Principles of Laboratory Instruments

From The Critics

Reviewer: Stephen E. Kahn, PhD(Loyola University Medical Center)
Description: This book discusses the basic principles of clinical laboratory instrumentation, focusing on basic concepts of electronics, methods of analysis, and application of automation to the major laboratory areas.
Purpose: The authors designed this book for use in educating students and clinical laboratory practitioners in the operation of instrumentation in the modern clinical laboratory.
Audience: The authors have targeted this book to clinical laboratory students and practitioners. This book is most appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students in clinical laboratory science, and it could be used as a supplemental text for postgraduate students (residents and fellows). Medical students and new laboratory practitioners would find this book minimally useful.
Features: Most chapters contain an adequate amount of effective illustrations (black-and-white). The quantity of references in several chapters is minimal, and there are occasionally dated citations. Each chapter is supplemented by review questions, but some chapters do not provide the answers to these questions. The index and the table of contents are useful.
Assessment: This book is a useful addition to texts in clinical laboratory science because so few books compile analytical electronic and instrumental material in a comparable fashion. The book focuses on basic principles and concepts for education of undergraduate and graduate students. For these students, it could serve as a text for a course. This book would likely provide supplemental reading material for postgraduate students and new practitioners of clinical laboratory science.

Stephen E. Kahn

This book discusses the basic principles of clinical laboratory instrumentation, focusing on basic concepts of electronics, methods of analysis, and application of automation to the major laboratory areas. The authors designed this book for use in educating students and clinical laboratory practitioners in the operation of instrumentation in the modern clinical laboratory. The authors have targeted this book to clinical laboratory students and practitioners. This book is most appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students in clinical laboratory science, and it could be used as a supplemental text for postgraduate students (residents and fellows). Medical students and new laboratory practitioners would find this book minimally useful. Most chapters contain an adequate amount of effective illustrations (black-and-white). The quantity of references in several chapters is minimal, and there are occasionally dated citations. Each chapter is supplemented by review questions, but some chapters do not provide the answers to these questions. The index and the table of contents are useful. This book is a useful addition to texts in clinical laboratory science because so few books compile analytical electronic and instrumental material in a comparable fashion. The book focuses on basic principles and concepts for education of undergraduate and graduate students. For these students, it could serve as a text for a course. This book would likely provide supplemental reading material for postgraduate students and new practitioners of clinical laboratory science.

3 Stars from Doody