ANNUAL INU Subject Index Albumin: analysis in dogs, May 293; March 161, Dec 767; on nucleic Apolipoproteins, immunoassays for, Note: An “f” following a page ahso mbolcoyosdt eeixnteen dmere,t abAporliils m2,4 7;J uilny 3a6c9i;d tPeaspt insgm eoafr whtoelset imbolnoyo d,b efJournee ApoNpovtj oovs i7s3,0 Dec 791 number designates a 469; as marker of nutritional Congressional subcommittee, May Aprotinin: and activated clotting time photomicrograph. Because of space status, Nov 731 301; resident physicians’ e-mail test, Aug 508 limitations, only instruments cited in Alcohol consumption: ethanol service, June 369; scholarships for Array prealbumin reagent: with an abstract or title are listed here. Alctoehsotli!n gd, eAhuygd ro53g0e,n aSseep t (5A8D7H ): in H19o9u8s/e1 99S9c,i eJnucen e Su37b4c; omstmaittetmeeen t onto ArtiSfyanctcsh:r ocnel l CcXo7u ntseyrs-treeml,a tNeod v 741 ethanol! testing, Aug 530, Sept 587 Technology, July 440; 10-year abnormalities, May 325; Alcohol oxidase: in ethanol testing, longitudinal study of career morphologic abnormalities, AAAcBcc acrdBoeeidmomipdtiaiacsrt kie oddneE :t- taweiiaslttnih,nd, g ,CMI aSanNOrdo civfh9 a6 s07t012 9,69 k iNt ov AAllceStoxeehasponttldi sne:gr5 ,8, 7 aS sT ehpiotnm tae5rs8f8:e. r ioSnnge eH wIiaVt/ hs ov ierEtathl haanlnooolal d AmeOp(rfaAfitDitcAce)aer:n n ssH, ao tnwldJiiu tnlheey ,t hD4aAi7nsp8oar;bil il Wl ita2tes3ish2et sii nngAg,ct toS ne pt AAssstt7ahe6ys5mst.a : , rS ePesiuehnl ettasnen,lrod slSoreJe uounkImnisemenes m- ,1u3 3n9H 7oIa Vina ndsd asussacspyiauyn r,gi oDuesc 731; Oryx initiative, Jan 24; and testing, Feb 105 593 symptoms of allergic, April 232 AccptMluhraareobay foc irrycae3:itg4 eou6nrl icyany t eotvrteayeslts stue,ia nntgvOi,cin trgM o an6n5mye8e w n3 t2,3 ; and AAAAllllfklkaveafalenlrlfh,ooea ism mci,Bilss aae,pr,,D rb eoDaucMaret alacskr,7 :a c7 l78hAo7a s6usi g1ss5 a75d l5im2so tni(en“lPglruooisfsiihlsee ds ”) AAAAnmmmanypovlillfeyoa ittctseceheero-eni:sn tn p naeerrseccyeiiow ffsnbei:tsorc pare emnncficro ineerea adstghe,veite aneomlMtcnousta,le:ir yso ct nJhil,uf ca onb r1eDe 9d le4iic4 sn 1ge37 a 7so3ef , AAsthuJfpenuarntclooeptys,oue c rrm4l 5hMoefa0ronor ormii,so aaicJ:es uy: ls pyltl iCaen4htik6ile8nnad;ge m mywmiadii aticsh arp, eoascsS ioemrmpietasn kl , 5 79; Acetone: in ethanol testing, Allen, Ramon M, Sr: crossmatching Dec 790; regulation of, July 442, triglyceride transfer protein in Sept 589 blood units, April 242, July 438 Nov 702 (letter) treatment of, Jan 14 Acid-base disorders, Dec 776 Allergies: to fibrin glue, March 193; Analyzers, biochips in, July 456 Author guidelines, Jan 63 Acidemia, acidosis distinguished immunoglobulin E testing in Anderson, Mary: on biochip Autoimmune disorders: and HLA from, Dec 778 diagnosis of, Sept 570; to technology, March 185 antigens, Dec 797 Acid-fast bacilli smear, June 408 solvenvdetergent-treated plasma, Anemia: anemia of chronic disease, Autoimmune testing, veterinary, Jan Acidic sodium citrate: in March 153 (letter) July 467, Aug 541; blood 7 homocysteine determination, July Allison-Wolter, Kathy, Aug 552 transfusion for anemia of Autologous blood donation, April 244 473 (“Profiles”) prematurity, April 258; differential Automation: autoverfication of Acidosis, Dec 776 Alloimmunization: maternal to D diagnosis of microcytic, Aug 538; macroscopic urinalysis, Jan 56; Acquired immunodeficiency antigen, April 232 immunoassays in diagnosis of, biochip development, July 456; of syndrome (AIDS): apoptosis and, Alter, Harvey: on SEN-V virus, Nov Nov 730; macrocytic and marrow 2b4l4o,o d2 4s5;c reine ncionrge alnadbo rtaytpoirnige,s , ApJriuln e Dec 793; Pneumocystis carinii 703 failure, Sept 595; pathophysiololgy, 389; for cost containment, May pvailnsreouu semHsou nmiaan wiitmhm,u nSoedpetf i58c3i.e nSceye AAlmzelhreeiaicdmiaennrg ' sAt so,sd oiDsceeicaas tei7,o9 n2 a poofp tBolsoiosd Banks ceplvsiaenliuucdaalto iaofnnee,am tuiJraue,ls y, J4au6nn3d;e l3a9b8o;r aRtBoCry 3Mm4ia6cy;r otb3h6ie0o ;lC ooigunyl ,tm eorAl percliuellg aa2cr6y 9 ; (“toPtraolf iles”), Acridine orange, Dec 803 (AABB): guidelines for handling indices for characterizing, Feb 95. laboratory automation, June 367 Activated clotting time, Aug 507 blood units, July 438; new See also Sickle cell disease Autopsy, Medicare compensation for, Act(iAvPaTtTe)d: paacrttiiavla ttedh rocmlobtotpilnag sttiimne ttiemset Amesrtiacnadanr dCso lolfe,g Aep roifl O2b4s3t etricians Angeinopzlyamset y,g eannogtiyoptee nsasi np-rceodnivcetrotri nfgo r, AviMdiany- bi3o0t2i n, Dec 788 csopemcpiamreend hwainthd,l iAngu g re50q7u;i rements Amea5r6ni7dc aGny neDcioalboegteiss tsA ss(oAcCiOaGt)i,o n Sept AngM(iAaoCrtEce)h,n siM1na8-4rc cohn ve1r8t4 ing enzyme fporr,o cMeadrucrhe s 17f2or;, sOtcatn d6a4r0d ization (3A6D9A ), diagnostic criteria of, June Ani(m“aPlrso:fi leasn”i)m,a lJ anhi s7t2o;l olgaibsto ratory Bacwilelaupso na,n thAraucgi s:5 19a s biological Activated protein C resistance: due to American Society of Clinical testing for, Jan 4; prion diseases Bacteria, myocardial infarction linked Fgaecnteotri c V-tLeesitdinegn fmoru,t aMtairocnh, O1c71t 681; PReagtihsotlroyg iscterst i(fiAcSaCtPi)on:, BAouagr d 51o4f; omfe,d iMcaiyn e3 36. See also Veterinary Bacwtietrhi,o lAopgryi:l 2“3B2o ok Reviews,” Feb Adding value, May 347 Board of Registry statistics of 1998, Anion gap: in acid-base disorders, 135; mycobacteriology, June 408 Adenocarcinoma, esophageal, May Sept 576; Board of Registry vice- Dec 776 Bajet, Ronald V: at NMCSD Core AAddee2mnn9ooo7n ssoiipnnhee os3tp'r5hi'pa-hctyoecsl pihc(a ctAeM P)(A,T P)J:a n in4 8C K- pcBvrhaoeecasmariinddsc etynor fty s Ru(eer“g-vPimersayoti,frl iy lM essawe”rra)cv,gih ec Ae p,1r a7in4Sl;d e p2ct8l 8i;n5i 6c7a;l AAnntnp3he6rrx9oai mxn:y ellilon: c oybviteoirlcoe gxiplcreauelks eswmiaioranf arcoeen,l l sa,Ac uuJgtu en e BalLMnaaeanbgrcoocerthdai taot1Bre6uy1dd,, greDJuteul cne Aemc 7at6k3 78i;o 4nf gn 1e9wp9 7r:o cess for, MB assays, April 273; in cystic Congressional Mini-Laboratory on 518 regulations under, May 346 fibrosis, Jan 50; in neutrophil genetics, May 303; William David Anticoagulants: for veterinary Band neutrophils: on a manual AAddvvaleaanrmndte iclseGlidiAn pg o:bMd eoindaoeiflff iileecaxribt,ao errnyaNs toionvoron yt, i7 c1se1Fe revb(i AcBe1Ns2),5: DeDFloxuoltaracmihnide nara o tbaiircotceunemaspre,tym s,b SeAAerSpuetCgd P ,5 5 606c1J;e ;ur tloiynTf ih4cgo5ae2mtn;ia dosne r AAnnttfhiioefgruem nnatgseta:sol tli honsgguu ymsf caoernsp,t a imMblpaiellrueicktshoy, c, y1tFC9eea9 bn dain1ft0ai9s gte n kit BBaarrd2a ni4uecf4tyfo;oe,d rm iieannnPtg thi:itioa lotlinai,p,ln: OblicJlnatuo b nonoe6der3 ga8ot3b to6air7nay k tiendg , April May 345 discrepancy in medical system and organ transplantation, rulemaking process, March 161 African Americans: absence of U technologist earnings, Sept 605; Dec 796; immunohistochemistry in Barr, Arland L: at NMCSD Core antigen in, Dec 773; Guide to State Licensure and detection of, Dec 787 Laboratory, June 384 Agahr:e moing lmoybcionboapcatetrhiioelso gyin,, FJeubn e9 84 09 CTeercthinfoilcaotgiiosnt so fa Mnedd iOctahle r AAnnttii-nHuuc leaaurt oaannttiibbooddyi,e s,e nzDeycm e7 70 BBaarrtt'osn ehlelmao ghieonbsielna,e ,A uJga n 54210 AIDS. See Acquired Laboratory Personnel, July 440; immunoassay for detection of, Batch testing: in physician office immunodeficiency syndrome Immunohistochemistry June 369 laboratories, Jan 45 Air-1d8r ied FNA biopsy specimens, Jan Q7Lu9i0af;le itfiLimecega itsAilcoanht iiveEevx eaSmmeiemnniatnt airAo,wn ,a rFedDb e c8 7; AAnnttaiinntiuhmcralolesma,br i nJa anndt eif3bi8oc diye ncays,s ayg:e neftoirc BBcelc-(2“k Pmrpaorfnoi tleeCison”us)l,,t erDM:ea cy t h7e39 539C o ulter legacy Alanine amino transferase: and recipient, Oct 630; medical testing for, March 171 Bell, Ann: on the Coulter Counter heparinized plasma, March 152 laboratory science programs Anti-U antibodies: during pregnancy (“Profiles”), May 360 (letter) survey, Oct 652; Medical with mild hemolytic disease of the Bell, Sue: on core laboratories, June Albendazole: presumptive Photography Competition, Oct 647; newborn, Dec 771 395; on cross-training, June 391 administration to immigrants, in negotiated rulemaking process, Anti-Yo autoantibodies, Dec 770 Bernard-Soulier disease, June 398 June 369 Aplastic anemia, Sept 598 LABORATORY MEDICINE VOLUME 30, NUMBER 12 DECEMBER 1999 ANNUAL INU Subject Index Albumin: analysis in dogs, May 293; March 161, Dec 767; on nucleic Apolipoproteins, immunoassays for, Note: An “f” following a page ahso mbolcoyosdt eeixnteen dmere,t abAporliils m2,4 7;J uilny 3a6c9i;d tPeaspt insgm eoafr whtoelset imbolnoyo d,b efJournee ApoNpovtj oovs i7s3,0 Dec 791 number designates a 469; as marker of nutritional Congressional subcommittee, May Aprotinin: and activated clotting time photomicrograph. Because of space status, Nov 731 301; resident physicians’ e-mail test, Aug 508 limitations, only instruments cited in Alcohol consumption: ethanol service, June 369; scholarships for Array prealbumin reagent: with an abstract or title are listed here. Alctoehsotli!n gd, eAhuygd ro53g0e,n aSseep t (5A8D7H ): in H19o9u8s/e1 99S9c,i eJnucen e Su37b4c; omstmaittetmeeen t onto ArtiSfyanctcsh:r ocnel l CcXo7u ntseyrs-treeml,a tNeod v 741 ethanol! testing, Aug 530, Sept 587 Technology, July 440; 10-year abnormalities, May 325; Alcohol oxidase: in ethanol testing, longitudinal study of career morphologic abnormalities, AAAcBcc acrdBoeeidmomipdtiaiacsrt kie oddneE :t- taweiiaslttnih,nd, g ,CMI aSanNOrdo civfh9 a6 s07t012 9,69 k iNt ov AAllceStoxeehasponttldi sne:gr5 ,8, 7 aS sT ehpiotnm tae5rs8f8:e. r ioSnnge eH wIiaVt/ hs ov ierEtathl haanlnooolal d AmeOp(rfaAfitDitcAce)aer:n n ssH, ao tnwldJiiu tnlheey ,t hD4aAi7nsp8oar;bil il Wl ita2tes3ish2et sii nngAg,ct toS ne pt AAssstt7ahe6ys5mst.a : , rS ePesiuehnl ettasnen,lrod slSoreJe uounkImnisemenes m- ,1u3 3n9H 7oIa Vina ndsd asussacspyiauyn r,gi oDuesc 731; Oryx initiative, Jan 24; and testing, Feb 105 593 symptoms of allergic, April 232 AccptMluhraareobay foc irrycae3:itg4 eou6nrl icyany t eotvrteayeslts stue,ia nntgvOi,cin trgM o an6n5mye8e w n3 t2,3 ; and AAAAllllfklkaveafalenlrlfh,ooea ism mci,Bilss aae,pr,,D rb eoDaucMaret alacskr,7 :a c7 l78hAo7a s6usi g1ss5 a75d l5im2so tni(en“lPglruooisfsiihlsee ds ”) AAAAnmmmanypovlillfeyoa ittctseceheero-eni:sn tn p naeerrseccyeiiow ffsnbei:tsorc pare emnncficro ineerea adstghe,veite aneomlMtcnousta,le:ir yso ct nJhil,uf ca onb r1eDe 9d le4iic4 sn 1ge37 a 7so3ef , AAsthuJfpenuarntclooeptys,oue c rrm4l 5hMoefa0ronor ormii,so aaicJ:es uy: ls pyltl iCaen4htik6ile8nnad;ge m mywmiadii aticsh arp, eoascsS ioemrmpietasn kl , 5 79; Acetone: in ethanol testing, Allen, Ramon M, Sr: crossmatching Dec 790; regulation of, July 442, triglyceride transfer protein in Sept 589 blood units, April 242, July 438 Nov 702 (letter) treatment of, Jan 14 Acid-base disorders, Dec 776 Allergies: to fibrin glue, March 193; Analyzers, biochips in, July 456 Author guidelines, Jan 63 Acidemia, acidosis distinguished immunoglobulin E testing in Anderson, Mary: on biochip Autoimmune disorders: and HLA from, Dec 778 diagnosis of, Sept 570; to technology, March 185 antigens, Dec 797 Acid-fast bacilli smear, June 408 solvenvdetergent-treated plasma, Anemia: anemia of chronic disease, Autoimmune testing, veterinary, Jan Acidic sodium citrate: in March 153 (letter) July 467, Aug 541; blood 7 homocysteine determination, July Allison-Wolter, Kathy, Aug 552 transfusion for anemia of Autologous blood donation, April 244 473 (“Profiles”) prematurity, April 