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Laboratory
Medicine
AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGISTS
NOVEMBER 1987
CONTENTS
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 11
CONTINUING EDUCATION UPDATE
Safety II
758
Decontamination: A Probabilistic Pursuit
Joseph R. Songer, MS
SCIENTIFIC
COMMUNICATIONS
Microbiology
Antibiogram Comparisons: Methicillin-Resistant vs Methicillin-Susceptible
Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci
Gail L. Woods, MD; Gerri S. Hall, PhD; Isobel Rutherford, MD;
Kathleen Pratt, SM(ASCP); and Cynthia C. Knapp, MS
Comparison of Redigel Media Pertormance With Conventional Media
JoLynne Campbell, DrPH, and James A. Jackson, MT(ASCP)CLS, PhD
765
769
Computers
Use of Computers in Medical Technology Education
Jeanne M. Clerc, EdD, MT(ASCP)SH
773
Immunohematology
Unexpected Incompatibility Encountered in Routine Pretransfusion Testing
Edmundo A. Cox, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB, and Albert M. Lema, BS, DMLT
776
Histology
A Mount for Small Specimens
Bruce W. Jafek, MD; Pamela M. Eller; Andrea DeJager; and Barbara Esses, MD
778
Education
Preprofessional Medical Technology Student Career Planning and Counseling
John R. Snyder, PhD, and Barbara A. Bonke, MS
781
SPECIAL FEATURE
Focus on Nontraditional Career Opportunities: An Optimistic View
Barbara C. Neibauer, MEd, MT(ASCP)
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MICROSCOPE ON WASHINGTON
Laboratory
Medicine
AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGISTS
November 1987
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 11
NEW INSTRUMENTATION PREVIEW
The Platelet Monitor System
Mark S. Lifshitz, MD, and Robert P. De Cresce, MD, MBA
791
MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY
Program for Identification of Antibodies
Rob Bleistein, BS CIS, MT(ASCP)
793
DEPARTMENTS
Book Reviews
796
From the Scientific Literature
799
Letters to the Editor
801
Product News
806
Calendar of Events
811
Classified Advertising
813
Articles published in this journal are
listed in Current Contents, Excerpta Medica, and
Current Advances In Clinical Chemistry
ABOUT THE COVER: The cover photograph shows catechol and phenol polarized. It was taken by Paul
Teitelbaum, Doraville, Georgia.
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