1994 ANNUAL INDEX Author Index Cook, Jim, Oct 678 Gulbranson, Ronald, May 313 Cookson, Brad T., Dec 803 Guthertz, Linda S., March 188 Cope, Frederic O., May 306 Guthrie, Paul, Sept 599 A Counts, Frank, May 318 Akram, Muzaffar M., Dec 795 Crawford, Virginia M., Dec 791 H Albert, Stewart G., Jan 32, March 189 Haessig, Lorene K., May 334 Crisan, Domnita, Oct 648 Anderson, Thomas, April 274 Hardt, N. Sisson, Aug 523 Curtis, Janet D., Dec 803 Arber, Daniel A., Jan 39 Harmening, Denise M., June 404, Dec 773 Armbruster, David A., March 187 D Harris, James L., Aug 535 Astion, Michael L., Dec 803 D’Alonzo, Gilbert, Sept 561 Hayes, Diane Davis, March 194 Dale, Beverly, Oct 637 Hayes, Steve, Nov 698 B Davey, Diane D., April 248 Hefter, Larry, June 386 Bailey, Elizabeth, July 460 Davis, Gerald M., Aug 528 Held, Marilyn S., Nov 739 Baker, Doris J., Aug 509 Davis, James R., May 331 Henderson, Earl, April 262 Bankert, David A., May 323 DeBoy, John M., April 232 Henderson, Gregory S., Dec 800 Barone, Carol A., Nov 736 DeChristopher, Phillip J., Feb 96 Hendricks, James B., Aug 523 Batjer, Jonn D., Jan 22 Decker, David, Oct 648 Henson, Kim M., Dec 791 Beadling, Wendy, Nov 720 Dhanak, Ela, July 460 Herlick, Vivi, Sept 576 Beal, Lydia M., July 456 Dix, Douglas, Feb 126 Heyman, Joni, June 359 Beals, Ted F., April 234 Dracker, Robert A., Nov 720 Hickle, Julie, May 295 Beck, Carolyn E., Jan 27, Dec 791 Dragon, Elizabeth A., Oct 637 Hill, Kelly, May 318 Bedrossian, Ursula K., Feb 128 Drake, John E., Oct 615 Hodnett, Jan, Dec 768 Berardi, Victor, Jan 39 Dublin, Romeo, March 176 Hoffmann, Joseph, Jan 32, March 189 Bernbaum, Marla, Jan 32, March 189 DuBois, Polly M., Oct 618, Nov 715 Hoffstadter, Lynn K., Feb 110 Berte, Lucia M., Feb 118 Duffey, Paul S., March 188 Holmes, Ronald D., Oct 658 Best, Michele, April 217 Honda, Stacey A. A., March 176 Bhagavan, Nadhipuram V., March 176 E Aug 535 Bick, Rodger L., Jan 11, March 148, Edwards, Jo Anne, Oct 678 Howard, Carol A., Dec 770 March 189 Eisenberg, Marcia, March 187 Huang, Bie-Yu, Sept 585 Blask, David E., June 372 Elevitch, Franklin R., Nov 737 Huang, Hong-So, Sept 585 Blazina, Janice, May 318 Elswick, Beverly R., Oct 677 Huang, Miau-Ju, Sept 585 Bloy, Harlan, June 380 Emmerich, Kenneth A., May 334 Hubbard, Joel D., March 156, June 402 Board of Registry, April 218 Hudson, M. Jane, Jan 27 Bock, Jay, Nov 705 F Hults, Jorie A., Nov 729 Bolley, Hildo B., Sept 576 Fahey, Colleen, teb 128 Bonfiglio, Thomas A., April 245, Sept 598 Farkas, Daniel H., Oct 633 1 Boothe, Jeffrey F., Dec 807 Farnham, Robert, Jan 17 Inhorn, Stanley L., April 226 Branscomb, Robert, June 357 Fatheree, Lisa A., May 296 lyengar, Vasantha, June 386 Breyer, F. Jay, April 264 Feichter, Martha, Feb 69, March 140, Brigden, Malcolm L., Feb 126 April 213, Aug 490 J Brown, Karen A., Dec 800 Ferrentino, Frank L., May 323 Jackson, Rodney N., Feb 127 Brusca, Stephanie, Jan 32 Feuers, Ritchie, May 306 Jarboe, Barbara R., April 232 Buck, Charles E., March 187 Fiack, Jill F., Dec 800 Johnston, Anne M., Jan 39 Burdakin, John, Oct 648 Fidler, William J., April 248 Johnston, Sheryl L.G., June 380 Burdick, Claude O., Feb 126 Flegal, Ignacia, March 176 Jones, Carolyn D., June 403 Burke, M. Desmond, March 146 Flood, James, July 460 Jones, Marla K., Oct 618, Nov 715 Burton, Angela, Feb 71 Flourncy, Dayl J., July 456 Jordan, Scott W., April 257 Fritsche, Thomas R., Dec 803 Julius, Carmen, May 318 Cc Calvo, Cara L., March 156 Fritsma, George A., Jan 22 K Carson, Freida L., Sept 554, Nov 736 G Kaiser, Fran E., Jan 32 Carusone, Robert A., May 296 Gagnon, MariBeth C., April 221 Kalache, Georges R., Aug 535 Carver, Vivien C., Dec 784 Galen, Robert S., July 444 Kanabrocki, Eugene L., May 306 Cassidy, Pamela, Aug 483, Oct 610, Nov Gallaty, Robbin, March 176 Keffer, Joseph H., Sept 547, Nov 737 690, Nov 740, Dec 762 Ganjei, Parvin, Aug 502 Kellogg, James A., May 323 Castleberry, Barbara M., July 426, Nov Gatscha, Rose Marie, April 258 Kelly, Susan, Aug 535 696, Dec 773 Germain, Paul R., June 376, Oct 677 Keren, David F., May 313 Centers for Disease Control and Preven- Getchell, Jane P., March 143 Kertis, Randy, May 318 tion, March 168, Nov 709 Glenn, Dave, June 397 Kiechle, Frederick L., Oct 658, Dec 784 Cockerill, Rhonda W., Sept 576 Goddard, Jerome, May 298, June 365 Klaassen, Janice M., Aug 509 Cohen, Mylan C., Aug 494 Goodwin, Cheryl L., Jan 27 Klosinski, Deanna D., Oct 614 Collins, Carlyn, April 219 Gregory, Richard L., Nov 724 Knesel, Ernest A., Jr., April 272 Conn, Rex B., April 216 Grossman, Herb, Sept 598 Kortz, Mercedes, Sept 555 Laboratory Medicine Vol. 25, No. 12 December 1994 811 Krugh, David, May 318 oO T Kwak, Yun-Sik, July 444 Orkand, Adam R., Dec 803 Taschini, Pier A., Nov 729 Tetrault, Gregory, March 162 P L Thomas, Jennifer L., Feb 69, March 140, Pagliaro, Leonard, Dec 803 Lago, Paul K., May 298 May 