258; differential Automation: autoverfication of Acidosis, Dec 776 Alloimmunization: maternal to D diagnosis of microcytic, Aug 538; macroscopic urinalysis, Jan 56; Acquired immunodeficiency antigen, April 232 immunoassays in diagnosis of, biochip development, July 456; of syndrome (AIDS): apoptosis and, Alter, Harvey: on SEN-V virus, Nov Nov 730; macrocytic and marrow 2b4l4o,o d2 4s5;c reine ncionrge alnadbo rtaytpoirnige,s , ApJriuln e Dec 793; Pneumocystis carinii 703 failure, Sept 595; pathophysiololgy, 389; for cost containment, May pvailnsreouu semHsou nmiaan wiitmhm,u nSoedpetf i58c3i.e nSceye AAlmzelhreeiaicdmiaennrg ' sAt so,sd oiDsceeicaas tei7,o9 n2 a poofp tBolsoiosd Banks ceplvsiaenliuucdaalto iaofnnee,am tuiJraue,ls y, J4au6nn3d;e l3a9b8o;r aRtBoCry 3Mm4ia6cy;r otb3h6ie0o ;lC ooigunyl ,tm eorAl percliuellg aa2cr6y 9 ; (“toPtraolf iles”), Acridine orange, Dec 803 (AABB): guidelines for handling indices for characterizing, Feb 95. laboratory automation, June 367 Activated clotting time, Aug 507 blood units, July 438; new See also Sickle cell disease Autopsy, Medicare compensation for, Act(iAvPaTtTe)d: paacrttiiavla ttedh rocmlobtotpilnag sttiimne ttiemset Amesrtiacnadanr dCso lolfe,g Aep roifl O2b4s3t etricians Angeinopzlyamset y,g eannogtiyoptee nsasi np-rceodnivcetrotri nfgo r, AviMdiany- bi3o0t2i n, Dec 788 csopemcpiamreend hwainthd,l iAngu g re50q7u;i rements Amea5r6ni7dc aGny neDcioalboegteiss tsA ss(oAcCiOaGt)i,o n Sept AngM(iAaoCrtEce)h,n siM1na8-4rc cohn ve1r8t4 ing enzyme fporr,o cMeadrucrhe s 17f2or;, sOtcatn d6a4r0d ization (3A6D9A ), diagnostic criteria of, June Ani(m“aPlrso:fi leasn”i)m,a lJ anhi s7t2o;l olgaibsto ratory Bacwilelaupso na,n thAraucgi s:5 19a s biological Activated protein C resistance: due to American Society of Clinical testing for, Jan 4; prion diseases Bacteria, myocardial infarction linked Fgaecnteotri c V-tLeesitdinegn fmoru,t aMtairocnh, O1c71t 681; PReagtihsotlroyg iscterst i(fiAcSaCtPi)on:, BAouagr d 51o4f; omfe,d iMcaiyn e3 36. See also Veterinary Bacwtietrhi,o lAopgryi:l 2“3B2o ok Reviews,” Feb Adding value, May 347 Board of Registry statistics of 1998, Anion gap: in acid-base disorders, 135; mycobacteriology, June 408 Adenocarcinoma, esophageal, May Sept 576; Board of Registry vice- Dec 776 Bajet, Ronald V: at NMCSD Core AAddee2mnn9ooo7n ssoiipnnhee os3tp'r5hi'pa-hctyoecsl pihc(a ctAeM P)(A,T P)J:a n in4 8C K- pcBvrhaoeecasmariinddsc etynor fty s Ru(eer“g-vPimersayoti,frl iy lM essawe”rra)cv,gih ec Ae p,1r a7in4Sl;d e p2ct8l 8i;n5i 6c7a;l AAnntnp3he6rrx9oai mxn:y ellilon: c oybviteoirlcoe gxiplcreauelks eswmiaioranf arcoeen,l l sa,Ac uuJgtu en e BalLMnaaeanbgrcoocerthdai taot1Bre6uy1dd,, greDJuteul cne Aemc 7at6k3 78i;o 4nf gn 1e9wp9 7r:o cess for, MB assays, April 273; in cystic Congressional Mini-Laboratory on 518 regulations under, May 346 fibrosis, Jan 50; in neutrophil genetics, May 303; William David Anticoagulants: for veterinary Band neutrophils: on a manual AAddvvaleaanrmndte iclseGlidiAn pg o:bMd eoindaoeiflff iileecaxribt,ao errnyaNs toionvoron yt, i7 c1se1Fe revb(i AcBe1Ns2),5: DeDFloxuoltaracmihnide nara o tbaiircotceunemaspre,tym s,b SeAAerSpuetCgd P ,5 5 606c1J;e ;ur tloiynTf ih4cgo5ae2mtn;ia dosne r AAnnttfhiioefgruem nnatgseta:sol tli honsgguu ymsf caoernsp,t a imMblpaiellrueicktshoy, c, y1tFC9eea9 bn dain1ft0ai9s gte n kit BBaarrd2a ni4uecf4tyfo;oe,d rm iieannnPtg thi:itioa lotlinai,p,ln: OblicJlnatuo b nonoe6der3 ga8ot3b to6air7nay k tiendg , April May 345 discrepancy in medical system and organ transplantation, rulemaking process, March 161 African Americans: absence of U technologist earnings, Sept 605; Dec 796; immunohistochemistry in Barr, Arland L: at NMCSD Core antigen in, Dec 773; Guide to State Licensure and detection of, Dec 787 Laboratory, June 384 Agahr:e moing lmoybcionboapcatetrhiioelso gyin,, FJeubn e9 84 09 CTeercthinfoilcaotgiiosnt so fa Mnedd iOctahle r AAnnttii-nHuuc leaaurt oaannttiibbooddyi,e s,e nzDeycm e7 70 BBaarrtt'osn ehlelmao ghieonbsielna,e ,A uJga n 54210 AIDS. See Acquired Laboratory Personnel, July 440; immunoassay for detection of, Batch testing: in physician office immunodeficiency syndrome Immunohistochemistry June 369 laboratories, Jan 45 Air-1d8r ied FNA biopsy specimens, Jan Q7Lu9i0af;le itfiLimecega itsAilcoanht iiveEevx eaSmmeiemnniatnt airAo,wn ,a rFedDb e c8 7; AAnnttaiinntiuhmcralolesma,br i nJa anndt eif3bi8oc diye ncays,s ayg:e neftoirc BBcelc-(2“k Pmrpaorfnoi tleeCison”us)l,,t erDM:ea cy t h7e39 539C o ulter legacy Alanine amino transferase: and recipient, Oct 630; medical testing for, March 171 Bell, Ann: on the Coulter Counter heparinized plasma, March 152 laboratory science programs Anti-U antibodies: during pregnancy (“Profiles”), May 360 (letter) survey, Oct 652; Medical with mild hemolytic disease of the Bell, Sue: on core laboratories, June Albendazole: presumptive Photography Competition, Oct 647; newborn, Dec 771 395; on cross-training, June 391 administration to immigrants, in negotiated rulemaking process, Anti-Yo autoantibodies, Dec 770 Bernard-Soulier disease, June 398 June 369 Aplastic anemia, Sept 598 LABORATORY MEDICINE VOLUME 30, NUMBER 12 DECEMBER 1999 Best, Michele: on Medicare in the Transformation of America’s Cancer: anti-Yo and anti-Hu Cervical cancer: Congressional compliance, Jan 35; in negotiated Largest Service Industry, May 350; autoantibodies in, Dec 770; hearings on, May 301; rulemaking process, March 161 Marketing in Your Laboratory, 2nd apoptosis and therapy for, Dec lution on, May Bicarbonate: in acid-base disorders, ed, July 484; Molecular 794; esophageal adenocarcinoma, 303;: FDA draft guidance on Dec 776 Bacteriology: Protocols and May 297. See also Breast cancer; electro-optical sensors in detection Bilirubin: in laboratory evaluation of Clinical Applications, Feb 135; Cervical cancer of, Nov 707; new test for human anemias, July 466; measurement Principles of Clinical Laboratory Candida, Candifast kit for papillomavirus, Nov 704; Pap methods for, Nov 712 Utilization and Consultation, Nov identification of, March 199 smear’s effectiveness for Bilirubinometers: transcutaneous, 747; Quality Reengineering in Candifast kit, March 199 detecting, March 157; vaccine Nov 713 Health Care, June 423; Résumés Capillary tubes: bloodborne development for, Nov 704 Billing: complications with, May 347; and Personal Statements for pathogens and breakage of glass, Cervicovaginal smears: rapid BiodciMcnooha umirMpbpcesllhd,ei i acn1Mab5cair7elr,el, c,i h1 n8g JN0 a;o1an 8vn 0t d;h3 e72 1;DM1 feN GudAtAiu craceMh roiedopf is,f, i Jeurl y 7eHG4deu7,ai; ld MtehTa hyteP o r 3oRL4fia9eg;bsh ostriS aoaTnteuasontlrd:sy e, A r Ms2Pe nhddyMi scaiiencndui,eaa ,nl N' os3v orf d C“aCpaMli1pat5ai7baty,oto rilAao 2ptnr9oC:i9rh l ai fteo2,sr3”, 2 p,JJ haayMnnsa i yc14i4 3,a 3 n0F 3e,ob f fJ8iu7cn,e eM a3r6c9h, CChhaaPp5inr3and5ep-o saorcnf,ri- ecceSountlsieatbnoobgudi yn ostf:e,p s rtMosina c eynd eug2ro9et7si ,a SteAeedu ga lso BBiioo42lM56o6e9g;ri icaienlu xmw oelAaePpcIou nl2as0rC, , dACiuaagngd nio5fs1at7si tc s,k itA pril CP1Ul3rni4idn;nie ccriTapslrlt aeanLsnsa fdbauionsnrdiag ot nPo r&ra TychE teivSrcaceali,pue yanA:tc uieng,Cg l i5Fn4ei3bc;a l CarJ6ebu3l2loe,yvx ayt4Nhi4oeo0v,nm oA7go0ufl7 go,h beDi5me0noc1:, g l7Soa6e6nbp dit n f5a6l7s,e Oct CCChhheeerémmudialistaetkmor-aylHk:oii ggnyaags c hilidpa -rbboosacryseansetds o,rrd ioiemsMseoa,r,r d ceJhrJu sun,ne1 e6 1 D3 e38c99 7 compared with, March 199 Common Laboratory Tests, Oct 685 concentration, May 330 776; Array prealbumin reagent Bioterrorism, Aug 517; laboratory Bourquin, Diane M: performing lead Carcinocythemia, June 400f with Synchron CX7 system, Nov preparation for, Sept 568; Senate testing, June 394 Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), 741; ASCP e-mail service for, Sept hearing on, May 303, June 369 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy immunoassays for, Nov 731 567; Bayer Glucometer Encore Biotin: in immunohistochemistry, Dec (BSE), prions as causative agent Cardiac markers: “Book Reviews,” QA+, March 203; and blood 788 for, May 335 Oct 686; in chest pain diagnosis, substitutes, April 249; bulk Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Brain natriuretic peptide: as cardiac April 272; clinical utility of, Oct 668; chemical expiration dates, Apri! Improvement Act, Dec 766 marker, Oct 672 false-positive cardiac troponin | 237; cardiac markers’ clinical Black, Lynn: on cross-training, June Branched-chain DNA testing: for HIV results, Sept 610; immunoassays utility, Oct 668; CK-MB mass and 392 viral load testing, Feb 103 for, Nov 728 activity assays in chest pain Bianchette, Carla: raising money for BRCAT: biochips in screening for, Cardiac troponin I: clinical utility of, evaluation, April 271; in core leukemia research, Feb 83 March 183; hair analysis in Oct 671; faise-positive results, Sept laboratories, June 389; DNA Blanco, Maria M: and JCAHO screening for, July 441 610; immunoassays for, Nov 729 testing in cystic fibrosis, Jan 48; accreditation, May 323 Breast cancer: biochips in screening Cardiac troponinT : as cardiac marker, ethanol intoxication assessment BBBliloooSf5SRpsi2oooi3ean2edeaddb2ff0pv:eyr a,,et ii mn t neabtafye Nw2las5ol n4csog,n8rs2oc, lt 7kvo;hu”o;ie A eo nntpC,!7sarcghhoA 0iny:aeepa1lMd snrrcmg a otinouab2l(lrenslttll 5 ccm raoeo42eht attpo rt8n neioed0eftssorio;g-tr1)fnre aib 8a,u;snr9 apts g;idSirni, iseoookP n,“pnlsn Ag aBt,p ,tud oeJ eiegco5ulAnrAtk 6 eluipi7 ty5rvg;vs 3ie e44ld ,6 3. 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See also Education Chilcoat, Kristy: on balancing work BlopMSdoroeadonpr tatcetd hcio5 ton7ino21v,r;8e s4 ;:sA e tpwqrrbiiauitltio hepc g2mhi4sieei4pscn s ktl o eff o fcorser al,fsl e cJrrtu relaeiytn ,i 4n3g7, BroJrDoueikcansuge,rn roJ3es6ont9hci nec SiSnJe :rt vrioacnn essLp alPbaaonnrteaeltd,o rlNyuo nvga sn,7d 0 7 CCaarrJmunueaaennhteaai ,nn 3,g9 ,C2a A rmAopylr: i lC :o 2na2 t4 c AroMsSs- trmaaitnriinxg , Chiatmlrndeirdatle hnfm:ea emmniofliigynnl,gg oeorAbcsuiotgnicc eckm5as2il 4 af o Cr, i cnS,o enMpjtau yg5 a6t39e1;1 ; Blood gases: in acid-base disorder Broth: in mycobacteriology, June 409 Caspases, Dec 792 vaccine for toddlers, Jan 14. 