How to Avoid Mistakes in a Physician's Office Laboratory

Abstract

<b>Physician's Office Laboratory Guidelines</b>, vol 9, No. 4, by David M. Jeffers, Betty V. Addison, Paul M. Free, et al (NCCLS document POL-1-T), various pagination, loose-leaf binder, $85, ISBN 0-273-3099;<b>Physician's Office Laboratory Procedure Manual</b>, vol 9, No. 5, Villanova, Pa, National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards, 1989. <i>How to Avoid Mistakes in a Physician's Office Laboratory</i>is an instructional text in the form of a loose-leaf notebook with 71 pages in 11 sections, an accompanying set of Kodachromes, a viewer, and a cassette tape. It is presented as a guide for those working in a physician's office laboratory, based on the authors' experience giving seminars. On page 1 they point out that the book deals with "simple and seemingly unimportant" steps that actually are very important in the laboratory, a theme that is carried throughout. The first three pages set the tone by reviewing the topics: protecting oneself from