292, July 424, Sept 599, Oct 616, Park, Choong H., June 386 Lai-Goldman, Myla, March 187 Nov 701 Parks, David G., March 192, Aug 533, Lammers, Daniel B., June 376 Thompson, Donald W., April 240 Oct 671 Landay, Alan, June 403 Thompson, Erika, July 449 Lapidus, Stanley N., April 270 Paterson, Mary A., Aug 509 Thomson, Richard B., Jr., June 362 Pehta, Joan C., Feb 102 Laposata, Michael, July 460 Thurmond, Amy S., Oct 618, Nov 715 Lauenstein, Karla, Nov 720 Pestaner, Joseph P., June 386 Tierno, Philip, April 277 Laughlin, W. Robert, Jan 11, March 189 Pink, George H., Sept 576 Tirabassi, Christopher P., Jan 8 Plott, Elizabeth, April 224 Lee, Henry C., Oct 679 Toalson, Larry D., Sept 573 Leith, John D., Sept 598 Pommier, Rodney F., Oct 618, Nov 715 Toomey, Carol A., June 362 Popovsky, Mark A., Feb 106 Lemery, Linda, March 187, July 422, Travers, Eleanor M., April 234 Potvin, Carol A., June 389 Oct 677 U Leparc, German F., Dec 781 Q Leroux, Michael, Sept 592 Quinlin, Bill, May 318 Umek, Robert M., Oct 679 Uthman, Margaret, June 399 Lewandrowski, Kent, July 460 Lewis, Charles, April 264 R Vv Li, Kay-Lun, Sept 585 Raichle, Linda T., June 392 Valente, Philip T., April 254 Lias, Roger, March 189 Rainer, Patricia A., Jan 39 Vandel, Nancy M., June 386 Lin, Jen-Der, Sept 585 Ramsey, Glenn, Feb 90 Varnadoe, Lionel A., Feb 72 Linder, James, April 267, Oct 678 Rappaport, Edward S., Jan 39 Vasseur, Beverly, Oct 678 Liss, Jonathan, May 323 Reeves, Donna C., Oct 678 Vetto, John T., Oct 618, Nov 715 Liy-Auyon, Maria, May 331 Reiter, Russel J., July 438 Vukobratovich, Suzanne M., Sept 599 Long, Paul, May 340 Richard, Thomas J., June 402 Lunz, Mary E., April 259, Dec 773 Riddell, Kim, Jan 22 Ww Rios, Carlos N., March 176 Wachtel, Mitchell S., Sept 566, Oct 618, M Robinson, James V., Dec 800 Nov 715 Macon, William R., Dec 770 Wagner, Rebecca Serfass, Nov 739 Mahayni, Rula, Oct 642 s Walker, Richard H., Oct 654 Main, Rhonda Ingram, Dec 784 Saigo, Patricia E., April 258 Wang,‘Pei-Wen, Sept 585 Malaspina, Doreen, Oct 677 Schantz, H. Daniel, April 254 Warden, Beverly A., July 449 Malyska, Harry, Feb 81 Scheving, Lawrence A., May 306 Warren, Guadalupe P., April 258 Mango, Laurie J., April 264 Scheving, Lawrence E., May 306 Webber, Juanita J., Aug 492, Oct 615 Mattson, Joan C., Oct 648 Schmidt, Waldemar A., Oct 618, Nov 715 Weiland, Deborah, Feb 81 McGinnis, Joan, Jan 32 Scottolini, Alfred G., March 176 Wenk, Robert E., June 404 McGonagle, Lee Anne, Dec 803 Seaberg, Richard, Feb 127 Werner Jane C., Oct 664 McHugh, Chad P,, July 429 Seabolt, John P., June 383 Wertman, Bradley G., Jan 17 McKenzie, Rob, Dec 801 Seamans, James R., April 262 Westenfeld, Fred W., Sept 598 Miescher, Cheryl L., Aug 515 Seder, Richard H., Jan 39 Westhoff, Connie M., Sept 573 Miller, Deborah, Jan 32 Seshia, Mary M.K., Sept 592 Wiedbrauk, Danny L., Oct 664 Miller-Catchpole, Robin, June 362 Shapiro, Stanley H., Dec 795 Wilner, Freeman, Oct 648 Millward, Meredith, Feb 126 Shapiro, Steven L., May 323 Wingenfeld, Juanita R., Aug 488 Mooardian, Arshag D., Jan 32 Shaw, Ervin B., Jan 39 Wood, Donald, April 240 March 189 Sher, Paul Phillip, Aug 482, July 418 Woodbury, Wayne F., May 340 Morales, Azorides R., Aug 502 Sept 546 Wright, Jacquelyn, Dec 784 Morgan, Alan, Jan 5, Feb 69, March 140, Shulman, Ira A., April 277 Wright, Steven D., Feb 75 Sept 552 Simsir, Aylin, March 146, Nov 705 Wyrick-Glatzel, Janis, Aug 509 Morgan, Echo D., May 295 Sipherd, Belva D., Sept 573 Morgan, Linda M., Aug 515 Skoog, Donald P., Oct 680 Y Morrison, Norine, May 313 Smith, Mary Carole, Dec 770 Yablonsky, Terri, July 419, Sept 557 Moulds, John J., Feb 86 Smith, Michael D., July 456 Dec 777 Muller, James E., Aug 494 Smolensky, Michael H., Sept 561 Yawn, David H., Oct 626 Snyder, Jack W., June 355 Yost, Judith A., April 237 N Snyder, John R., July 426, Nov 696 z Nadji, Mehrdad, Aug 502 Solomon, Diane, April 262 Naito, Herbert K., July 444 Somrak, Theresa M., April 245 Zervos, Marcus, Oct 642 Nelson, Alan C., April 274 Sosler, Steven D., Feb 79, May 343 Newland, James R., March 188 Dec 802 Newton, Louise E., April 230 Spackman, Kent A., March 152 Nguyen, Andy N.D., June 399 Stager, Charles E., May 331 Nichols, Cheryl, Sept 598 Strouse, Marianne M., May 295 Nosanchuk, Jerome, May 343 Sugiyama, Cheryl E., March 176 Swanson, Paul E., Aug 520, Dec 801 812 Laboratory Medicine Vo2l5, N.o. 12 December 1994 Subject Index Ascites, elevation of cancer antigen 125 Clinical Practice, June 404; Managing in patient with, March 146 Hazards in the Transfusion Service, A Atherosclerosis, development of, April 277; Modern Blood Banking and ABDs. See Arthropod-borne diseases apolipoprotein E and, July 449 Transfusion Practices, Dec 802; Pocket Acanthamoeba infection, cutaneous, Author guidelines, July 467 Guide to Clinical Laboratory Instru- associated with acquired immunodefi- Automated flow