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ASperielT r2a4n8s fusion Brucella melitensis: as biological Cat-scratch disease, Jan 21 March 183 BBolcomvkoee,dtd eiJrtcaiyinypna irenLy :g, : i nJ aanunet goomtaitaitnegd, rAuprlielm a2k4i4n;g BruwmMnueydlatctploiaobdnnard,uc, gt -eArGruerigsoiu sm5Ht 1aa9rnt ltu ebme:rc uolno sis, Sept CCCCDDR44cS To5mc opglulenynetmem:p, eh novAitcpriyranlti lge ls,o2, a6 d4F Deetbec s 1t70i92n 3g as CChhroimuusnitdicith,rsr o,y sO,Acr poarpnUiiolmc ni :g2 :4u9 rp iecnrhalfeycoskriimsni,g n gJ balno o5d9 epvroacleu6sa5st8,i ngM arncehw l16a3b;o roant orsyta ttiessttisc,s in Bry5Ja8an3nt, 1B5e verly: on California AB 695, CellMa ratcyiof uanc3tt2eu5ra,ls ,S teepsstpt urr5ei6so0uu lst( sle atnrteedrl )a ted to, CChhrrhooummmaoatnsin,o, m eDsDeec,c 7s76e951q uencing of first Boggio, Paul R: on fresh-fixed FNA Budd, Sheila: donor phiebotomy on a Cell hemoglobin distribution width, Chronic granulomatous disease, Feb biopsy specimens, Jan 18 greyhound, Jan 37 540 126 Bone markers, immunoassays for, Budenhoizer, Brian: on evaluating Cell-mediated immunity: in infants, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Nov 730 laboratory tests, Oct 660 April 259 Committee, June 369 BB“ooBnnoppMCHneorriaeo koosrlm ddtkm,mouue aRerccrreGyttrsrve ii,cionooo eewennflw,O:,, lcs Met”eJ,J r:dMu ue 6ilald8Acy yyB6ui l;bgn4 4o3l6e 8oo3C33 do5l9;;:id5a n 2nriC adcceanea( tr il“ild PcE irupaolifcoci c lyetse” ) BBBBuuuulllrlA4Akik,pp5 em rr2,iciBi ahlrl ie am22Mnni33 e:cD72r a evolosnssm ,aoT :nh edoxa:pmni adrs oa ntt irDoyeunpvt tacoldhpuaehatraet,sni n,Jg ou fl,y CCCeeernnttPNStGtitorhreufateriritiivfosicdfeusua eintgtg aitfiihbcoiont lsrnoog e : n:t Do:S hift DiA hsaxiSce1toosCh9aetew9 asrPa 8oenL s,p Rgie iBcBesCcSoesC o ean nspLrgst iteidurs nl trmo s,5elo,N o7 avfS6 tJa;eeaRiu pnn eloAtddgyn S ia5Cs!46t P73r6 y ClicncAtaSsiypeteomctpaspmaelonttlpnidt iecaedm5Latrco6matde7nhbies;nynoo,n c onr Atyl aoSOos tnfcgC,o ott yrrPe o yM scf6 tae 3pCiryi31noet;9gm nri ,8pgfs3 8cirr0o c—2eona:(sv te CsieL ooimInnoeA e n3 n9ar“t3eld8;v 8 i)s: ed, laboratory tests, Oct 657; on Certification of Medicai testing regulation, March 203; on Burzoirkd,e rCiantgh elraibnoer:a toonr y netews tst,e stN ofvo r 725 LTaebcohrnaoltoogriys tPse rasnodnn eOlt,h eJru ly 440; ectahtaengoolri ztiensgt intge,s tsS epuntd e5r9,3 ; JuFlDyA 440; hepatitis C, Aug 499 ASCP process for, Aug 514; General Accounting Officee s tudy Busch, Michael: on new test for California legislation for of, Oct 632; immu Facilities, Sept 615; Essentials of hepatitis C, Aug 499 phlebotomy, Nov 707; Castieberry requirements of, ‘Dec 789; on I hi logy, Jan 61; HIV Butterfly needles, April 225 (letter) and ASCP Board of Registry, April proficiency testing, May 318; Protocols, Sept 615; An 288; as essential, Feb 82 (letter); regulations for new test Introduction to Clinical Laboratory C Florida accepts ASCP certification implementation, Oct 660 examinations, Sept 566; hiring Clinical microscopy: autoverification California: licensure legislation, Jan certified technologists, Aug 503; of macroscopic urinalysis, Jan 56; Personnel, Jan 61; Market-Driven 15; Papanicolaou test bill, Nov 706; and licensure in cytotechnology, for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Health Care: Who Wins, Who Loses Oct 633 detection, June 408; reticulocyte counts, May 342 mo&SPe nrrovdiiuccet ss DECEMBER 1999 VOLUME 30, NUMBER 12 LABORATORY MEDICINE “Clinical Pathology Rounds”: anti-U “Continuing Education Update” Cryoprecipitate-poor piasma: in Differential leukocyte count: suspect antibodies during pregnancy with series: anemias, July 463, Aug 538, thrombotic thrombocytopenic flags and regional flags in Coulter mild hemolytic disease of the Sept 595; chemistry, July 468, Aug purpura treatment, April 277 STKS, Oct 675 newborn, Dec 771; hemoglobin 530, Sept 587, Oct 668; Cryoproteins, blood smears affected Diff-Quik, Jan 18f, May 294 (letter), SC diagnosis, Feb 98; heparin- immunology, Nov 728, Dec 787; by, May 328 Aug 497 (letter) laboratory economics, Jan 41; Culling: of RBCs, July 465 tihnrdoumcbeods itsh,r oOmcbto c6y4t2;o pheenriead itaanrdy mJiucnreo b4i0o8l;o grye,g ulAaprtiilo n2s6 3a, ndM ay 335, Cul4t0ur9e s: in mycobacteriology, June Diraencatl-yascicse sosf , tJeustnien g,3 71s tate-by-state pyropoikilocytosis, Jan 26; low accreditation, Oct 663, Nov 732, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Direct amplification tests: for level of hemoglobin S in a white Dec 782; spurious and artifactual codes: biochip-specific codes, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, woman, Sept 572; persistent test results, May 325, June 397; March 186; in Medicare billing, June 411 polycional B-cell lymphocytosis, transfusion medicine, Feb 113, Nov 711 Direct antiglobulin test: and blood Aug 510; spontaneous March 189, April 254; veterinary Cyanosis: and methemoglobinemia, substitutes, April 249 myonecrosis secondary to medicine, Jan 36, Feb 109, March May 311 Direct fluorescent antibody assay: tColxoisct rmiedtiuhme msoegpitoibcuimn,e mJiual y i4n4 4a; 2- Coo19m4b s test: for animals, Jan 37, CCyysctlaotshpioornai neca y§e-tsaynnetnhsaisse,: Sienp t 580 for animals, Jan 38 Dirofilaria immitis, Jan 39 year-old child, May 311 March 194 homocysteine metabolism, July Clinical supply analyst (“Profiles”), Core laboratories, June 389; 468 DNA: in biochips, March 157, 180; in Sept 624 formation of, June 364; as Cystatin C assays, Feb 85 cystic fibrosis, Jan 48; Clostridium botulinum: as biological mediocre, Sept 559 (letter); at Cystic fibrosis, DNA testing for, Jan neutrophils as damaging, Feb Clowsetarpiodniu,m Apuegr fr5i1n9g ens, July 445 JNauvnael 3M84e;d iacsa ls ouClelnetsesr, SFaenb D8i2e go, Cys4t8i c fibrosis transmembrane o12r7g;a nsiesqmuse,n cAipnrgil f2o7r0 identifying CColao4mgs4yut4olr naietdiicournmo: s isseac pttsiievcacutomen,d d ascrplyoo tntttioan,g n Jeutoliuyms e , CCoorrag(ooluuennittaatdoerrimryyn)a;g t ihaiotrenntah er,terot ryt aa Jdplud iyins lseeaefa boasro3se,re6, a,7 Mt aonbrruicyco hlce hai1rp8 s4 for CCyyst4c(tlo8oe,ocnt sthdMearurar)ocr ctmcoaehmn acc e1,8 p3Dh reyeclg lu7ol9da4et sor, gJeanne ,9 Jan DDDooolhcsalupneme, e cnbiDtomodaenitnenissao, :n :fMo oran o ysf h Piln3pa0ep8bufiom,nr oga,cJt yournsOyetc ti s3 69675 Aug 507; factitious coagulopathy, magnetic resonance for detecting, Cytokines: in anemia of chronic carinii identification, Sept 584 June 398; genetic tests for April 231 inflammation, Aug 541; in red Dolan, William David, Jr: obituary, diagnosing disorders, March 169; Corrected reticulocyte count, July 464 blood cell production, July 463 Aug 501 molecular testing for Factor V- Cost containment: autoverfication of Cytology: apoptosis, Dec 791; sample Double billing: and Medicare Leiden mutation, Oct 681 macroscopic urinalysis, Jan 56; matrix in veterinary specimens, compliance, Jan 32 Coagulation tests: specimen and core laboratories, June 389; Feb 110. See also Cytotechnology; Downsizing: in Board of Registry hArecastnuidlvltaistn egid n ,f opJrau,r ntiMeaa lr 4c0th3h. r o1Sm7e2be;o psalplasusort iionu s caecovtsaitlv-uieatfytf ienacgst siavneye s,wC KAl-parMbiBol r a2mt7ao1sr; ys int aenstds , CytFAoplmroiewlg ac2l4yo6tv;oi mrteurtsar:ny s fiuns ibolno-oadc qsuuiprpeldy , in w3197a08g;;e aitna ncNdoa rveav la lcaaMbneocdryia tcoasrlui revsCe,ey n,t JeurMn aer Scahn time aOncdt, 66J0u;n eg en38e1r;a lipsotisn’t -oafd-acpatraeb iltietsyt s Cytiontfeancthsn,o lAoprgiyl: 25in9 Board of Registry Diego Core Laboratory, June 386; Coats, laboratory: wearing during in critical care testing, Sept 601; wage and vacancy survey, March volunteering as response to, Jan Cobbarleaakmsi,n NoCv d i7s1e0a se, July 471 Cosstt rdaettegeiremsi nafotri,o nM:a y fo3r 46p hysician r1a7t4e; alnicde nPsaurpe sfmoera, rOsc,t M6a33y; 3v0a1c ancy Dru7g (lretetseirs)t ance: of human Codman Award (“Profiles”), Dec 828 office laboratories, Jan 42 immunodeficiency viruses, Dec CCoollhldee cmatagitgoolnlu toitgnuibicen ss,:r estauhnlidtxs o,tf raMlospaeiy c 3g2e8lfs in, CCoouul(lt“tPeerrro, f iPWlraeilsnl”c)ai pclee : H,t hMe aCyo ul3t6e0r legacy D antigen: in fetal-maternal 7t6u4b;e rcofu loMsyicso,b aJcutneer i4u11m, Sept 582; ColJluelgye 4o7f6 American Pathologists Cou(l“tPerro fiSlTeKs”S):, sMuasype c3t5 8 flags and Davhise,m oGrrrahhaagme: qouna ntbiitoacthiiopn , May 307 oSfe nPantee umhoecayrsintgi s onc,a riMnaiiy, S30e3p t 584; e(xCpAPi)r:a tioonn bdualtke sc,h eAmpiricla l2 37; and Cowrdeegino,n alD ofnlnagas Bo:n atnhde , JOCcAt H6O7 5 DeCthercihsntoolpohgeyr,, JuPhliyl l4ip6 0J : on a safer Druigdse,n titfhyeirnagp eunteiwc,: Mbairocchhi p1s8 2f,o rJ uly prreotifciuclioecnyctye tperstoifnigc,i enMcayy- te3s1t6i;n g C-raecaccrteidviet atpirootne,i nM: aays 3c2a3r diac marker, Decbolnotoadm isnuaptpilyo,n :A proifl pr2i4o3n s, May 337 4J6u0l;y s43t9r ucture-based drug design, CCCooolllsSigoomunelnnrfepu,yvetc re-c o-ytsLs5,Hiute8 oiai u0smmMs tuo ae4los:yaat d ,gt o,ei3n nJn4 tug2J nn aoeinfn daeiec3 nnt6tvAo8i:ra f sioic(navC tSeiF o)n:b, l oaos d CreOc6c(pma1caaaCta0tnriKis;n dc-ns ie6eM ari7 Bec 2mv)a k,a:nmti l mdrnuuNa eanaaosarsatoetvkc i,amt eoc eisrna7vnMss,r2it d tB9a,yi;y Aa apsncJiaard uissn,llsdo mf yao aeO r2yrncc,47sk zot13 el Ny;9ro oim6 ,rnv6en e 8 eccS thw7oeae2 fpls8 t t; 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Oschti pp6i6n3g of laboratory specimens, in infants, April 258 plasma-derived products in Developing countries: reagents and E Competency testing: and transmission of, March 193; as supplies lacking in, Sept 559 Ebola virus: as biological weapon, accreditation, May 322; in core Critpirciaol n cadries eatsees,ti nMg,a yc os3t3-5e ffective, (inl,e ttJeur)n;e r3e6a6g en(tle ttterra),n sApourgt 4p9r7o blems Aug 519 Comlpaebtoirtaitoonr:i es,c opJiunnge m39e3c hanisms hSeipgth -6p0e1r formance approach to, (mleedttiecr)a;l volalbuonrtaeteorr ye sitna b(l“iPsrhoefisl es”), “EdFiatomriilayl ”:— W“hBearlea’nsc itnhge WPorrokc edaunrde ?” for, May 344 Critical pathways, Aug 504 June 432 Aug 496; “Biochips, Microarrays, Complete blood count (CBC): Cross-contamination: in moiecular DeWitt, Sheila: on biochip and Jules,” March 148; “Blood changing physician test-ordering diagnostics, April 267; from technology, July 458 Gas Analysis in 1964,” Dec 760; behavior, Nov 724; suspect flags scissors, Jan 10 (letter), March 152 Dextrans: as blood extender, April “Cat ‘Knapp’” Jan 4; “The Core and regional flags in Coulter (letter) 247 Laboratory: Not a Simple Matter,” STKS, Oct 675 Crossmatching: automating, April Diabetes: autoantibodies to glutamic June 364; “Crossing Over Into All Compressed workweek, Aug 527 244; for organ transplantation, Dec acid and 1A-2 linked to, April 232; Laboratories,” Sept 556; “HIV Viral Computer-adaptive tests, Aug 514 800; veterinary, Jan 36 becoming a diabetes educator, Load,” Feb 76; “Mending Holes in CCoonmtALnpepa,srub titoilerRn rega2,xst3 ::o2 Ar, p yircn 2i o3lnim8 en.p2g fu8ootS8tr;eeim reaaY -tt2aeaiKdldo sa nop p rtrusiolyvbeslemte aemkm,is n g CrogdcRMseoeesanrg-creeitrcr srehatalal riasiynb1se io7tsnr8ws ga;,a:t ig onfJer oaiupr de nevascre,naos dnpo3 tniJ8nnauv1eggn;al eec,s aiw n ni3 tcF6oBhye4fo ,b a rs31ud92r 01v;;oe fya ,itn DiaSsdpbiecleapratgtesen emson5 asi6 min8e,sggl lluDiofcefot,rouc, ss J,eF7u 6enh1blee e pv(8ae3l5tle6;ist9 tt ifearsasn s)dt;Ci nevgai rrlusy as tALT“ephaNsrebtei o,lwB”r la2oOtT2oceo0stdr;t y,T 6“2rNIW8aame;ntpe siekf“or,uPnf”srae iolcAo gtpnr rM eTieselSdss ait 2f,c5 eaa1tnlB;yde s tN et,” process, March 162 Naval Medical Center San Diego risk for, Aug 499 Then Some, May 292; “Reducing CCoonnN3ns4oeo6vcl t iid7ca0ut6ti :o n Paopfa lnaibcoorlaatoorui este,s t Mbaiyll s, CCrryyCroooepgrrqleeuo cibirLupealibmitoeanrnteatemt:sio ar,yifno, r ,fM iJaAburyunig ne 3g253l808uf35e ; , sMtaafrfc h DD“iiDeiaJtamuaginrnnyeoo sbft3eai6tnc:9z iaSdnpiden cebi,rm eeaDnsestc , ”c 7a8nO7cc etr 6r6i7s k, TCGeoosnottd i?Unt"ui ilinNzgoa vti Eodn7:u0 0c;aM toi“roUenp dHaUatperd mat oenTs h,a”n Contamination control: in molecular 192 Dietary fiber: and colorectal cancer, July 436 diagnostics, April 267 March 157 816 LABORATORY MEDICINE VOLUME 30, NUMBER 12 DECEMBER 1999 Education: ASCP scholarships for Ethanol: impairment of functions by, Fluorescent antibody staining: in Gloves: for handling blood units, 1998/1999, June 374; costs and Nov 701 (letter); intoxication acid-fast bacilli smear, June 408; July 437 benefits of clinical, Nov 714; assessment and regulatory issues, for Pneumocystis carinii Glucose, noninvasive test for, June Thomas Dutcher remembered, Sept 587; testing for blood, Aug identification, Sept 584 July 452; Laboratory Medicine as 530 Folate: anemias and deficiency of, Glucose meters: Bayer Glucometer teaching tool, July 437; licensure Ethics: of genetic testing, March 186; Sept 