Table of Contents
Abstract
CommitteeMembership
Foreword
1Scope
2Introduction
3Safety
4Terminology
5Microscope
6QualityAssurance
7FecalLeukocyteExaminations(Also
KnownasStoolWhiteBloodCells)
8FernTests
9NasalSmearsforInflammatoryCells
(AlsoKnownas"Nasalsmearfor
Eosinophils,""NasalWhiteBloodCells,"
and"NasalSmearforGranulocytes")
10PinwormExaminations
11Postcoital,Direct,QualitativeExaminations
ofCervicalMucus
12QualitativeSemenAnalyses
13UrineSedimentExaminations
14WetMountPreparationsandPotassium
HydroxidePreparations
References
AppendixA-MicroscopicComponentsin
UrineSediment
AppendixB-MicroscopicComponentsin
VaginalFluidandPotassiumHydroxide
Preparations,andEctoparasites
AppendixC-ListofFiguresandTables
TheQualityManagementSystemApproach
RelatedCLSIReferenceMaterials Abstract
Gives information on specimen collection, test methodologies, procedural steps, reporting of results, and the quality assurance aspects of provider-performed microscopy.