cytometric reticulocyte mentation, Nov 739; Rapid Methods ciency syndrome, June 386 analysis, predicting bone marrow trans- and Automation in Microbiology and AccuChek Easy, Dec 784 plant engraftment, Jan 22 Immunology, Nov 739; Right Test: A AccuChek Ill, Dec 784 AutoPap 300 QC Automatic Pap Physician's Guide to Laboratory AccuData GTS, Dec 784 Screener, April 274 Medicine, May 343; Signs of Life: The AccuMeter, July 444 Language and Meanings of DNA, Oct Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome B 679; Study Guide of Clinical Hematol- (AIDS): Nov 708; cutaneous Acan- Backward-chaining inference, June 399 ogy: Theory and Practice, Oct 680; thamoeba infection associated with, Basophil counts, false on Coulter STKS Transfusion Therapy: From Donor to June 386; Mycobacterium avium com- hematology analyzer, June 376, Oct Patient, May 343 plex and, Nov 694 677 (Letter) Borrelia burgdorferi, Jan 38 (Letter), July Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, cytoge- B cells, immunomodulation of, Feb 90 429 netic analysis and, Sept 566 bcl-2 gene rearrangement analysis, Oct Brain organization, and left- and right- Acute myelogenous leukemia, cytoge- 648 handedness, Sept 550 netic analysis and, Sept 566 ber gene rearrangement analysis, Oct 648 Brain tumors, RU486 and, Aug 487 Acute myocardial infarction, chronobiol- Biopsy, fine-needle aspiration, Oct 618, Breast cancer: fine-needle aspiration ogy of, Aug 494 Nov 715; prostate, Aug 523 biopsy and, Oct 618; isolation of gene Adenocarcinomas, classification based on Biotyping, Oct 642 causing, Nov 695; magnetic fields and, CEA staining, Aug 502 Blood: allogeneic, strategies for limiting Oct 612; potential immunocytochemi- Aedes albopictus, July 429 patient exposure to, Feb 106; compo- cal markers of prognosis in, Aug 502 Aedes sollicitans, July 429 nents, viral inactivation of, Feb 102; Breast fine-needle aspiration biopsy, Aedes taeniorhynchus, July 429 electronic crossmatching, Dec 781; Oct 618 Aedes vexans, July 429 substitutes, Nov 720 Agar processing, of bone marrow aspi- Blood bank information systems, Feb Cc rate material, Jan 39 (Letter) 110, June 402 (Letter) Canavan leukodystrophy, Oct 658 Agency for Health Care Policy and Blood banking: electronic crossmatching, Cancer: antioxidants and, Sept 550; Research (AHCPR), Nov 701 Dec 781; ensuring quality during intra- breast, See Breast cancer; cervical, Agenda, Jan 17 operative blood salvage, Oct 626; challenges of diagnosing, May 292, AIDS. See Acquired immunodeficiency search for clinically useful blood substi- Sept 599 (Letter); cytogenetics, Sept syndrome tute, Nov 720 566; genetic markers of, Aug 502; Alcohol, reducing risk of heart attack Blood banking specialist, July 426 ovarian, isolation of gene causing, Nov and, Dec 766 Blood cultures, justification and imple- 695; prostate, prostate biopsy sample Allergy, Helicobacter pylori and, Sept 551 mentation of policy requiring two assisting diagnosis, Aug 523; thyroid, Allied Health Projects Grant Program, when one is ordered, May 323 new test providing early identification June 359 Blood gas instruments, consolidated ap- of, Oct 613 Allogeneic blood, strategies for limiting proach to handling, May 334 Cancer antigen 125, elevation in patient patient exposure to, Feb 106 Blood glucose devices. See also Glucose with ascites, March 146 Alveolar macronhages, in expectorated meters; self-monitoring, comparing, CAP. See College of American Patholo- sputa, Juiy 456 Sept 585 gists Alzheimer’s disease; apolipoprotein E Blood salvage, intraoperative, Oct 626 Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), adeno- and, July 449; estrogen and, Aug 486 Board of Registry: annual report, Feb 75; carcinoma classification and, Aug 502 Amphakine, memory enhancement and, digitized computer imaging transform- Carcinomas, immunocytochemical mark- Sept 551 ing certification examinations, April ers for, Aug 502 ANA. See Antinuclear antibody 218; 1993 survey of educational pro- Career opportunities, in veterinary Anticancer drugs, circadian rhythms and, grams, July 426 medicine and forensics, Dec 810 Sept 561 Body clock, drug therapy and, Sept 561 Case costing: in laboratory, Sept 547, Antigen-antibody reactions, detecting, Bone marrow: aspirate material, agar 576, Nov 737 (Letter) Feb 86 processing of, Jan 38 (Letter); trans- CBC analysis, hemoglobinopathies de- Antigens, microwave retrieval in citrate plant engraftment, predicting by auto- tected by, March 176, Aug 535 (Letter) buffer, Aug 520, Dec 800 (Letter) mated flow cytometric reticulocyte CDC. See Centers for Disease Control Antinuclear antibody (ANA), substrate analysis, Jan 22 and Prevention comparison study, Aug 515 Bones, mineralization, Dec 766 CDT latex agglutination test, Clostridium Antioxidants, cancer and, Sept 550 Book Reviews: Body Fluids: Laboratory difficile