595, Nov 730; falsely and continuing education, Oct 634; National Bioethics Advisory abnormal levels of, June 402; in Encore QA+, March 203; in Medicare compliance, Jan 31; Commission report, Dec 766 homocysteine metabolism, July continuous glucose-monitoring 1998 annual survey of medical Ethidium bromide staining, June 419 468 systems, May 303; Emancipator’s laboratory science programs, Oct Ethiopia, volunteer establishes Food and Drug Administration (FDA): testimony on continuous glucose 652; in packaging and shipping of medical laboratory in (“Profiles”), blood bank oversight, April 243; monitoring, Oct 632 laboratory specimens, Oct 667; June 432 categorization of CLIA tests, July Glucose-6-phosphate quality teaching and health care Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid 440; draft guidance on electro- dehydrogenase (G6PD): spurious reform, Aug 502. See also (EDTA): in homocysteine optical sensors in cervical cancer test results for, June 403 “Continuing Education Update” determination, July 473; spurious detection, Nov 707; final rule on Glycogen phosphorylase isoenzyme series; Cross-training test results due to, May 329 enalyte-specific reagents, July BB: as cardiac marker, Oct 672 Electrophoresis: for cardiac marker Evidence-based medicine: and 442; on home-use HIV tests, Aug Godwin, Ira: on Negotiated aShFneCeab ml oydsi1gi3sls1eo,;ab sipeOno c ltd yiva6aa7cgr1rni;yoa nslftiao smr,ie vdhaeFel emuboag etgli1l,0oo 1nb;J, ui fnnoe r EvieOtdecvestant tlsi,u6 aa6lt0N ;io nbvgor ne 7an2toe3hrw d etrelsiatnbigon rga ltadoberovyri actteesos,rt ys , 5rrr0eee0gpg;uou lrlataittini inovognin t,sr a,on DdedF icera bge 7nc88oo27sr;;t dirkpceer geoudppleioavnstigoec rdey GogR1g6ul2le,es m:Da ekcfi onr7 g6h 8a Cndolmimnigt tebel,oo dM aurnciths , 419 Sept 589 environment created by, May 346 July 437 Elliptocytosis: hereditary, Jan 26 Exogenous recombinant Food-borne pathogens (“Profiles”), Graft-vs-host disease: and HLA Emancipator, Kenneth: continuous erythropoietin therapy, April 258 Oct 696 antigens, Dec 798; transfusion- glucose monitoring testimony, Oct Formalin-tixed tissues, acquired, April 259 632 immunohistochemistry applied to, Gram’s stain: of Clostridium Embangweni (Malawi) Hospital F Dec 787 septicum, July 444f; recognizing Laboratory, June 366 (letter), Aug F-actin: in neutrophil migration, Feb Fortina, Paolo: on biochip trichomonads in Gram-stained EEEmmmbeb4cearer9rvnry7agdyt ol eoiugf(n aaleiccetcnlttyaiiateto vebsirinoo)itd rn ysea it,pnoapa ,rs rriADsotepaemgsryceir,s ln a t7mm,92i o1n7 d1fc CoehrKl,e -sOtMc Btp a6im3na2 s s FFFFaaaacccltt3t1tse0io2oes1tr5r-t i nioVenXuI-ggsiLal :et fciioiovdrn,ae e gsfnOi:u bc lrtmoi iunpn t6 aa8gtPt1lha iuypoe, n, ,s mMJeaumarnorcelsh e, c 3u91lM88a a9r y FFFForrraseat(wcens“ete c PciiaerAhospor/nnefoySaloitn llllh ,aoser sagoo”lytxcA)e,u,yysu l thgaeMerrO eamce5nrtpops1 crgri9eh6ols s 9:toe 6obn1 pait8osn5a r t,pbi hivyoeMlr aoigyni, c a3l1 4 GGGrrriaaspSnyyemens repet,atpo ulr namsP5etao,7e,u nl9 le i:DTt ae hoecosn my 8anao0sdnr3:rdd oemraoeitnn,h ge rCoJhlsulacnablemoe yrraod3ts9ioi8ars y, Employees: balancing work and Farkas, Daniel: on biochip Aug 539 tests, Nov 724 family, Aug 522; in competitive technology, March 186 Free thyroxine index (FT4), Grody, Wayne: in biochip genotyping environment, May 347; improving Fas ligands, Dec 792 immunoassays for, Nov 730 study, March 184 the laboratory environment, June Fas receptor proteins, Dec 792 Fresh-fixed FNA biopsy specimens, Grossholtz, Kristen: performing 383. See also Morale Fasting blood sugar test: for early Jan 18 chromogenic antithrombin Ili EEEnnmccpJCaeaeeeouugnppnnetwchhtneoeeaaet aplrrl nho3m otafm8peoSily4arnaboe ttnoplbh dia:oytyt Dv:i hii syaenit,,negp , or Ni aaDMsonveCpantacoosyil r n- egH7a 3uM7is3 0 efL5 daco;iba rcoumars laat toirvye, “Fe4soe7AOa57cvrcut66rtadug;; eler ure6eb5cain5s2atnh6i”2l;igna:; an g n ng gHba cbIiefciiVnohnoin rgacedg v vh-w diiib rpiopwaaahrslolsby,, arees bl ktiooM eNcdarsaoiiada,ravsn t nco dot rhF re7d esyt2feebt 2ars1i ;mts8tn -i8e,0g ls5, ,ty s,DJ, Fe ueclb y FFFFuruueennttSlMgscr ehiahtep.r-ricat efooctl rnmhlSmoas5 bee:zl9oen e 01t cni8 ,gyn M2 et ypenoActloppoharmelaisinlnomc ioagslc:2y, 7 6tip ebnus irttopichnuhrgrio apm dsbe ovtiinic,ce s , Haeat(lsmreseotaatpyeth,rm) ie lOnuctts f6ai5in6lf ulruee nwziateh,, Apperniicli l2l2i7n “shotgun” approach to testing for, 102; infectious agents, Sept 578; Haemophilus influenza type b, April 269. See also Creutzfeldt- Medicare compliance, Jan 30; vaccination against, Feb 85 EEEnnndgdJsoeoactlnkrhguoeeacelbulin ,eai dalni sgMse icesceafl,hosl arse e, D dlei JacuMb l:ey7t 9eo41sn7 , 1 eFaerlby 85 FFeeddtpeerrrraoaanfllis cfTRiueresganiicdosyent eCrtt,oeh smetrOmiacniptgsy, s, 6 i6MoA4apn yr i l(3 F12T64C;2) : on GGGaa ii(ns“ebPsor,oc fki Bleesvsye”n)r ldyr omReo,b inJsuonne, 4J0u1n e 432 HHaaincrtd aehncacehnelanrldo y lsosidgcseyr,v e iecAinepni,rs ni:glM ,a b2ri3cJo5huc;l h yif 1po8 4r74 ;0b riena sbtl ood Enologist (“Profiles”), Nov 756 home-use HIV tests, Aug 500 Gallahue, KieranT: on biochip banking, Apri! 244 Enzyme immunoassay (EIA): for Fee-for-service payment: for technology, July 460 Hansen, Eileen: on balancing work Janutnien uc36l9e;a r foar ntbilbooodd y scdreeteecntiinogn,, 4p3h ysician office laboratories, Jan GGaAr r,M oSduief:i ero,n Ncorvos s7-1t1r aining, June Hawaanidi: facmyitloyl,o gAyu gs c5r2e6e ning study, April 245; for homocysteine Feline infectious peritonitis, Jan 40 391 Nov 708; laboratory personnel! bill, analysis, July 472; for FFeerrrneirnog, tDeesnt,n iJsu:l yo n4 51i nfectious Gast escthirngo,m aSteopgtr a5p8h7y : for ethanol Sept 566 Mycobacterium species, June 415 HCPCS system, Nov 711 Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay diseases, Sept 578 Gastroesophageal reflux: and Health Care Financing Enzd(5ye8Emt7L;eIe ScsAti:)in :o nlf,aof broe rSl eeitHpnhetgal ni5oec8lxo2 pb eatcretistemiren ngt,p syl,So erpiDt e c FFeertrJaaiuntllie-nymm: a i4ta6ie7 nr, ndeaivNlaao glvnu hoaest7imi3s0oo,;nr riAhonuaf ggmai enc,5er 3mo9ic yatsi,c Gate2ts9esc7soh tpai,hm aognReyoa,sl e MaaMadyre ine3o:0c 1a Pracpi nsommeaa,r May Ascdyomsmtipenlmii,sa tnrcNaeot,vi oJn7a 1n1; ( H3CM0F;eA d)Mi:ec daiHrceCa PrCeS 788 quantitation of, May 307 Gaucher cells, June 397 payment policy proposal, Oct 632; Epitopes, Dec 801 Fibrin glue, March 189 Gender discrepancy: in medical negotiated rulemaking committee Epogen, July 464 Fibrinogen: in fibrin glue, March 189 technologist earnings, Sept 605 for laboratory policies, March 162, Erythrocytes: hereditary Fine-needle aspiration (FNA): fresh- Gene expression, semiquantitation Dec 767; and proficiency testing, pyropoikilocytosis, Jan 26; indices fixed vs air-dried specimens for, of, June 419 May 317; prospective payment of, Feb 95; in macrocytic and Jan 18, May 294 (letter), Aug 497 Generalists: advantages of being, system for blood banking Jmamtrsurenpoaltaduvryin rir csidnouf4oelg7wuuso6s stc;i yr tfotuhatnpecier h sltoytuiicu rsnooge irn uheio ns naltufonoltiafegthn,nms ytig,sJi x, ,uao oltsMfyrMA,a po apyrp4yrii6 Slo c3e 3d ;p33 u2t30g5c9 e;4tl; 5;is 9 f,o5o nr; 5FFFF1llil0eoon(xrr((glik e“eed)sPrtta ,rsti: oetmp frTie)aiecA,;lrkr SeasespAC:ds”r uPai)o g,g fp m oRcor,,F5e s er2cJetb7hDuid ielf liy1cdc 4 cral34et7i 9nin8,2io3 cn S(f“eoPprr to f5il6e9s ”) GGGeeennnJJoFeeenuuett, nbnii eecctJ h1ue333litr28y9ena 1 s0fp;t o4y ir4:nim0 gna : ft coiorfor onres, i cclkoaMlabeog onurctlaealtalotn riadio ienss l,ea aws e, HHHeeeaaaepPllrrnrttotevhhpv wioeroCPsnoraartnmrloime,f o eendsnW SistoesAir pecokttanc,e ssr ree 5,J 6a uN7tNl;eeJey tda ew rnd4oe l4brgey30ku,s9 l, t a iMtcaOokycr ty 364361 viability extension for, March 157 examinations accepted by, Sept disorder diagnosis, March 169; for Heavy metal poisoning: of Andrew Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), 566; licensure legislation, Jan 16 cystic fibrosis carriers, Jan 50; and Jackson, Sept 563 falsely low, June 403 Flow cytometry: the Coulter Principle Human Genome Project, March Heel punctures: for children, Sept Erythropoiesis, July 463; globin in (“Profiles”), May 358; for fetal- 183 569 genes in, Feb 129 maternal hemorrhage quantitation, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Hehi, Jean L: preparing to examine a Erystthirmouploainett,i n:A praisl b24l7o;o de-nfdoromgienngo us Mdiasyo rd3e0r7 ; dfioarg nloysmipsh,o pDreocl if78e9r;a tfiovre Giedmisseaa ses,t aiMnainyg : 33f6or Pneumocystis Heisllimdeey, erF ebc la9s0s ification, May 339 cien lli npfarnotdsu,c tAiporni,l 2J5u8l;y i4n6 3r;e d blood pleyrmspihsotceyntt ospiosl,y clAoungal 51B2-;c elflo r Gincoacrcinhiiio ,i deCnhtriifsitciantei:o n,o n SeHpItV 5vi8r4a l Held, Marilyn: on Medicare trreteiactumleoncty ter ecsopuonnts e,f orM maoyn i3t3o9r ing treetcihcnuolloocgyitcea lc opurnotginrge,s s Miany, M3a4y1; 292 Glolboaald cteersetbinrga,l Fiesbc he1m0i3a , July 439 Helciocmopblaicatnecre ,p ylJoarin, 3S1e pt 581 Esophagus, gastroesophageal! reflux Fluorescence polarization Globin: in hemoglobin, Feb 129 Hematocrit: and blood substitutes, and adenocarcinoma of, May 297 immunoassay (FPIA): for Glomerular filtration rate, May 297 April 249; false measurements of, homocysteine analysis, July 472 May 330, Sept 560 (letter) 5SS&P]ee rrco vtdiiucocents s DECEMBER 1999 VOLUME 30, NUMBER 12 LABORATORY MEDICINE Hematology: and blood substitutes, Hepatitis C virus: and blood safety, Hyperbilirubinemia: and hemolytic Influenza: annual vaccination of April 249; “Book Reviews,” Aug April 245; and diabetes mellitus, disease of the newborn, Dec 772; health care workers, June 369; low 543; cell counter-relatec Aug 499; new tests for, Aug 499 risk factors for, Nov 712 incidence of as of January 9, 1999, abnormalities, May 325, Sept 560 Heterocyclic amines, breast cancer inemia, July 468 March 157 (letter); in core laboratories, June associated with, Feb 85 Hyperinsulinemia, June 369 Influenza viruses, space-based 389; the Coulter legacy (“Profiles”), Heterophilic antibodies, false-positive Hyperkaiemia, spurious, June 401 research on, July 439 May 360; molecular testing for cardiac marker results caused by, Hyperlipidemia: and false elevation Information management: and Factor V-Leiden mutation, Oct 681; Sept 610, Nov 729 of hemoglobin concentration, May Medicare compliance, Jan 32 neutrophils as fighting infectious High-density lipoprotein (HDL): 330 Informed consent: for H!V antibody disease but promoting other immunoassays for, Nov 730; Hyperphosphatemia, June 402 testing, Feb 94 pathologies, Feb 123; new urea- nuclear magnetic resonance for Hyperventilation, Dec 778 based fresh blood reagent, May analyzing, April 231 Hypochromia, Aug 538 Infertarheadn ols petecsttriongp,h oSteopmte t5r8y9: for 297; reticulocyte counting, May High performance liquid Hypoglycemia, spurious, June 401 Ingle, Kimberly A: and JCAHO 339; sample matrix in veterinary chromatography (HPLC): for Hypokalemia, spurious, June 402 specimens, Feb 109; spurious test hemoglobin variant analysis, Feb Hypoproliferative anemia, July 465 accreditation, May 323 raSenTsdKu Sl,trs e gOiicnot,n aJ6lu7 n5f;el asg4ys0n 3t;o hne ssutishspe e coCfto ulftlearg s HigJ1hu3-l2r;yi skf4o 7r2s pheocmiomceynsst,e iOncet 6an6a5l ysis, HHyyppdooitaxhgeynmorisoaii,sd ,i sJSmue:np et a 4n50d91 8 anemia I“Innh FeeMrbey n t8 O7p rienaisoonn”a: bliemnpersosv inaugt hotrhiet y, normal and sickle hemoglobins, Hilborne, Lee: on Current Procedural Hypoxia: with anemia, July 465 laboratory environment, June 383; Feb 