(Part 2) Top products from r/medlabprofessionals

I second every single one of those recommendations (with special emphasis placed on the blood bank and micro texts), but I do want to recommend a different text for Hematology/Hemostasis.

To fill in some other gaps:

This is what we used for Immunology/Serology.

Mycology and Parasitology. Virology was covered using online materials. I honestly found all of those materials a bit underwhelming. Abbott provides a pretty decent PDF on the Hepatitis Virus though.

BioChemistry. Though, the only reason I don't necessarily recommend it over the initial suggestion is because this book is so loaded with information it's honestly overwhelming; however, very very thorough.

Finally, I don't know what other review books people used for the ASCP, but this book's^^[1] publisher^^[2] guarantees you'll pass or your money back. I'm not sure if that information is actually listed on their website or not, it's just something to look into.

I'm not aware of any textbook that contains all the subjects in one, and isn't test prep (question and answer format). That said, I only used ASCP's book (BOC Study Guide), which was not that helpful. These are probably too much information, but if she already knows enough about the clinical laboratory to navigate them, they may be helpful. Particularly if you can find cheap used ones a few editions old. These are the books I used for my clinical theory classes:

Hematology

Hematology Atlas

Clinical Chemistry

Clinical Microbiology

Parasitology

Blood Banking

She may also need one for Urinalysis & Body Fluids, though I have not used this one, just picked it from Amazon.

If nothing else the blood banking one is cheap! Good luck!

I really like the Harmening book. Her heme book is great as well.

From an older CAP accreditation checklist:
>GEN.20375 Phase II
Does the laboratory have a document control system?

>It is recommended that the laboratory maintain a control log listing all current policies and procedures and the locations of copies (including derivative documents such as card files and summary charts). The control log may contain other information as appropriate, such as dates when policies/procedures were placed in service, schedule of review, identity of reviewer(s), and dates when policies/procedures were discontinued/superceded.

If you want to read deeper, it references Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). Laboratory Documents:
Development and Control; Approved Guideline—Fifth Edition. and ISO 15189:2003

Those are old documents and standards though. AFAIK, these now need to be reviewed and signed off on by management on an annual basis. I haven't read through the latest guidelines, but I have definitely noticed a crackdown on what's allowed to hang around lately.

[Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives.] (https://www.amazon.com/Aging-Grace-Teaches-Healthier-Meaningful/dp/0553380923) Really good book that helped shine some light on Alzheimer's. I hate old people, and I hate nuns. But I just loved this book!

No problem. Since that list is pretty long, I could even narrow it down a bit.

Microbiology

Transfusion Medicine

Clinical Chemistry

Histotechnology

Hematology

Urinalysis

Molecular Diagnostics

Specimen Procurement

Some of these you can even find free PDFs of online, if you're savvy.

here you go! Good luck

My favorite book is https://www.amazon.com/dp/0967043433/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_-c4pDbK504ATQ


I also used Linne & Ringsrud's Clinical Laboratory Science: Concepts, Procedures, and Clinical Applications https://www.amazon.com/dp/0323530826/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_bf4pDb350X3T5 all through college.

I'll throw in my 2 cents and recommend the text from my med tech program

https://www.amazon.com/Linne-Ringsruds-Clinical-Laboratory-Science/dp/0323225454

I also recommend the LSU clinical laboratory science review along with the Haar Review/Question book (link). I learned more from that Haar and Wordsology.org than my instructors.

https://www.amazon.com/Medical-Laboratory-Science-Review-Robert/dp/0803668279/ref=asc_df_0803668279/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=316994593418&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15332588481138009174&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9061145&hvtargid=pla-623337478256&psc=1

Get a set of these and sneak them into a MtG game. Play Go Fish or Poker with them.

There's an app too.

Yep, edited my post with the link
https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Blood-Secrets-Silicon-Startup/dp/152473165X

I studied nothing but this before I took my CLS exam.

Is this it?

This is the only thing that helped me pass. It made everything so much easier to understand.

Organic Chemistry I as a Second Language: Translating the Basic Concepts

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0470129298/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_py6QzbPQVSB5C

I don't know how good/bad your textbook is, but I bought the solutions manual to mine. I did every single problem at the end of the chapters (we didn't have assigned written homework from the book, only some online thing), even the ones that I was sure I knew the answer to. I still have the 2-3 spiral notebooks I did all my problems in. I got an A in both.

This is the textbook I used for Organic Chemistry