toxin detection and, June 380 Apolipoprotein E, development of Examination of Cerebrospinal, Seminal, CEA. See Carcinoembryonic antigen atherosclerosis and, July 449 Serous and Synovial Fluids: A Textbook Cell culture, for Chlamydia trachomatis, Arthropod-borne diseases (ABDs), July 429 Atlas, June 404; Clinical Hematology March 168 Arthropods: direct injury from, June 365; Theory and Procedures, Nov 740; Centers for Disease Control and Preven- identification of medically important, Diagnostic Medical Parasitology, April tion (CDC): cytology proficiency testing May 298, Sept 598 (Letter); as vectors 277; DNA Topology, Oct 679; Hema- research and development at, April of disease agents, July 429 tology: Pathophysiologic Basis for 224; emerging infectious diseases and, Laboratory Medicine Vol. 25,No.12 December 1994 813 Nov 708 detection vs cytotoxin assay, June 380 new technology in, April 261; private Centipedes, identification of medically Coagulation disorders, XPCOAG: teach- programs, April 239; quality assurance important, May 298 ing software for laboratory diagnosis and, April 258; rational approach to, Certification examination: digitized com- of, June 399 April 274; state and federal programs, puter imaging and, April 218; labora- Coccidioidomycosis, Nov 708 April 223; validity and reliability of, tory science programs and, June 392 College of American Pathologists (CAP), April 259 Cervical cancer, challenges of diagnosing, molecular pathology programs of, Cytomegalovirus, Oct 664; methods for May 292, Sept 599 (Letter) Oct 654 detection of, May 331 Cervicovaginal cytology, College of Collodion bag cell block technique, Feb Cytopathology, ASCP educational and American Pathologists interlaboratory 127 (Letter) proficiency testing programs in, April comparison program in, April 248 Colloidal silver solution, immunoperoxi- 245 CE update examination; arthropods, July dase procedures and, Nov 729 Cytotechnologist, July 426 465; chronobiology, Sept 596; hema- Common cold, Aug 487 Cytotoxin assay, Clostridium difficile toxin tology, March 183; 1994 exam sched- Communication skills, self-marketing detection and, June 380 ule, July 464; personal computers, and, July 397 D March 185 Complementation analysis, Oct 658 DAB. See Diaminobenzidine CGS19755, stroke and, Dec 767 Computers: assessing cytotechnologists’ Chemotherapy, tumor, circadian rhythms recognition and referral skills, April 264; DCLHb. See Diaspirin crosslinked and, Sept 561 blood bank information systems, Feb hemoglobin product Chlamydia infection, coronary artery dis- 110; digitized imaging transforming Dengue, Nov 708 Dentinogenesis imperfecta, Dec 766 ease and, Nov 708 certification examinations, April 218 Chlamydia trachomatis, recommenda- Consultant, laboratory, legal issues for, Department of Veterans Affairs, tions for laboratory testing for, March Dec 807 cytopathology proficiency program at, April 234 168 Continuing education update series: Diabetes mellitus: atherosclerotic vascular Cholera, Nov 708 arthropods, May 298, June 365, July disease and, July 449 Chromosomal DNA typing, Oct 642 429, 465; bedside testing, Dec 784; Chronic myelogenous leukemia; gene re- blood banking, Oct 626, Nov 720, Dec Diaminobenzidine (DAB), immunoperoxi- dase procedures and, Nov 729 arrangment analyses in the diagnosis 781; chronobiology, May 306, June and monitoring of, Oct 648; cytoge- 372, July 438, Aug 494, Sept 561, 596; Diarrhea, caused by Cyclospora, June 362 netic analysis and, Sept 566 cytology, Aug 502, Sept 566, Oct 618, Diaspirin crosslinked hemoglobin product (DCLHb), Nov 720 Chronobiology: acute myocardial infarc- Nov 715, 734; hematology, Jan 11, Dieting, and computer programs, Aug tion and, Aug 494; chronopharmacol- March 148, 183; personal computers, 487 ogy, Sept 561; endocrine system and, Jan 17, March 152, 185 Diff-Quik stain, for Helicobacter pylori in June 372; general principles of, May Contour-clamped homogeneous electric gastrointestinal biopsies, June 389 306; melatonin and, July 438 field (CHEF) electrophoresis, Oct 642 Direct fluorescent antibody tests, for Chronophar:nacology, Sept 561 Coronary artery disease, Chlamydia infec- Chlamydia trachomatis, March 168 Chronotherapeutics, Sept 561 tion and, Nov 708 Discrimination, in laboratory: document- Cigarette smoking, atherosclerotic vascu- Coronary thrombosis, theory of trigger- ing the experience, March 192 lar disease and, July 449 ing, Aug 494 Circadian rhythms, June 372; drug ther- Corporation, forming and registering, DNA-DNA hybridization, Oct 642 apy and, Sept 561 Dec 807 DNA evidence, in courtroom, Oct 671 DNA probes: for Chlamydia trachomatis, Clinical chemistry: apolipoprotein E and Corticosteroids, synthetic, chronotherapy March 168; infectious disease diagnosis development of atherosclerosis, July of, Sept 561 and, Oct 637 449; automated