129; technological progress in, Terminology Editorial Panel, Oct opportunities emerging for May 292; veterinary samples, 632 medical technologists, March 158; March 197 Histocompatibility testing: in organ quality teaching and health care Hematopoiesis: and anemia, July 463 transplantation, Dec 796 idaho: State Cancer Registry change, reform, Aug 502; teamwork in Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) Histology: animal histologist Nov 708 turbulent times, Feb 91 staining, Dec 788 (“Profiles”), Jan 72; in Board of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura Insomnia: fatal familial, May 336 Hemochromatosis, new diagnostic Registry wage and vacancy survey, (ITP), spleen section from patient Instrumentation: AB Biodisk E-test, test for, Oct 639 March 174 with, July 464f March 199; biochips in analyzers, Hemoconcentration, April 245 Histotechnology: Sociedad Latino Illinois: mammogram license plate July 456; Candifast kit, March 199; Hemodilution, acute normovolemic, Americana de Histotechnologia proposal, Nov 708 Coulter STKS, Oct 675; Y2K April 245 (“Profiles”), July 492 Image analysis: for quantification of problem, April 238. See also Hemoglobin: in anemia, July 463; as HIV. See Human immunodeficiency RT-PCR products, June 419 Assays; Glucose meters; Reagent blood substitute, April 248; false viruses Immature reticulocyte fraction, May systems measurements of, May 330, Sept HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, 339 Insulin-like growth factor |, July 464 560 (letter); low levels in patients mutations of, Feb 85 Immunoassay: for cardiac marker Interendothelial slits, Juiy 465 8m5e tahnedm ooglldeorb,i nJ,u ly M4a3y9 ; 312; in HHoLdAg-kDiRn7 dhiaspealsoet,y pet,i ssAuue g fr5o1m1 patients tanraolpyosniisn, |O catna l6y7s1i;s ,f orS ecpatr d6i1a0c; in the intfearmlieluyk,i n De1c- f-7c9o2n verting enzyme premature neonates, April 258; with, July 449f clinical chemistry laboratory, Nov interleukin-6, expression of, June 419 special forms of, April 250; Hoffmann, Ernesto O: and Flores 728. See also Enzyme Interleukin-13, allergic asthma s1y29n.t heSseies aolfs o noSircmkalle caenlld dsiisceklaes,e Feb Hol(l“iPnrgoefri,l esB”l)a,i neJ:u loyn 49n2u cleic acid pemntencie enec o y: with antigen Intserynmaptitoonmals Aiirn dTurcaends pobryt, April 232 testing of whole blood, June 369 cotovel pretreatment, Aug 499 “Home brew” tests: analyte-specific Immunodeficiency diseases: in Association (IATA), Oct 664 synthesis, Feb 129; and sickle ceil reagents in, July 442, Dec 790; and animals, Jan 38. See also Acquired International Civil Aviation Hemtroaigtl, oSbeipnt 5C7 3d isease, Feb 99, 129 Hombieo chhiepa ltthe chcnaroel:o gHyI,V Jtuelsyt in4g6,0 May Immiumnmoug lobulin assayss:y ndforro manei mals, IntOerrgnaatniioznaatli oCnl as(sIiCfAiOc)a,t iOocnt o6f6 4 Hemoglobin F: in fetal-maternal 295, Aug 500 Jan 38 Diseases, 9th revision (ICD-9) hemorrhage quantitation, May Homocysteine: adult vs children’s Immunoglobulin E testing: in codes: and Medicare compliance, 307; in hemoglobin development, levels of, June 369; as cardiac diagnosis of allergic diseases, Sept Jan 32 Feb 129; and sickle cell trait, Sept marker, Nov 729; and folate and 570 internet Resources, Feb 133, March 573 vitamin By2 deficiencies, Sept 597; immunohematology: “Book 179, April 239, May 298, July 441, Hemoglobin H, Aug 540 folic acid in lowering levels of, July Reviews,” Jan 61; veterinary, Jan Aug 502, Sept 616, Oct 688, Nov Hemoglobinopathies: cause of, Feb 439; hyperhomocysteinemia, July 36 748, Dec 785 129; laboratory evaluation of, July 468 Immunohistochemistry, Dec 783; Intoxication: with ethanol, Aug 532 466 Homocysteine thiolactone, July 472 multitissue control blocks for, July Intraerythrocytic potassium: in Hemoglobin S: false test results for, Hospital laboratories: changes in 448 veterinary specimens, Feb 110 June 404; low levels in a white laboratory personnel, 1995 and Immunology: immunoassays in the Investment in Women’s Health Act of woman, Sept 572 1997, Feb 118; market share of, clinical chemistry laboratory, Nov 1999, July 440 Hemoglobin SC disease, Feb 98 May 344 728; immur stry, Dec In vitro diagnosis, FDA regulation of Hemoglobin S disease, Feb 99, 129 Huffman, Diane: processing 783; veterinary, Jan 36 devices for, Dec 782 Hemolysins, July 446 specimens on the Stat Profile, Sept Immunopathology: histocompatibility lodine, increase in levels of urinary, Hemolysis: in veterinary specimens, 602 testing in organ transplantation, Jan 14 Feb 111 Human embryonic stem cells: ethical Dec 796 iron: in microcytic anemia diagnosis, Hemolytic anemia: in anemia issues of using, May 293 (letter); Indirect fluorescent antibody assay: Aug 539 classification, July 465; reticulocyte first derivation of, March 156 for animals, Jan 38 Hemcooluynttisc fodri saesassees soifn gt,h e Mnaeyw b3o4r0n : in HumMaarnc h Ge18n2o;m fei rstP rhojuemcat:n biochips in, IInnfeabnrtisa:t iotnr:a nswfiutshi oent hamneodli,c iAnueg i5n,3 3A pril lronf ord edfeitceicetnicyo,n hofe,m Aautgol o4g99y indices animats, Jan 37; anti-U antibodies chromosome sequenced, Dec 765 254. See alsoN eonates irond iadgefniocsiiesn coyf , aAnuegm ia5:3 8;d ieflfleirepnttoicaylt es during pregnancy with mild, Dec Human growth factors: in red blood | v-acquired in Hem7o7p1h ilia, genetic testing for, Humcealln priomdmuuctnioodne,f iJcuileyn c4y63 viruses Infiencftainotuss, Aapgreinlt s2,5 9Se°p t 578; biochips ooaffn,,d JJuutllayyil e44d36 96;p oilkaibloorcayttoersy aenvda lsueavteiroint y March 170 (HIV): anonymous testing for, Jan for identifying, March 184; in Iron therapy, May 342 Hemostasis, fibrin glue for surgical, 14; at-home testing for, May 295 biological warfare, Aug 517; and March 189 (letter), Aug 500; biochips for blood safety, April 245; food-borne ISO 9000 quality standard, Nov 731 Hendricks, Linda M: processing detecting, March 187; and blood pathogens (“Profiles”), Oct 696; microbiology specimens, June 392 safety, April 245; “Book Reviews,” molecular methods in detection of, J Henley, Marianne, Aug 552 Sept 615; drug resistance in, Dec April 263; packaging and shipping Jackson, Andrew: heavy metals in (“Profiles”) 764; security of test results, Feb 94; of, Oct 664; prions as, May 335 death of, Sept 563 Heparin, activated clotting time test in seminal cells, March 157; viral Infectious diseases: in animals, Jan James, Veronica: on hair analysis in for monitoring, Aug 507 load testing, Feb 76, 102. See also 39; cryoprecipitate in transmission breast cancer screening, July 441 HepOacrti n6-4i2n duced thrombocytopenia, Ascyqnudirroemde immunodeficiency orfe,e Mmaerrcghi ng1 92p;a tehmoegregnisn,g Saenpdt 578; JJooibn t shCaorminmgi,s sAiuogn 52o5n Accreditation HHeeppaNbattoyii vtts iitssa7,t 0 e3A,n: eNrwoe vpov ir7rtu3is9n ga srseoqcuiiarteedm enwtitsh , HHuummsDyeaascnnt e7m9lp:6ea upkaionlcdly otmoear vgiaarnnut istg re(anHn Ps(Vp)Hl,La An)tna etwi on, ofmfio,gl hAetpcirunigll,a r2F 6e3mb;e tn1he2o3u;td rsro epphioin rldtsii naaggs n oosfi s oC(efxJopC dHiAermHaaaOtl)nit:oh nc aordnea tbeusl,k w Aipcnrhnieelmr i 2c3a7l; Hepatitis B: chronic —— € 704f (“Profiles”), Dec 828; and ISO 9000 associated with, vaccination oneenie for, March 157 Hepatitis C: and occult hepatitis B virus, Aug 499; transfusion- Hydroxyurea: in sickle cell disease acquired in infants, April 259; viral treatment, Feb 132 load testing for, April 232 s18 LABORATORY MEDICINE VOLUME 30, NUMBER 12 DECEMBER 1999 K Leukocytes: spurious test resuits, Management: “Book Reviews,” July Methenamine silver staining: for Kane, Edward J, Jr: at NMCSD Core May 328, June 401. See also 484; commonsense leadership, Pneumocystis carinii identification, Laboratory, June 384 Neutrophils March 167; family-friendly policies, Sept 584 KatG gene, June 416 Leukocytosis: and Aug 522; laboratory personne! Methionine, July 468 Kayyem, Jon Faiz: on biochip pseudohyperkalemia, June 401; changes in Pacific Northwest, 1995 Methionine synthase, July 468 technology, July 460 pseudoleukocytosis, May 328, and 1997, Feb 117; reporting for Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, Keene, Jackie, Dec 828 (“Profiles”) June 399; and reactive changes in public health, Nov 737; strategic July 468 Ketoacidosis, Dec 777 neutrophils, May 308 market analysis and coping Methyimalonic acid, Sept 596 Kidneys, histocompatibility and Levine, Susan: on evaluating mechanisms, May 344. See also Microarrays. See Biochips transplantation of, Dec 799 laboratory tests, Oct 659 Accreditation; Billing; Cost Microbiology: Candifast kit, March Kinyoun acid-fast stain, Sept 581 Licensure: ASCP Guide to State containment; Quality assurance; 199; in core laboratories, June 390; Kleihauer-Betke method, May 307 Licensure and Certification of Safety; Staffing current trends in molecular, April Klosinski, Deanna: on Thomas Medical Technologists and Other Marchand, Babs J: and JCAHO 263; food microbiologist Dutcher, July 452 Laboratory Personnel, July 440; in accreditation, May 323 (“Profiles”), Oct 696; Knapp, Michael R: on biochip cytotechnology, Oct 633; Florida Market analysis, May 344 mycobacteriology milestones, technology, July 458 accepts ASCP certification Markowitz, Martin: HIV drug June 408; prions and prion Knepp, Ed: on Ohio SB 131, Jan 16 examinations, Sept 566; in Hawaii resistance research, Dec 764 diseases, May 335; trichomonad Knott test, Jan 39f personne! bill, Sept 566; HB 4799 Marrow failure anemias, Sept 595 recognition in Gram-stained Koepsel, Lori: on job sharing, Aug on, Dec 766; state legislation, Jan Marshall, Kathy: teaching patient smears, Dec 803 525 15 about glucose meter use, Dec 761 Microcytic anemia, July 466, Aug 538 Koontz, Larry L: on the Coulter Life expectancy, projected increase Massachusetts: HB 4761, Jan 16 Microcytosis, Sept 598 Counter (“Profiles”), May 358 in, May 345 Mastectomy, phlebotomy in patients Microfluidics, July 457 Kricka, Larry J: on biochip Lifetime Achievement Award, Oct 630 of, Feb 93, Sept 560 (letter) Micromachines, July 456 technology, July 457 Ligase chain reaction, April 266 Mathai, Betsy: checking blood units, Microorganisms: as impacting every Krienitz, Diane: on proficiency testing Limonene, sensitivity to, March 153 April 249 facet of laboratory medicine, Sept and accreditation, May 322 (letter) Matrix effect, May 320 556. See also Infectious agents Kuo, Cho-Chou: on Chlamydia Lin, Ti: at Congressional Mini- May-Hegglin anomaly, May 309 “Microscope on Washington”: pneumoniae and atherosclerosis, Laboratory on genetics, May 303 McKenna, Robert: on Thomas analyte-specific reagent regulation, Sept 580 Linden, Rachael: at NMCSD Core Dutcher, July 452 July 442; ASCP Pap smear Kuru, May 336 Laboratory, June 385 McPherson, Richard: in negotiated testimony, May 301; direct-access Linder, James: on cancer screening rulemaking process, March 163 testing state-by-state, June 371; for women, June 369 Mar-1 gene, June 419 Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Lipemia: in veterinary specimens, Mean corpuscular hemoglobin for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Labeling: of laboratory specimens for Feb 111 (MCH), Feb 95, May 330 Tests, March 161, Dec 767; shipping, Oct 665 Lipids, immunoassays for, Nov 730 Mean corpuscular hemoglobin Papanicolaou smear legislation Labeling (chemical): in Lipoproteins, microsomal triglyceride concentration (MCHC): and cell survey, Nov 706; state lawmaking, immunohistochemistry, Dec 788 transfer protein deficiency and low counter-related abnormalities, Jan 