A Guide to Specimen Management in Clinical Microbiology - Softcover

J. Michael Miller

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555811388 ISBN 13: 9781555811389

Publisher: Amer Society for Microbiology, 1999

Synopsis

The gold standard for the selection, collection, and transport of clinical microbiological samples.

The face of infectious diseases has changed since the 2nd edition of A Guide to Specimen Management in Clinical Microbiology was published in 1999. Despite improved surveillance and vaccinations, tens of millions of people visit physicians annually for a possible microbial or parasitic infection. Identifying the infectious agent in a patient remains a top priority, and proper identification begins with careful collection, appropriate packaging and transport, and responsible reporting of patient specimens.

For these reasons, A Guide to Specimen Management in Clinical Microbiology is as essential as ever. The book is divided into four sections and features tips and words of wisdom that come directly from experts in the field.

Because patient care is a team effort, all members of the healthcare team physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, specimen collectors, and laboratorians will benefit greatly from reading this book.

About this title

About the Author:

J. Michael Miller currently directs Microbiology Technical Services, LLC, a private laboratory consulting service. Prior to this, Dr. Miller was with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for 35 years until he retired in 2011. He received his BS and MS at Northwestern State University in Louisiana and a PhD at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology, a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and former member of the Board of Governors, former dean of the American College of Microbiology, and holds a Clinical Laboratory Director License in Georgia and Microbiology Laboratory Director License for New York and New Jersey.

Shelley A. Miller completed a clinical and public health microbiology postdoctoral fellowship at UC Los Angeles and has since stayed on as a clinical instructor, assisting with clinical teaching duties and translational research projects. Dr. Miller received her BS at UC Santa Barbara and went on to complete a one-year Emerging Infectious Disease fellowship, sponsored by Association of Public Health Laboratories and CDC, at the Arkansas Department of Health Laboratory prior to her graduate school at UC Irvine. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology and is licensed as a technologist in both clinical and public health microbiology. Unfortunately, she no genetic relation to the great Mike Miller.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amer Society for Microbiology
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1555811388
• ISBN 13: 9781555811389
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 185