reagent strip urinalysis, Coulter STKS, false basophil counts on, March 162; glucose meter use in nurs- June 376, Oct 677 (Letter) DNA profiling process, Oct 671 DNA technology, Oct 675 eries, Sept 592; hypercholesterolemia Cryoglobulinemia, Type |, Dec 770 Drinking water, safety of, Sept 551 screening in one step, July 444; labora- Cryptosporidiosis, Nov 708 Drug therapy, using body clock in, Sept tory assessment of glucose meters/relia- Cyclospora, diarrhea and hypersensitivity 561 bility of clinical performance, Jan 32; reaction caused by, June 362 mandatory laboratory consultation, July Cytogenetics: acute leukemia and, Jan E 460 11; cancer and, Sept 566 Eastern equine encephalitis, July 429 Clinical laboratory. See Laboratory Cytologic glass slides, electronic capture Ectopic pregnancy, borderline serum Clinical laboratory assistant, CLIA ‘88 and conversion of microscopy images HCG in, Nov 705 and, Nov 738 from, April 262 EDTA plasma. See Ethylenediaminete- Clinical pathology. See also Pathology; Cytology: adequate sputum specimen in, traacetic acid borderline serum HCG in ectopic preg- July 456; cancer cytogenetics, Sept Education: assessment of student affec- nancy, Nov 705; diarrhea and hyper- 566; immunocytochemistry and, Aug tive behaviors in US medical technology sensitivity reaction caused by 502; near-patierit testing using fine- programs, Jan 27; laboratory science Cyclospora, June 362; elevation of can- needle aspiration, Oct 618; new tech- programs and certification examination cer antigen 125 in patient with ascites, nologies and future of, April 272 performance, June 392; teaching diag- March 146; Type | cryoglobulinemia, Cytology proficiency testing: April 213, nostic virology, June 383 Dec 770 219; Aug 535 (Letter); evaluation in Electronic media, potentials in cytology, Clinical practice, guidelines in health care, workshop setting, April 254; fluid- April 267 Nov 701 based collection techniques and, April ELISA. See Enzyme-linked immunosor- Clostridium difficile, tests for toxin 270; interim approaches, April 257; bent assay 814 Laboratory Medicine Vol. 25, No. 12 December 1994 Encephalitis, eastern equine, July 429 March 189 (Letter); use in nurseries, Nov 736 (Letter) Endocrine system, chronobiology and, Sept 592 HIV. See Human immunodeficiency virus June 372 Glutamate receptor blocker, stroke and, Home testing market, Sept 550 Enzyme immunoassay: for Chlamydia tra- Dec 767 Hospital infection control, clinical labora- chomatis, March 168; for Lyme disease GramStain Tutor, Dec 803 tory and, Oct 642 testing, Jan 38 (Letter) Gynecologic cytology, proficiency testing Hospital visitor, safety and, Aug 533 Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in, April 240 HPLC hemoglobin A, analysis, (ELISA), Aug 515; diagnosis of han- hemoglobinopathies detected by, H tavirus pulmonary syndrome and, Sept March 176, Aug 535 (Letter) Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, Sept 557; immunoglobulin A and, Nov 724 Human herpesvirus 6, Oct 664 557, Nov 708 Epstein-Barr virus, Oct 664 Human immunodeficiency virus, arthro- Health care, clinical practice guidelines in, Erythropoietin, recombinant, Feb 106 pods and, July 429; entry into cells, Escherichia coli 0157:H7 disease, Nov Nov 701 Aug 486; false basophil counts and, Health Care Financing Administration, 708 June 376; home testing, Sept 550; in- specialized reviews of cytology labora- Estrogen, Alzheimer’s disease and, Aug fection, Nov 708. See also Acquired im- 486 tories and, April 237 munodeficiency syndrome Health care reform: ABCs of, Sept 552; Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) Hypercholesterolemia, screening in one building foundation for, Jan 5; national plasma, advantages in transfusion ser- step, July 444 laboratory organizations working to- vice testing, Sept 573 Hyperlipidemia, atherosclerotic vascular gether to inform lawmakers, Feb 69; Expert system XPCOAG, June 399 disease and, July 449 review of players, plans, and potential Eye disease, herpetic, polymerase chain Hypersensitivity reaction, caused by for reform, March 140 reaction for diagnosis of, Oct 664 Cyclospora, June 362 Helicobacter pylori: allergy and, Sept 551; Hypertension, atherosclerotic vascular F modified Diff-Quik stain for in gastroin- disease and, July 449 FAB classification, Jan 11 testinal biopsies, June 389 FDA. See Food and Drug Administration Hematology: acute leukemias: FAB classi- I Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB), Oct fication and clinical correlates, Jan 11; Image cytometry, prostate cancer diagno- 618, Nov 715 autoverification of peripheral blood sis and, Aug 523 Flow cytometric reticulocyte analysis, au- count, Aug 528; comparing self-moni- Immunocytochemistry, contemporary tomated, predicting bone marrow toring blood glucose devices, Sept 585; cytology and, Aug 502 