15; states in the news, Sept Lab-on-a-chip technology, July 456 levels of, Jan 14 May 330; clinical and laboratory 566 Laboratory economics: physician Liposome-encapsulated hemoglobin, significance of, Feb 95; Microsomal triglyceride transfer office laboratories, Jan 41 April 250 hypochromia correlated with, Aug protein, Jan 14 Laboratory information systems Lithium heparin plasma: for 536 Miller disks, May 342 (LIS): in autoverfication of improved turnaround time, March Mean corpuscular volume (MCV): in Minard, Barbara: on Thomas Dutcher, cmhaacnrgoisncgo pipch ysuirciinaanl ystiess,t -Joarnd er5i6;n g in Litt1le5,2 S(ulsetatne:r) HIV drug resistance afanlesme iam eacslausrsiefmiecanttison , ofJ,u lMya y4 653;3 1; MinJ uldye Pa4r5l2e , Nancy-Ann: on bine,h aFveibo r9,4 ; Nionvt eg7r2a5;t inHgI V fotre stc osrte-s ults Liverre,s ehairscht,o coDmepca ti7b6i4l ity and Ainu gm ic5r3o8c ytic anemia diagnosis, MinMiaetduirciazartei onc.o mpSleiea ncBei,oc hJiapns 30 cutting, May 346; in reporting of transplantation of, Dec 799 Mean platelet volume, spurious Mission statements, June 383 pNuobvl ic7 38h;e aYl2tKh -rperloabtleedm ,d iAsperaisle s,2 38 Logissatmiecs-:d aoyf tsruarngsefruys,i oFne bs u1p1p3o rt for “Merdesiual tsR eivni, eMwsa”y: 3S33e men Analysis Mis6s3o2u,r i:N ovP ap7a06n icolaou test bill, Oct LabMoornaittoorryi nMge dNiectiwnoer kS,e ntFienbe l1 17 LouCiesnitaenra hSitsattoet eUcnhinvoelrosgiitsyt Medical WTrianidnoinwgs :T ooClo, stO ctA c6c8o7u;n tSiunmgi t for Mixed leukocyte culture assays, Dec 801 Laboratory test forms: changing (“Profiles”), July 492 Software for the Laboratory, Dec Molecular diagnostics, sample LabpNroehorpyvaos triotc7iri2ny4ag n, uttNielosivtz a-to7iro2dn3e, r imneg asbuerhiavnigo r,a nd Lowina-numdacmellnuyeszaniiron tagyms, a sglaAnipypersoitpl ir cof2 ot3re1r,i enNs oo(vnL aDnL7)c3:e0 ; for Med8DOi0cec8tca; ! 6 8W407Ph9 he oet!o gorfa Mpyhcy olCoogmyp etCiDt-ioRnO,M , MMoolltpeerrcceouunclldeaassr rs iinnmp,g ia Atcphriroonil,bl oi Agop2ylr6:oi3 !g yi,2n 66c urrent fLaic-p2trLea2eants7ciee tc:rai( vllmoelaatiisstrn ees ris )tn: tro fee,rna futAermprrseiiinnlntg g 2 w3fih2ati;olh mu rienee s,t hAaapnsro ill LLLouuwnptJ-duearbssnie t srike3gm r8,o ysn tpyhG,eee cmoiMarmtageoeyns:s u ,3s M0:2e O dctPi na 6ca6 n5i mals, MMeedd(criil“ecciPfaanroilrocrf eami:lTl eespslB”trai)ibop,nopa gror AasttLauioalsgbra ,yn f 5 o5CrCp2,aoo slmMpimecariiye,s s s 3Wi0uyo3nno;d ' esr MMoolnmmeouycctculaoltobainaroac ntl,te ersaiOtnioctntlgi o:b g6o8yd1f,io e rs J:F uancCeto ourl4 t1V1e -rL eaisd en Lacctteaasrttdeii nagdc, e hmSyaedrpkrte org5,e8 8nS aespet 6(1L0D,H )O:c ta s6 70; LLuytmMinpaghyea r,d3 e1Im8r ain,a: voen nippruonfcictiuernec y antde,s ting, BDreaecflo arn7mc6i7en;dg ,C BliuSndetgpoetnt 5p6Ar7co;t p, ocsMoaadler sc hfo irn 161, pttrireoaanstetmeuerzn utim,n a b(D “ePcirn o f7bi8rl9ees a”s)t, cManacye r 359; a1n5d2 (hleetptaerr)i;n iazse di ntpelrafsemrain,g Mwairtch h LymSpehpotc y5t6o0s i(sle:t terp)e rsistent polycional bpirlolignrga, msN,o v Ja7n11 ;3 0c;o mPpalpi asnmceea r Moneorcrloonneaouls gmaymmeolpoamtah iedisa:g noasnids , ethanol testing, Sept 588 B-cell, Aug 510 reimbursement, May 301, July 440; June 400 Lactic acidosis, Dec 777 Lymphocytotoxicity technique, Dec payment policy revision proposal, Montana: genetic information law, Lam(b“ePrrto,fi leCsy”n)t hia, Feb 144 Lym7p9h9 oid markers, Dec 789 Olcatbo r6a3t2o;r iaesn,d Jpahny si4c5i; an office MorJNauallveya: l 4 4iM0me pdriocvailn g,C enJtuenre S3a8n3 ; Daite go Lead: dental caries and Lymphoproliferative disorders: reimbursement limitations of, May environmental, Aug 499; Andrew malignant, Aug 512 346; uniform pricing requirement, Core Laboratory, June 386 Jrdaeecppkoasrrottinmn'egsn tlhsea,vi re lNst oevstot e7sdt3 a9ft oer , hSeaelptth 563; Lymdipimhamogupnnroooslhiiisf setorfoa,c thDieevmce is7dt8i9rs oyr deirn s, MedCFieocbma mr7ie9s s(Pilaeotyntme,re )n Mta yA dv3i0s2o ry MMoorrJapunhl,yo l4oS5go2in dcr aa:b noonr mTalhiotmiaess, Dutcher, Lead exposure, cognitive Lyons, Arthur: on Coulter (“Profiles”), Medicolegal issues: of ethanol artifactual, June 397 8i5n adequacies associated with, Feb May 358 Megtaelstoibnlga,s tAiucg a5n3e0m ia, July 466, Sept MulMteiddiisccai!p liCneanrtye r teSaarnns :D iaetg oN avCaolr e Lead intoxication: and sideroblastic 595 Laboratory, June 337 anemia, Aug Meningococca! C conjugate vaccine, Multiple chemical! sensitivity, LE cell preparation: for animais, Jan Maass, Janet E, Jan 72 (“Profiles”) Jan 14 increasing incidence of, March 153 38 Macrocytic anemia, Sept 595 Menitove, Jay: on blood donor (letter) Lecithinase, July 446 Maine: Papanicolaou test bill, Nov screening, April 245 Multitissue contro! blocks, July 448 Leisinger, Barbara: HIV viral load 707 Mentoring: for developing leadership Murphy, Dawn: on balancing work testing, Feb 102 Major histocompatibility complex skills, May 347 and family, Aug 524 Leonard, Debra: on genetic testing, (MHC), Dec 796 Mercury, Andrew Jackson's hair Mycobacteria: gene related to March 183; on HIV viral ioad Malondialdehyde-modified low- tested for, Sept 563 virulence of, Jan 14; milestones in testing, Feb 103 density lipoprotein test, July 439 Metabolic acidosis, Dec 776 detection of, June 408 Lepoff, Ronald B: on proficiency Managed care: Bipartisan Consensus Metabolic alkalosis, Dec 776 Mycobacteriology, milestones of, testing, May 317 Managed Care Improvement Act, Metamyelocytes, Sept 596 June 408 Leukemia: annexin Il overexpression Dec 766; competition created by, Mycobacterium avium, identification in, June 369; pseudoleukemia, May 344; and core laboratories, of, June 410 June 399 June 389; and physician office jum bovis, identification laboratories, Jan 44 of, June 410 DECEMBER 1999 VOLUME 30, NUMBER 12 LABORATORY MEDICINE Mycobacterium kansasii, Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide Pancytopenia: macrocytic anemias Plasma: lithium heparin plasma, identification of, June 410 (reduced) (NADH): in ethanol caused by, Sept 598; and March 152 (letter); Mycobacterium marinum, testing, Sept 587; in pseudoleukemia, June 399 solvent/detergent-treated, March identification of, June 411 methemoglobin reduction, May Panel receptive antibody, Dec 801 153 (letter), April 247, 276; Mycobacterium tuberculosis: 312 Papanicolaou stains: for FNA biopsy thrombotic thrombocytopenic milestones in detection of, June Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide diagnosis, Jan 19 purpura treated with exchange of, 408; muitidrug-resistant, Sept 582 phosphate (reduced) (NADPH): in Papanicolaou tests (Pap smears): April 276; for transfusion in Mycology: Candifast kit, March 199; neutrophil activity, Feb 124 ASCP and ACOG letter to infants, April 254 fungi in biological warfare, Aug Nitrazine test, July 451 Congress on, Sept 567; Platelet clumping: and false WBC f51o8u;r thi ncwuebeakt,i oFne bo f8 5c;u l“tMureedsi ai nto a Nitrciutletsu,r ed ipfosrt,i cJka nr e2a2g ent test vs urine aCountgormeastseido navls msaunbucaol,m miOtctt ee66 0; csopuenctism,e nMsa,y F3e2b8 f;1 09i n veterinary Reviews,” Dec 809 p-Nitro-a-acetamino-f-hydroxy- hearings on, May 301; Platelet count, spurious results in, Myelodysplasia, Sept 598 propiophenone test, June 411 effectiveness in cervical cancer May 332 MMyyoeciOclancarfotrde mdci6atai6,ica8o l;n mssCa piruKnlrfk-iaienMrokrcBuestsd i , o mfnwo:aiJr stu hsbna,a es c sAatpeen4rrsd0ii0 sla m la ec2tn3i2tv; i toyf , NNNNoooo-rnr4rttmnihues bkt Seahrnsoceprupeelhc-oriLumioesnnn esg,m, y cIAosOulbcgaatn cdt46 e96Jr95ei aw.i shJ une d4crp4eoea0tviy;eemm crbteMaiunigortsness , oe dufmoMirerisa,n cr trcOl echept gf aiorn1s6,5lc3 7a2y;Mt, ia oMfyNnoe r od,v 3oi 0Anc1p a7,r0r i7leJ; u ly Plat(spe“pslPueerrtouisfd:oi oluessas yg”g)nt,erds ertg Moaarmtereiscuoshln t so,2rf 1,e6 Ms;Je auaynr ech 3 3329;8 ; assays in diagnosis of, April 271; Heaith System Laboratories, June 232; state legislation survey, Nov thrombotic thrombocytopenic false-positive cardiac troponin | 367 706; technological enhancements purpura, April 276 MMyyoorcgealsuroldbtiisa,n l: Seiapsst c hc6ea1mr0id ai,a c Ocmta rk6e6r8, Oct NNuuccSlleeepaatrr -5cm9ya6tg onpeltaiscm icr esdoynsaynncceh:r ofnoyr, Para2a3nn2de ospclarseteinci ngc elflruelqaru ency, April PPlnuecreuilpmloso,tc eonJtcuilcayul s 4,6h 3e mmaotloepcouileatri c stem 670; immunoassays for, Nov 729 detecting coronary heart disease, degeneration, Dec 770 mechanism in vancomycin- Myocnloesctrroidsiiasl,, Jsuplyo n4t4a4n eous NucAlperiicl a2c3i1d amplification PPaarraasnietoepsl: asitni cb losoydn dsruopmpelys,, ADpreicl 727406 ; Pnetoulmeorcanyts,t iAsu g ca4ri9n9i i, Sept 583 Myosin light chains: as cardiac tApercihln o2l6o5g;i efso:r HcIuVr revnitra l trleonadds teisn,t ing, presumptive administration of Pneumonia: Chlamydia pneumoniae marker, Oct 671 albendazole io immigrants, June as cause of, Sept 579; Feb 103; in mycobacteriology, 369 Pneumocystis carinii as cause of, NNa tional Aeronautics and Space NNuufcJsilcueezrni,ece e nL4aiu1cni1igs d, At,Ae psJrtrii:ln ga:2t 4fN6o Mr CbSlDoo d Core PPaarrtptis-aetl iumdteoh prworomorblkoo,pn lgAaaustgti ionn5 2 7t oifm, eJ u(nPeTT )4,0 3 PoiScnletop-ttot fi-n5cg8a 3r tei me( POtCes)t , tAesutgs: 5a0c7t;i vBaateyde r Administration (NASA), July 439 Patient satisfaction: and physician Glucometer Encore QA+, March National Bioethics Advisory NurLsaibnogr athoormye,s :J unase r3e8s4e rvoirs of office laboratories, Jan 45 203; biochip technology in, July NatCioonmamli sCsoiomnm,i ssDieocn 76o6n Allied sppleacstmriudm- meBd-ilaatcetadm aesxetse,n dAepdr-il 232 Pawsleortoslkoyg,i caJle atne-sMti cfhore l:he paotni tdiisr eCct, 465061;; ffoorr ecrtihtaincoall , caSreep tt es5t8i7n g, Sept Health, Nov 714 Nutrition: albumin as marker for, Nov Aug 500 Polycythemia, spurious, June 401 NateLitaohbnaoanlro altC oortmeyms tiiStnttga enegd uairfddoersl iCnl(eiN,nC iCcAaLulS g) : 535; 7N3o1v; 7p4r1e albumin as marker for, PPeeinNgnoesvry -lHv7ua0én6ti a:a noPmaaplayn,i coJluanoeu 39te7s t bill, Polcbyulrmoreoedrn ats sect rreecenhndaisin ng i,n r,e AaApcprrtiii!lo n2 2466(6;P; C Rf)o:r for prothrombin time specimen Percutaneous umbilical sampling, Factor V-Leiden detection, Oct guideline, March 172; reticulocyte 0 Dec 773 681; for fetal RhD determination, NNaattcAiipooorunninaalt!l i 2n5MNg1oe tdigifuciiaadlbe lleiL naeDb,io sreMaatasoyer sy 3 4WL2ie set,k , OccAJbuudlplmaoyito nid4oib3nso8at,rlr n!aeN t oiSvoap nfa e7tt1h(y0Oo ;Sg aHeonAnnd) :bsH utelaaknl dtah rds, PPeerrtsifruplabhuiseontririantolguc theebfsoml,rio ,co AadJpl ursnis:lem e2aa34rs98 s5 , b locordo ss- 8MRt0eua0bvr;eec rrhcfs uoelr1 o5sMt7i;yrs ac,nfo sobrcJa ruicHnptLetAe a rs4i1et1 uy.pm pi Songel,ey mDeaelrscao s e NavcCaohlra enM geeLdsaib coairnla, tSoCerepyn,tt e5rJ6 u3nS ea n 38D4i ego Cffci2ch3ee7 moifc aIln speexcptiorra tiGoenn edraatle s,( OIAGpr)i:l and PPeerrDnoeixcci ido7au8ss7e -aannetmiipae,r oxSiedpats e5 97( PAP), Poscthoapienr arteiavcet iobnl ood recovery, April NNeeceDrdeloecs-i ss7t,9i 1c akps:o ptfoisnigser sctoincktsr asftore d with, OgdtMeeensdt-iiGncrga,ar belM ear,yu l eH3se,2l 2e Mna: y on3 4p6r oficiency PPeerrrasygo,an ianMlsa tr kp,rC orteOeucctttz if6ve9el 6d et(q-“JuPairkpoofmbiel netds:”i) s ease, Potbayspsaisusm : suarngde ryc,o rAounagr y4 99a;r tearnyd children, Sept 569; Health Care Ohio: SB 131, Jan 16 May 306; gloves and goggles for transfusion in infants, April 257 Worker Needlestick Prevention bill, O’Koniewski, Karen: labeling blood handling blood units, July 