept 553 Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: profound
infectious diseases, Nov 717 : Spoken communication, April 205 normocytic anemia in 36-year-old woman
Search committees, July 403 Sprecher, Valerie: career development of, March 137 with syncopal episodes, June 350, Sept
Search engines, July 443 Staffing: ASCP policy statement on workforce short- 567 (letter)
Self-heip, May 320 age, Jan 9; Medical Laboratory Personnel Thyroid cancer: clinicai utility of sensitive TSH
Sensitivity analysis, Feb 85 Shortage Act, April 201, May 267, 274, June measurements for, Nov 711
Service: in reagent rental, Aug 463 329, July 393, Sept 521; Medscape Video Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH): clinical utility of
Setting goals, Nov 687 Editorial on shortage, Oct 592; no silver bullet sensitive measurements of, Nov 711; and
Severe septic shock: STAT cortisol testing for, May for shortage, April 197; technologist views on tremors, sweating, and palpitation, Nov 700
303 workforce shortage, July 389 Thyroid storm: in tremors, sweating, and palpitation,
Sex-hormone binding globulin: in andropause diag- Standardization: for reducing medical errors at point Nov 700
nosis, Dec 772 of care, May 275 Thyrotoxicosis: and tremors, sweating, and palpita-
“Shell lab” provisions, Feb 85 Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion tion, Nov 700
Shewart QC plots, Oct 618 Services, Feb 111 Tiehen, Ann M: on ASCP Leadership Exchange con-
Shields Up! (software), Oct 600 Staphylococcus aureus: drug-resistant, July 435 ference, Oct 583; at ThinkLab '05, May 273
Shiga toxins: Escherichia coli 0157:H7 identification Statins: anti-inflammatory effects of, April 236 Tineas, Aug 496
in proficiency testing program, April 229 Statistical quality control, Oct 612, 628, 633 Tissue processing: continuous throughput rapid,
Shortness of breath: in 62-year-old man, May 289 Stat testing: for cortisol, May 303 May 300
Siegal, Gene P: on Armed Forces Institute of Stem cell transplantation: “CRAB” findings in patient Title Vil of Public Health Service Act, Feb 71, 76, April
Pathology, Oct 588, Nov 682 with fatigue and history of poor appetite, Aug 201, Aug 457, Sept 521, Nov 682, Dec 745
Simonian, Yasmen: John S Hinckley Fellowship for, 482; extended storage of liquid-preserved T1 lines, April 247
May 269 stem cells at 4°C results in good engraftment Tonry, Jessica H: on West Nile virus testing, Nov 692
Six Sigma, April 240, May 273, Aug 470, Oct 618, in patients with multiple myeloma undergoing Total triiodothyronine (TT3): and tremors, sweating,
626 autologous, Oct 650 and palpitation, Nov 700
Skin lesions: dermatophytoses, Aug 498 Stombler, Robin: on Institute for Quality in ° Training. See Education
Skin necrosis: coumadin-induced, April 221 Laboratory Medicine, Oct 605 Transfusion medicine: automated system for ABO/D
Skish, Karen M: on Editorial Advisory Board, May Streptococcus milleri group: 14-year-old male with typing and RBC antibody detection, Jan 29;
260 abdominal pain, March 161 bacterial contamination of platelets for trans-
Slides: digital glass slide technology, Jan 8 Streptococcus viridans group: aortic valve insuffi- fusion, Dec 767; emergency transfusion
Smail intestine: celiac disease diagnostic considera- ciency in 45-year-old male, June 345 guidelines for autoimmune hemolytic anemia,
tions, June 366 Stroke: and proinflammatory markers, April 232 Jan 45; gel testing for antibody screening in
796 LABMEDICINE ® Volume 36N umber 12 » Decembe2r00 5 labmedicine.com