transplant engraftment, Jan 22 false basophil counts on Coulter STKS Immunofixation, monoclonal gammopa- Flow cytometry, prostate cancer diagnosis hematology analyzer, June 376, Oct thy and, May 313 and, Aug 523 677 (Letter); hemoglobinopathies de- Immunoglobulin A, biological role and Fluosol-DA, Nov 720 tected by CBC analysis and HPLC clinical implications of, Nov 724 FNAB. See Fine-needie aspiration biopsy hemoglobin A, analysis, March 176, Immunohematology: current trends in, Follicular lymphoma, bcl-2 gene rear- Aug 535 (Letter) ; paroxysmal nocturnal Feb 79; galvanic immunosensor assay, rangement analysis and, Oct 648 hemoglobinuria, March 148; predicting Feb 86; gel test, Feb 81; red cell anti- Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, bone marrow transplant engraftment bodies and new immunology, Feb 90 July 424 by automated flow cytometric reticulo- Immunology: ANA substrate comparison Food and Drug Administration (FDA): de- cyte analysis, Jan 22; update examina- study, Aug 515; evolution of mono- vice approval and, July 424; regulation tion, March 183 clonal gammopathy, May 313 of monoclonal antibodies, Oct 616 Hemoglobin, substitutes, Nov 720 Immunopathology, biological role and Food poisoning, organism, characteris- Hemoglobinopathies, detected by CBC clinical implications of IgA, Nov 724 tics, source, symptoms, prevention, analysis and HPLC hemoglobin A,. Immunoperoxidase procedures, colloidal Oct 612 analysis, March 176, Aug 535 (Letter) silver solution and, Nov 729 Forensics, career opportunities in, Dec Hemoglobinuria, paroxysmal nocturnal, Immunophenotyping, acute leukemia 810 March 148 and, Jan 11 Francisella tularensis, July 429 Hemolink, Nov 720 Infection, hospital, clinical laboratory and, Hemopure, Nov 720 Oct 642 G Hepatitis C virus, Nov 708 Infectious disease: diagnosis of, poly- Galvanic immunosensor assay, Feb 86 Herpes simplex virus, Oct 664 merase chain reaction and, Oct 637; Gammopathy, monoclonal, evolution of Herpetic eye disease, polymerase chain emerging, Nov 708 May 313 reaction for diagnosis of, Oct 664 InfoSelect, Jan 17 Gastrointestinal biopsy, modified Diff- High-resolution electrophoresis, mono- Insects, identification of medically impor- Quik stain for Helicobacter pylori, clonal gammopathy and, May 313 tant, May 298 June 389 Histologic technician, July 426, Sept 554, In situ hybridization, Oct 654 Gel test, Feb 81 Nov 698, Nov 736 (Letter) Instant Recall, Jan 17 Gender, atherosclerotic vascular disease Histology: colloidal silver solution in im- Intraoperative blood salvage, Oct 626 and, July 449 munoperoxidase procedures and, Nov In vitro susceptibility testing, Oct 642 Glucometer Encore QA, Dec 784 729; microwave antigen retrieval in cit- Iron hematoxylin stain, microwave, Dec Glucometer QA, Dec 784 rate buffer, Aug 520; microwave iron 795 Glucose, bedside testing, data manage- hematoxylin stain, Dec 795; modified ment programs for, Dec 784 J Diff-Quik stain for Helicobacter pylori in Glucose meters. See also Blood glucose Jet lag, melatonin and, July 438 gastrointestinal biopsies, June 389 devices: laboratory assessment/reliabil- Job satisfaction, medical technologist Histotechnologist, Sept 554, Nov 698, ity of clinical performance, Jan 32, and, Dec 773 Laboratory Medicine Vol. 25,No.12 December 1994 815 —— Job sharing, July 422, Oct 677 (Letter) Maenetic fields, breast cancer and, Molecular biology: of leukodystrophies, Oct 612 Oct 658; in paternity testing, March L Malignant neoplasms, undifferentiated, 187 (Letter) Laboratorian, point-of-care testing and, Aug 502 Molecular genetic markers, acute Dec 777 Management: blood bank information leukemia and, Jan 11 Laboratory: accountability and, June 355; systems, Feb 110; case costing in labo- Molecular pathology, programs of Col- case costing in, Sept 547, 576; Nov ratory, Sept 547, 576; managing qual- lege of American Pathologists, Oct 654 737 (Letter); consultant, legal issues for, ity in hospital transfusion medicine, Feb Molecular techniques, clinical applica- Dec 807; discrimination in: document- 118; semen evaluations in clinical labo- tions of, Oct 633 ing the experience, March 192; emerg- ratory, Aug 509 Monoclonai antibodies, FDA regulation ing infectious diseases and, Nov 708; Maryland, cytology proficiency testing in, of, Oct 616 information systems, March 152; rec- April 232, Aug 535 (Letter) Monoclonal gammopathy, evolution of, ommendations for testing for Chiamy- Meat inspection, Nov 694 May 313 dia trachomatis, March 168; role in Medical air transport, emergency transfu- Monocyte counts, assessment derived hospital infection control, Oct 642; se- sion during, May 318 frorn automated instrumentation, Feb men evaluations in, Aug 509; status in Medical laboratory technician, July 426 126 (Letter) Kenyan missionary hospitals, March Medical technologist, July 426; emerging