437; Powers, Celeste N: on air-dried FNA July 440; safety with, April 225 units, April 245 wearing laboratory coats during biopsy specimens, Jan 18 (letter) O'Neill, William: in biochip break, Nov 710 Practice guidelines: for changing Negotiated Rulemaking Committee genotyping study, March 184 Petty, Brittney, Jan 37 physician test-ordering behavior, for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Ortega, Ynes: on Cyclospora Phagocytosis: in RBC destruction, Nov 726 Tests, March 161, Dec 767 cayetanensis, Sept 580 July 464; Rho guanosine Prealbumin: Array prealbumin Neonates: anti-U antibodies during Orthopox virus: as biological triphosphates mediating, Feb 85 reagent with Synchron CX7 pregnancy with mild hemolytic weapon, Aug 519 Phagolysosomes, Feb 126 system, Nov 741 disease of the newborn, Dec 771; Oryx initiative, Jan 24 Phagosomes, Feb 126 Precision: in evaluating new screening for cystic fibrosis, Jan Osmolality, estimation of ethanol Pheochromocytoma, Aug 499 laboratory tests, Oct 658 50; transfusion medicine in, Apri! from, Sept 589 Phlebotomy: in Board of Registry Pregnancy: anti-U antibodies 254 Osmotic fragility test, Jan 27 wage and vacancy survey, March during, Dec 771; exposure to Networked health care: for coping Osteoporosis, homocysteine and, 174; California certification organic solvents during, June 369 with competition, May 344; and July 472 legislation, Nov 707; changing Preston, Richard: on biological physician office laboratories, Jan Otitis media, April 232 physician test-ordering behavior, warfare, Aug 517 44 Outcomes measurement: Oryx Nov 724; in mastectomy patients, Primi, Daniele: SEN-V virus Neubert, Nancy, Aug 552 (“Profiles”) initiative, Jan 24 Feb 93, Sept 560 (letter). See also discovery, Nov 703 Neuraminidase inhibitors, July 439 Outpatient services, prospective Venipunctures Prion diseases, May 335 Neu8t5r ophil alkaline phosphatase, Feb Outfproare,ya mcAheu ngt m a5rs0k3ye stt,e ms taffofr , rAepqruiil re23m2e nts PPhhyossipchiaatni dyolffsiecrei nlea,b orDaetco ri7e9s1 (POLs): PPrriioonn s pr(optreoitn,e inMaacye ou3s3 5 infectious Neutrophilia, May 308 Outsourcing, May 344 changes in laboratory personnel, particles), May 335 Neufmp1ti2arrg3onoh;pumt hoaihintlylgi sp n:edig irn fsfbfeeoeactrgntehmdinee toriun nastlep a,ua dtttiirhOsocooeptlnah o sig6eli3i sen8 s;b ,uo tan s F eab OOOvxxatifMromoaiber,ayty n,e M ra3scM1r:aa4c nr hcgC eaOrr1-,e8 t3ab: ni doo cnhc iupmtsua lntieino dsurcsurg e-pe unlisneg, eall1 9aacd9bboi5oonf rrofaaamettnrioodecrr nyysc 1e9 pn9ore7fi,o,tn f,wJ eoFaMsrenaskb isy o,4 1n1 1;2a8 M9l;5s ian y ( mlae3tk4t4ie;rn) g; PP“rrPoor2mbob6yefe5ce s os absm(aipmcolontilaefelric icuoalPltaeoirro)gs:nyp ,e csitnyJ isuvtneeesm ”s:,4 10A pril amrbenloaoercomptdihi aovsels, om gecaihSrcaesapn,ltg es5Ma9 ab6nyi;no rrp3me0eap8rlo;iir ptthsiiepenrusgar li oofu,s OOxxyyrthgeusebeiemnsro tcgausnllatoot subirisan,t ,io Sne,Mp atyM a5e8y3r2 1i 3u3 m1 3 Phylbsieichc5eai nvasniusor,re coafhn,ad n Ngoriven ggu7 l2at2te isotn- orodf,e rOicntg ccl1ei6or7cmt;ei nmfsgoiueenrdnes e,ret aenlOcischsetnt o sl6,o3l g3eJ;ia usdtnemsere,s d hi3icA8pa1u,;lg Mh5ia0rr3ic;nh g June 397 Piedmont Hospital (Atlanta, Ga) New methylene biue dye, May 339 laboratory MD (“Profiles”), Feb technologist as a patient, Feb 89 New York State: cytotechnology P 143 Professional Standards Coalition for licensure, Oct 633; Papanicolaou Packaging: of laboratory specimens, Piper, Margaret: in negotiated Clinical Laboratory Personnel test bills, Nov 706; SB 1255, May Oct 663 rulemaking process, March 163 (PSCCLP), Oct 633 303 Painter, Pennell: on core laboratories, Pitting: of RBCs, July 465 Proficiency testing, May 316; Oryx Nguyen, Long: reviewing June 364, 389, 394 Pittman, Linda: on cross-training, initiative contrasted with, Jan 24 hematology test results, June 391 June 391 820 LABORATORY MEDICINE VOLUME 30, NUMBER 12 DECEMBER 1999 “Profiles”: animal histology, Jan 72; Sept 570; multitissue control Revenue determination: for Schmaizer, Jessica: performing ASCP Board of Registry vice- biocks for immunohistochemistry, physician office laboratories, Jan coagulation testing, June 393 president, April 288; from clinical July 448; negative urine culture, 43 Science Coalition, The, July 440 laboratory to enology laboratory, Jan 22; obstetrical ferning test, Revenue growth, opportunities for, Scissors, safety with, Jan 10 (letter), Nov 756; clinical supply analyst, July 451; Oryx initiative, Jan 24; May 345 March 152 (letter) Sept 624; Codman Award winner, phlebotomy in mastectomy Reverse transcriptase polymerase Scrapie, May 336 Dec 828; the Coulter legacy, May patients, Feb 93; point-of-care chain reaction: for HIV viral load Screening: biochips in, March 183; of 360; food microbiologist, Oct 696; activated clotting time test, Aug testing, Feb 103; quantification of blood, April 245; for breast cancer, healing in the Horn of Africa, June 507; prothrombin time specimen products of, June 419 March 183, July 440; for cystic 432; from laboratory MT to requirements, March 172; RBC Reves, Randail: on multidrug- fibrosis carriers, Jan 50; for laboratory MD, Feb 144; Latin indices, Feb 95; reactive changes resistant Mycobacterium diabetes, Feb 85; for group B American histotechnology in neutrophils, May 308; reference tuberculosis, Sept 582 Streptococcus, July 449; for (“Profiles”), July 492; platelet values, March 169; thyroid test Reye's syndrome, Aug 499 hyperhomocysteinemia, July 473; researcher, March 216; starting a conflicts, Aug 506; wearing Rheumatoid factor: in dogs, Jan 38 for sickle cell disease, Feb 129 laboratory from scratch, Aug 552 laboratory coats during break, Rhode Island: licensure legislation, Sedimentation rate, factitiously low, Progenitor cells, July 463 Nov 710 Jan 16, Feb 87 June 403 Prospective payment system: for Quality assurance: Bayer Glucometer Rho guanosine triphosphates, Feb Self-directed work teams, value of, blood banking, Sept 567; for Encore QA+ managing, March 85 March 168 outpatient services, April 232 203; with biochip technology, July Rifampin, Mycobacterium Selfors, Barbara S: performing Prostacyclin, April 276 456; “Book Reviews,” June 423; in tuberculosis resistance to, June chemistry analyses, June 391 Prostate-specific antigen (PSA): immunohistochemistry, Dec 789; 416 Sensory neuronopathy, Dec 770 immunoassays for, Nov 731; in ISO 9000 and accreditation, Nov Risk: cardiac markers in risk SEN-V virus, Nov 703 Medicare payment policy revision 731; medical technologists as stratification of patients, Oct 672; Sequence-specific oligonucleotide proposal, Oct 632; reference managing, March 158; and the in shipping of laboratory probe method, Dec 800 values in kits for, Oct 659 regulatory environment, May 346; specimens, Oct 664 Sequence-specific primer typing, Dec Protamine, Aug 509 total quality management applied Robert Mondavi winery enologist 800 Protective equipment. See Personal to individual, Jan 11 (letter) (“Profiles”), Nov 756 Serology: paleoanthropologists protective equipment Robinson, Robert: on biochip using techniques of, Sept 562 Protein C deficiency, March 171 technology, March 185 (letter); veterinary, Jan 36, Feb 111 Protein intrinsic factor, Sept 597 Robotics, May 346 Sett, Tricia: performing a Protein S deficiency, March 171 Radiative energy attenuation, Sept Rolen-Mark, Harriet: Lifetime densitometer reading, June 393 Proteinuria, Bence Jones, June 400 587 Achievement Award recipient, Oct Shah, Mausam: pipetting samples, Prothrombin gene mutation, March Rahman, Tasmina: hair protection, 630 April 246 171 : Jang Romanowsky stains, Jan 19, Sept Shahangian, Shahram: on Prothrombin time (PT): specimen Rapid Romanowsky method, Sept 584 proficiency testing, May 320 handling requirements for, March 584 Root, Charles: on Medicare Shipping: of laboratory specimens, 117927; in veterinary species, March RRaBsCc hd idsattrai buatniaolny siwsi,d thA,u gJ u5l1y4 465 cofofmipcel ialnabcoer,a toJraine s,3 1;J aonn 4p5h ysician SicOklcet c6e6i3l disease: blood donors Pseudoanemia, June 398 Reagent systems: Array prealbumin Rosenson, Robert S: on nuclear with sickle cell trait, Sept 573; and Pseudo-Bernard-Soulier disease, reagent with Synchron CX7 magnetic resonance for heart hemoglobin SC disease, Feb 98; June 398 system, Nov 741. See a/so disease detection, April 231 sickle hemoglobin synthesis, Feb Pseudo-Chédiak-Higashi syndrome, Analyte-specific reagents “Roundtable”: fresh-fixed vs air- 129f; spurious test results for, PseJuundeo -G39a7u cher cells, June 397f Recceuirvveers , opOecrta t6i7n1g characteristic d1r8i ed FNA biopsy specimens, Jan SidJeurnoebl a4s0t4i;c tarneeamtimae,n t Aoufg, J5u4l1y 467 Pseudo-gray platelet syndrome, Recombinant human hemoglobin, RpoB gene, June 416 Signal amplification, April 265 June April 250 Rude, Laurie: accessioning Simonds, Dana: on Medicare PPsseeuuddoohhyyppeerrkpahloesmpihaa,t eJmuinae, 40J1u ne RReedc rubiltomoedn tc elolf (sRtaBfCf), Mcoauyn t,3 47f alse specimens, June 390 Smaciolm pcleilal nlcuen,g Jcaann ce3r2, Dec 770 402 measurements of, May 330, Sept Smallpox: in biological warfare, Aug Pseudohypokalemia, June 402 560 (letter) 518 Pseudohypoxemia, June 401 Red blood cells. See Erythrocytes Safety: ASCP certification in, Aug SNOMED (Systematized Pseudoleukemia, June 399 Red cell distribution width, Feb 95, 514; of blood supply, April 220, Nomenciature of Medicine) RT, Pse3u9d9o leukocytosis, May 328, June RedAouxg- ac5t3i9v e surfactants, March 157 p24r2o;t ecCtrieount,z feMladyt -J3a06k;o b haidri sease SocMiaeyd ad2 97L atino Americana de Pseudoleukopenia, May 329 Reduced hours, Aug 527 protection, Jan 9 (letter); with Histotechnologia (“Profiles”), July Pseudomyeloma, June 400 Reference laboratories: market share needile-sticks, April 225 (letter); 492 Pseudo-Pelger-Huet anomaly, May of, May 344; reference value scissors use, Jan 10 (letter), Sonography: for hemolytic disease 309, June 397f derivation in, March 169 March 152 (letter). See a/so of the newborn detection, Dec 773 Pseudopolycythemia, June 401 Reference values: derivation of, Occupational Safety and Health Sosiler, Steven: on safer blood PPsseeuuddootshyrnodmrboomceyst,o peJunniea , 39M8 ay 332 March 169; in evaiuating new Administration; Personal supply, April 243 laboratory tests, Oct 659; in protective equipment Space Shuttle, July 439 PseJuudneo -v4o00n Willebrand disease, Refvleetxe rtiensatriyng :m ecdhiacnignien, g Mpahrycshi ci1a9n4 SaiMnto , LuAkueg' s 5H2o4s pital, Kansas City, SpaLrakbso,r aSttoerpyh, anJ:u neat 3N8M5C SD Core PPuybrhloiepcao litkhhie-alrlotechly:at toesrdie sp:od ritshieenargse edsio,tf a rpNyu,ob lvi Jca 7n3 7 26 Regtrueelsaatgt-eionortnds:e, r ioJnfug l ayn bae4lh4ya2tv,ei -osNrpo,ev c iNf7oi0vc2 725 SalSsarueirpevtse :y 6,0 g5e;M nadr1ec9r9h8 d1wi7as4;gc rewe oparannkdc ya vnadicn ,a ncy “SpR5e7ec6gi;ia sltb royRa erpdsot ratctie”sr:tt iicfAsiS caCotfPi o1n9B, 9o8aA,ru dgS eop5ft1 4 ; (letter); of direct-access testing, lifestyle variables and, July 478, costs and benefits of clinical Qa June 371; management response Oct 629 (letters) education, Nov 714; first US Navy “Q&A”: activated partial to, May 346; of packaging and Saliva: for ethanol testing, Aug 535, core laboratory, June 384; medical thromboplastin time, Oct 640; shipping laboratory specimens, Sept 591 laboratory science programs alternative to Kleihauer-Betke Oct 663; of in vitro diagnostic Salmonella: as biological weapon, survey, Oct 652; 1998 wage and manettih-oHdu, auMtaoya nt3i0b7o; diaensti,- YoD