Medical laboratory
A medical laboratory or clinical laboratory is a laboratory where tests are usually done on laboratory specimens. This is to get information about the health of a patient. Labs perform tests on tissue, blood and other body fluids.[1] Medical labs analyze data in five major categories.[2] These are chemistry, immunology, hematology, microbiology and transfusion medicine.[2]
Medical Laboratory Media
Clinical laboratory in a hospital setting showing several automated analysers.
Laboratory equipment for hematology (black analyser) and urinalysis (left of the open centrifuge).
Clinical laboratory in a hospital setting with two technologists shown.
Laboratoire de La Muette, medical laboratory in Paris
Brochure illustrating the work of the CDC Division of Laboratory Sciences
References
- ↑ Barbara H Estridge; Anna P Reynolds; Norma J Walters, Basic Medical Laboratory Techniques" (Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers, 2000), p. 4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "High quality healthcare begins with accurate testing". The Ohio State University. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