Mycobacteriology, diagnostic, chailenges 156, June 402 (Letter); university health role of, Dec 777; job satisfaction and, and technologies, March 188 (Letter) clinic and, Dec 791 Dec 773; thriving in a changing world, Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), Laboratory personnel: alleviating short- Dec 763 environmental risk factors in, Nov 694 ages, June 359; continuing education Medical technology programs, assess- Myelin formation, hereditary defects of, and, Aug 492; uniting to further ment of student affective behaviors in, Oct 658 causes, Aug 490 Jan 27 Myelodysplastic syndromes, cytogenetic Laboratory science programs, certification Medicare coinsurance, Jan 5 analysis and, Sept 566 examination performance and, June Melatonin, July 438 Myeloproliferative syndromes, March 188 392 Memory, experimental drug enhancing, (Letter); bcr gene rearrangement analy- Lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme analy- Sept 551 sis and, Oct 648 sis, mandatory laboratory approval pro- Mesothelioma, cytogenetic analysis and, Myocardial infarction: acute, chronobiol- gram for, July 460 Sept 566 ogy of, Aug 494; alcohol reducing risk Left-handedness, and brain organization, Metachromatic leukodystrophy, Oct 658 of, Dec 766; diagnosis, blood test Sept 550 Microbiology: adequate sputum speci- speeding, Nov 695 Legal issues: discrimination in laboratory, men in, July 456; cutaneous Acan- documenting the experience, March thamoeba infection associated with N 192; DNA evidence in courtroom, Oct AIDS, June 386; justification and imple- National Commission on Allied Health, 671; laboratory consultants and, Dec mentation of policy requiring two members, July 424 807; safety and hospital visitor, Aug Near-patient testing. See Point-of-care blood cultures when one is ordered, 533 May 323 testing Legionnaires’ disease, Nov 708 Neohematocytes, Nov 720 Microcomputer applications and technol- Leishmaniasis, July 429 ogy: consolidated approach to handling Neoplasms: malignant, undifferentiated, Leukemia: acute, FAB classification and blood gas instruments, May 334; learn- Aug 502; pediatric, cytogenetic analysis clinical correlates, Jan 11; cytogenetic ing Gram’s stain interpretation with and, Sept 566 analysis and, Sept 566 Nephelometry, monoclonal gammopathy personal computer program, Dec 803; Leukocyte esterase test, for Chlamydia terminal emulator software extracts and, May 313 trachomatis, March 168 New York State, cytology proficiency test- data and customizes reports from an Leukocyte reduction filtration, Feb 96 LIS, May 340 (Letter); XPCOAG: teach- ing in, April 230 Leukodystrophies, molecular biology of, ing software for laboratory diagnosis of NHL. See Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma Oct 658 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), cytoge- coagulation disorders, June 399 Licensure, pros and cons of, June 355 Microscope on Washington: Allied Health netic analysis and, Sept 566 Linear analysis, determining reference Nucleic acid hybridization tests, for Projects Grant Program alleviates medi- ranges by, Feb 126 (Letter) Chlamydia trachomatis, March 168 cal laboratory personnel shortage, June Lipid metabolism, apolipoprotein E poly- 359; clinical practice guidelines, Nov Nucleic acid probes, infectious disease di- morphism and, July 449 agnosis and, Oct 637 701; cytology proficiency testing, April Local area networks, March 152 213; FDA device approval, July 424; Oo Lotus Organizer, Jan 17 FDA regulation of monoclonal antibod- Obesity, atherosclerotic vascular disease Lyme disease, July 429, Aug 487, Nov ies, Oct 616; health care reform, Jan 5, and, July 449 708; enzyme immunoassay with Mar 141, Sept 552; laboratory person- Oncogenes, Aug 502 Western blot confirmation for, Jan 38 nel coalitions, Feb 69, Aug 490; na- Osteoporosis, premature graying and, (Letter) tional plan to diagnose cervical cancer, Dec 766 Lymphoma: follicular, bcl-2 gene rear- May 292 Ovarian cancer, isolation of gene causing, rangement analysis and, Oct 648; Microwave antigen retrieval, in citrate Nov 695 non-Hodgkin’s, cytogenetic analysis buffer, Aug 520, Dec 800 (Letter) Oxygent, Nov 720 and, Sept 566 Microwave iron hematoxylin stain, M Dec 795 P MAC. See Mycobacterium avium com- Millipedes, identification of medically im- Pap smear, Sept 598 Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, plex portant, May 298 816 Laboratory Medicine Vol. 25, No. 12 December 1994 March 148 Aug 486 emergency transfusion during medical Partnership, Dec 807 Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, Oct 642 air transport, May 318; leukocyte re- Paternity testing, molecular biology in, duction filtration, Feb 96; managing March 187 (Letter) , Q quality in, Feb 118; strategies for limit- Pathology. See also Clinical pathology; Quality assurance, in cytology