eca nd7 70; dLeavbiocreast,o rDye cI m7p82r.o vSeemee natl so Clinical SalAmuogn el5l1o9s is, alfalfa sprouts as vparcoabnlecmy, sAuprrviely , 23M8a rch 174;Y2K band neutrophils on a manual Amendments of 1988; Food and vehicle for, March 157 Special staining: differential, Oct 638; becoming a Drug Administration; Licensure Samaritan House Free Medical immunohistochemistry as dbiilaibreutbeisn medeuacsautrore,m enSetp,t N55o8v; 712; RReenmaeit hytluabutliaorn , acJiudloysi s4,6 8 Dec 779 Cvloilnuinct e(eSra n (“MPartoefiol,e s”C)a,l ifJ) une 432 Spercepilmaecnin g,p roDceecs si7n8g8: how RBCs bioterrorism, Sept 568; bulk Reporting: of public health-related Same-day surgery, logistics of move through thixotropic gels, chemical expiration dates, April diseases, Nov 737 transfusion support for, Feb 113 July 476 237; cat-scratch disease, Jan 21; Requisition forms: and Medicare Sample matrix: in analysis of Specimens: for ethanol testing, Aug fingersticks on children, Sept 569; compliance, Jan 34 veterinary specimens, Feb 109 533; for hematology blood cell GA modifier use, Nov 711; genetic Respiratory acidosis, Dec 776 Sampie processing: in molecular analyzers, May 325; in tests for coagulation disorders, Respiratory alkalosis, Dec 776 diagnostics, April 266 mycobacteriology, June 408; for March 169; group B Streptococcus Respiratory syncytial virus, April 232 Sanchez, Violeta M: and Flores proficiency testing, May 318; screening, July 449; hair analysis, Retention of staff, May 347 (“Profiles”), July 492 regulations for packaging and April 235; hemochromatosis Reticulocyte counting, May 339, July Schandelmier, Jeanette, Nov 756 shipping, Oct 663; sample matrix diagnostic test, Oct 639; 464 (“Profiles”) issues in veterinary, Feb 109; histotechnologist protection Reticulocyte maturity index, May 342 Schantz, H Daniel: on evaluating urine, Jan 14 against Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Reticulocyte production index, July laboratory tests, Oct 660 Speicher, Car! E: on evaluating May 305; HIV test results’ security, 464 Schilling test, June 402, Sept 597; in laboratory tests, Oct 656; on Feb 94; immunoglobulin E testing, Retraining, cross-training viewed as, anemia diagnosis, Sept 597 ordering laboratory tests, Nov 722 June 390 Spherocytosis: hereditary, July 466 6S&SPee r rcovtdiiucocents s DECEMBER 1999 VOLUME 30, NUMBER 12 LABORATORY MEDICINE 821 Sprecher, Valerie, Aug 552 Thalassemia: differential diagnosis Trotter, Cheryl: on job sharing, Aug Vogel, Daryl: on Medicare (“Profiles”) of, Aug 539; laboratory evaluation 525 compliance, Jan 32 Spurious test results: cell of, July 466 Tryptophan: and bulimia nervosa, Volunteering: and discontent with counter-related abnormalities, a-Thalassemia: differential diagnosis April 232 the profession, April 224 (letter); May 325; morphologic of, Aug 540; and sickle cell Tuberculosis: mycobacteriological laboratory workload and, Feb 83 abnormalities, pseudosyndromes, disease, Feb 131; and sickle cell milestones, June 408; (letter); self-esteem resulting and spurious test results, June trait in low level of hemoglobin S, Mycobacterium tuberculosis as from, Jan 7 (letter) 397 Sept 573 cause of, Sept 582 Von Willebrand disease: genetic Staffing: in competitive 6-Thalassemia, differential diagnosis Tullis, Ginny: drawing blood, Dec testing for, March 170; epnevrisornonnemle ntc,h anMgaeys 3i4n7 ;P acliafbiocr atory Theotfa, Atuogxi n,5 40J uly 446 Tum7o61r markers, immunoassays for, Jpusneeu d4o0-0v on Willebrand disease, Northwest, 1995 and 1997, Feb 117. Thiols, July 469 Nov 731 See also Downsizing; Employees Third-party payers: and Medicare Turnaround time: in core Von Willebrand factor, April 276 Stallone, Robert: on total laboratory reimbursement limitations, May laboratories, June 389; at Nava! automation, June 367 346 Medical Center San Diego Core Ww SSttaacnpodhuanyrtldioinczgao,tc icoMunsa: y aiu3nr 4e3ru est:i cuilno cgyrtoeu p B TThhiotxmhorstooruongp,hi ,c JJaguemllesys, 4h7A6o: wo nR BhCusm amno ve cSLaaerbpeot r at6et0so1tr sy ,i n Jcurnitei ca3l8 5c;a rpeo itnets-toifn-g , Waltedsmtainng,, AKpartihly :2 4o6n nucleic acid Streptococcus screening, July eMmabrcrhy on1i5c6 stem cell derivation, Wal(l“aPcreo,f ilBeos”b)b,i e:M aoyn 3C5o9u lter 4Ap4r9i;l v2a3n2c omycin resistance in, Thrombin: in fibrin glue, March 189 Waish, Debra: on Thomas Dutcher, Stark Il regulations, Jan 44 Thrombocytopenia, heparin- Ulcers, Helicobacter pylori in July 453 SSttaatties tilcisc:e nsiun ree.v alSueaet inLgi cenneswu re Thrionmdbuocepdo,i etOictn : 64a2s blood-forming Unipvaetrhsiotgye neofs iAsl aobfa, mSae,p t Bi58r1m ingham, WarRde-gCisotorky, viCcoer y:p reassi dAeSnCtP deBsoiagrnda teo,f laboratory tests, Oct 658; gender stimulant, April 247 Center for Macromolecular April 287 dtwmeioecsrdhciknrc oaeallpno agdnit cseyltci hfneiesonat lryomlngeeii dnsivgtcas ar,li ea aSbrelnpeistn gs6a0,n5 d; TThhrrfmhooauymcmtptbbaoeootrrsti hiiofosnco:rm , o atcJsFhuy arlsccyotat moue4brsi6 oen8Vc e -yomLtfei,oi apdO eecntnai s c6 8r1is;k UUnniiCpvvrreeyorrsfssteiiasttlsyylo oroog ffr (aV“IpilPhlrriygon,ifoni ilisJea us a”ltH)y o, Cs 4hp3Mii9atc aralcg ho 216 WWaatrAHtomwesra psri,Sdt pa rlM,i(a “nrPgSirsaoa fnni BnlaAeepsn t”ti)Cos,:nt i ooDnR,e e chp aCrb8ooi2fdl8iim ctaiaentni coyn StaJtullayn d,4 78B ernard E: on total ptrueraptuirnag,, Applrails m2a7 6 exchange for c(l“iPnriocfaill ess”u)p,p lyS epatn a6l2ys4t Wentceestli-nDgr, akMea,y J3u2n2e , March 216 laboratory automation, June 367 Thyroid: conflicting test results for, Uracil-N-glycosylase, April 268 (“Profiles”) Stat testing: cost-effective, high- Aug 506; immunoassays in Urea: in new fresh blood reagent, West Virginia: SB 305, Jan 15 performance approach to critical testing, Nov 730 May 297 White blood cell (WBC) count, faise care testing, Sept 601 Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH): Urea breath test: for Helicobacter measurements of, May 328, Sept Stem cell factor, July 464 conflicting test results for, Aug pylori detection, Sept 582 560 (letter) SSSttteeercLwwlaaaaiybrrneottgrt,,,aa tnNPCoehaarnanmysrc,eily sle,,asJ :u AnVSu:eeo gp nat t3 58CN555y82 Mc0 lC o(S“sPDpro orfaCilo erse” ) TThiye5fvhro0eeor6t,nx;e ,i rA niiueAnmg:an m rnuy:5c n0o6noso;fpna le sirccsbeitlefaioseyn,orgs de nMtcafseeosar rtfc, ev htraNy el,osu 1vue9Al s7pt r7si 3fl0o r UUrriedmnCaeaalstlcoeeysrc stotirstiseico:sdn oti,spau :iu mcSt f,oeo viprnet Jfr Haeie5cnftl8 iii2c5oc a6not;,bi aofJncou trl eoyrf 4p4y6l;o ri WWWhhiilittrstfeuoeicln eh,elnb mdola,Mlo kiooicgRdnhyo gay,e c: el lp:Mlor sano.r i ccnebS hsien soee,c g1 h8oLi7Mtep aiu arktcoehcd y t1e6s3 SSttrraaimne,r ,B arSbuasraan,: Soenp tn u6c2l4e ic( “Parcoifdi les”) 274636; on laboratory workforce, Dec cduilptsutriec,k Jraena ge2n2t; itne sett hvasn oulr intee sting, Winged-needie sets, April 225 testing, April 246 Tissue typing: for clinical Aug 534, Sept 587; sample matrix (letter) SSttrraetpetgoicco cpcaurst:n ersschriepesn,i ngM ayfo r 3g44r oup T ltyrmapnhspolcayntteast:i ona,n dD eHcL A7 99a ntigens, sinu bvoeptteirimnaalr y ursipneec ismpeencsi,m enFse,b 1J0a9n; Winssulbostwi,t utReosb,e rtA:p rioln 24b8l ood B, July 449; treatment failure in Dec 797 14 Wolf, Paul: on creativity and illness, children with group A B- Toddlers: trial meningococcal C Urine dipstick: autoverification of Feb 79 (letter) hemolytic, May 297 conjugate vaccine for, Jan 14 results of, Jan 56; positive nitrate Women’s health: health care Streptococcus pyogenes: following Total iron binding capacity, Aug 539 results with, Jan 22 organizations as addressing penicillin therapy, April 227 (letter) Total quality management, Jan 11 women’s needs, May 345; Stress pseudopolycythemia, June (letter) Vv Investment in Women’s Health Act 401 Toxic granulation: and reactive of 1999, July 440. See a/so Breast Stress reticulocytes, May 340 changes in neutrophils, May 308 Vaccines: for cervical cancer, Nov cancer; Cervical cancer; Stribling, Linda, Aug 552 (“Profiles”) Toxicology: ethanol testing, Aug 530, 704 Pregnancy Structure-based drug design, July Sept 587 Vaginitis, Trichomonas as cause of, Workman-Newkirk, Autumn: on Stu4alr3at9b, o raMtiocrhya elt esEt:s , orN. oovr d7e2r5i ng TToraxcmiyco, r spLhhaoouclrkao :g syy,rn edvSireeopwmtie n,5g 7 8JG urlaym ’4s4 9 stain Valleanbsoteriant,o ryP autle:s tso,n Noorvd er7i2n3g Worc5kr9po2ls as-cter,a ineitnhga,n olJ untee st3i9n1g in, Sept Sturtevant, Olive: on Massachusetts Training. See Education Vancomycin: molecular mechanism World Health Organization (WHO): HB 4761, Jan 16 Transcription-mediated in vancomycin-tolerant on home-use HIV tests, Aug 500 Sunderman, F William: and amplification, April 266 pneumococcus, Aug 499; proficiency testing, May 316 Transferrin receptor, Aug 539 Staphylococcus aureus resistance Supravital dyes: for reticulocyte Transfusion medicine: “Book to, April 232 x Surcgoeurnyt:i ngf,ib riMna yg lu3e4 1f or hemostasis R54e3v;i ewfisb,r”i n Agplruile 2f8or0 , toJpuilcya l 48s3u,r gAeurgy VVaenn ipGuongcht,u reVisn:c ennte,a r Femba s7t9e c(tleotmteyr ) X-rsacyr edeinfifnrgac,t ioJnu:l y in4 41B RCA1 in topical, March 189; logistics of hemostasis, March 189; in infants, site, Feb 93, Sept 560 (letter). See transfusion support for same-day, April 254; logistics of transfusion also Needle-sticks SweFiesbs , 11S3h areen: reviewing Gram‘s sFuepbp o1r1t3; froers tsriacmtei-ngd aRyB Cs urgery, Vet3e0r2a ns Health Administration, May YYe ast, Candifast kit for identifying, SSyypnshpctirahleiiranso l:n bm uoimnrC ipXbnh7l o olorsodeyg asygtse,eun mpt,p S leywAp,irt tr hAa,5py r7 i8Nl o v2 467 41 tAtrpprehuragrrinaoplsrmu fdbr2uioa3snt 2igi;o,t cn r s eAaatptfrtohei mtrlceyo rn mi2ttcb2 io0ocn,wac cliylte2tyhr4 o 2npi;slp el l npaiastcmi ean ts, Veta3iMe6narm;airm lncuayahsnnr idyos l1 5momi1eegn dd yi(id lccoeaigtatlnsne e,rd: ) t; e Mscaaerhlryenobf oleul2ormo9gei3gynn;y,c , e Jan YYeernMls-oaiLarnidic eah bt eepsre1tsm9it9ani gns,,: FaBsee bl biin1od0la3o: g icoanl HIV viral exchange, April 276. See also values in, March 194; sample weapon, Aug 519 T Blood donors matrix issues in, Feb 109 Yomtovian, Roslyn: on blood safety, TT+aSr:g etf ora msplaimfei-cdaatiyo n sumregetrhyo,d sF,e bA p1r1i3l Tratnessptlianngt aitni, oDne:c h7i9s6t;o chomupmaatnib ility Vidqeuoa ntiimfaigceat iaonna lyosfi sR:T -fPoCrR products, Y2KA prpirlo b2l4e4m , April 232, 238 265 embryonic stem cells in, March June 419 TTTeeelglheteesmcpceaaoit,mei mrtu,Mis at yiGrCnaa,gr :,yA : u dgAor unag 4w9 in9n5e g2w7 btlesoto df,o r Oct TTrraat1nsr5ste7sua uztlumfemunartab,t: i oDnie,nc bJr7ue8la9ys t 46c8a ncer VViirraAg7lpi0 rn7iil alo: a d2 3P2at;ep satfnioinr gc:oH IlVfa,oo ru F heebtp eas7tt6i ,tb iis1ll 0,2 C N, ov ZZza bsotrasiknieneg,, DJaonr ee1 9 A: on Diff-Quik Tes6t 58m enus: for physician office TTrreipvycilhnooor,mi o nSdyaelstv:eic at:ri oeoncn,o gnHSieezlpiitnc go5 b8ai2cn t Gerr am- Vitmaemtianb oBlgi:s mi,n hJoumloyc y4s6t8 eine Zie5h8l1- Neelsen acid-fast stain, Sept Testl abuotrialitzoartiieosn,: cJhana ng4i2n g physician Triscthaoimnoendi assmiesa:r s,r ecDoegcn iz8i0n3g Vitoafm, iSne pBt7 25:9 5a, neNmoiva s7 30a;n df aldseefliyc iency Zimwmorekr maanndn ,f amNiloyr,m aA:u g on5 2b8a lancing test-ordering behavior, Nov 723 Trichomonas in Gram-stained abnormal levels of, June 403; in Zuehlke, Martha: on balancing work Tetali, Surya: HIV viral load testing, smears, Dec 803 homocysteine metabolism, July and family, Aug 524 Feb 107 469 LABORATORY MEDICINE VOLUME 30, NUMBER 12 DECEMBER 1999