proficiency ing patient exposure to allogeneic testing, April 258 workstation technology in, March 152 blood, Feb 106; viral inactivation of PCR. See Polymerase chain reaction R blood components, Feb 102 Pediatric neoplasms, cytogenetic analysis Radioimmunoassay (RIA), immunoglobu- Triple test (TT), Nov 715 and, Sept 566 lin A and, Nov 724 Tuberculosis, Nov 708 Perfluorocarbon solutions, Nov 720 Red cell antibodies, Feb 90 Tularemia, July 429 Peripheral blood count, autoverification Red cells, instant, Nov 720 Tumor chemotherapy, circadian rhythms of, Aug 528 RIA. See Radioimmunoassay and, Sept 561 Peroxisome biogenesis, Oct 658 Right-handedness, and brain organiza- Tumors: brain, RU486 and, Aug 487; Personal computers: learning Gram’s tion, Sept 550 markers for classification, Aug 502; stain interpretation with, Dec 803; per- RNA analysis, Oct 633 soft-tissue, cytogenetic analysis and, sonal information managers and, Jan Role socialization, four-step process of, Sept 566 17; update examination, March 185; Jan 27 workstation technology in pathology, RU486, brain tumors and, Aug 487 U March 152 Ulcer screening, Aug 486 Personal information managers, Jan 17 S University health clinic, laboratory service Phage typing, Oct 642 Safety: hospital visitor and, Aug 533; in use in, Dec 791 PHER-O2, Nov 720 physician office laboratory, March 194 Urinalysis, automated reagent strip, Sarcomas, unclassified, Aug 502 Phlebotomy, Feb 71 March 162 Pineal gland, July 438 Scorpions, identification of medically Urine microscopy and culture, automated Plague, July 429 important, May 298 reagent strip urinalysis and, March 162 Self-monitoring of blood glucose Plasmid typing, Oct 642 (SMBG), Sept 585 Vv Pneumococcal disease, drug-resistant, Semen, evaluations in clinical laboratory, Varicella-zoster virus, Oct 664 Nov 708 Point-of-care (POC) testing: glucose, data Aug 509 Veterinary medicine, career opportunities management programs for, Dec 784; Serotyping, Oct 642 in, Dec 810 Sexual assault and abuse victims, labora- VIDAS assay, Clostridium difficile toxin fine-needle aspiration, Oct 618; labora- tory testing for, March 168 detection and, June 380 torian and, Dec 777 Sickle cell disease, laboratory screening Viral inactivation, of blood components, Polaris Packrat, Jan 17 POL forum: communication skills and for, March 187 (Letter) Feb 102 self-marketing, June 397; safety consid- Silver solution, colloidal, immunoperoxi- Virology: diagnostic, teaching, June 383; erations in physician office laboratory, dase procedures and, Nov 729 methods for detection of cy- March 194 SKYMED, May 318 tomegalovirus, May 331; tests for SMBG. See Self-monitoring of blood Clostridium difficile toxin detection vs Polymerase chain reaction (PCR): July 444, Sept 566, Oct 633; herpetic eye glucose cytotoxin assay, June 380 Soft-tissue tumors, cytogenetic analysis disease diagnosis and, Oct 664; infec- w tious disease diagnosis and, Oct 637 and, Sept 566 Wisconsin Cytology Evaluation Program, Polymorphonuclear leukocytes, in expec- Sole proprietorship, Dec 807 April 226 torated sputa, July 456 Southern blotting, Sept 566, Oct 633 Workstation technology, in pathology, Spiders, identification of medically impor- Pregnancy, ectopic, borderline serum March 152 HCG in, Nov 705 taiit, May 298 Preleukemias, cytogenetic analysis and, Sputum, adequate specimen, July 456 x Sept 566 Stroke, CGS19755 and, Dec 767 X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, Oct 658 Professional perspectives: certification of Students: affective behaviors, assessment XPCOAG: teaching software for labora- histologic technicians and histotechnol- in US medical technology programs, tory diagnosis of coagulation disorders, ogists, Sept 554, Nov 698; challenge of Jan 27; bench training, March 187 (Let- June 399 new technology, Oct 614; financial ter) Y commitment to future of laboratory Stuttering, Nov 694 Yellow fever, Nov 708 medicine, May 295; lowa’s Newborn SSuypsptreemsss oarn algyesnies,s , meAduigc al5 0t2e chnologist Yersinia pestis, july 429 Screening Laboratory, March 143; job sharers helping managers fill gaps, July and, Dec 768 z 422; making most of limited resources, T Zellweger syndrome, Oct 658 June 357, Aug 535 (Letter); National Teeth, mineralization, Dec 766 Medical Laboratory Week, April 216; Thalidomide, Oct 612 phlebotomy career ladder, Feb 71; pro- Thyroid cancer, new test providing early fessionalism, mentoring, and ASCP, Jan identification of, Oct 613 8; sending staff back to classroom, Aug Toxic shock syndrome, Nov 708 492; thriving in a changing world, Transfusion medicine: advantages of Dec 768 EDTA plasma in transfusion service test- Prostate biopsy, Aug 523 ing, Sept 573; current trends in, Feb Psoriasis, gene explaining family link, 79; electronic crossmatching, Dec 781; Laboratory Medicine Vol. 25, No. 12 December 1994 817