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Ramnik
Sood
MD (Path, Gold Medalist)
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Concise Book of Medical Laboratory Technology: Methods and Interpretations
First Edition: 2009
Second Edition: 2015
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5Dedicated to
7Preface to the Second Edition
I authored an exhaustive book entitled “Medical Laboratory Technology – Methods and Interpretations” that hit the stands in mid-eighties in the previous century and is now running in its 6th edition. This was the first such book in the subcontinent and was much appreciated and used by technologists and pathologists alike. The book has seen testimonies in courts and has been appreciated in the west too. However, in our subcontinent, I was requested by many technologists that they wanted a little younger sister of the book popularly known as MLT authored by me.
And so was born the Concise Book of Medical Laboratory Technology: Methods and Interpretations. The book essentially covers everything presented in MLT-6 but in an abridged/shortened and easy-to-digest format. The book is presented in a flowing noninterrupted format and not in a cumbersome experiment-wise cascading flow. There is no break in the style that runs smoothly and is easier to absorb and assimilate. As experiments are a part of any course, more stress has been laid out in the book to understand the intricacies of relevant theories and even troubleshooting all experiments that you would conduct during the course of your study. As I have written multiple modules for many Universities in India, I did not have to think for too long to devise a style and format for this book. You will find everything from ESR to PCR and you will find foam test for bile pigments as also complete automation in urinalysis. You will find basic biochemistry as also detailed cytogenetics. So whatever be your course or query, you will find it within the covers of this short but sweet book now going into its second edition.
The book is designed for you not to mug but to understand and elicit the answers from the book of all questions in your mind. I am aware that this book is used by most of your teachers and tutors too.
Nothing wrong that you are holding now. It will help you all your life!
9Preface to the First Edition
The first book on Medical Laboratory Technology from the house of Jaypee’s came out in 1985 and has been the best seller in its class till date. The title “Medical Laboratory Technology – Methods and Interpretations” has seen 6 editions. The latest one hit the stands in January this year and was released in two volumes. It is a four-color book and has over 1670 pages. The reader base of all editions of our vastly popular title “MLT” has been upcoming laboratorians, undergraduate and postgraduate medical students. It was requested by a few institutes to produce a little smaller version of the two-volume set that would be suitable for the upcoming Laboratory Technology students. So here it is! It is exhaustive yet precise and concise too.
The book will help you to appreciate things as they appear in real life under the microscope and otherwise. All current technologies find a mention within the covers of this book. Gone are the days when we had to prepare reagents first thing in the morning (or the days usage); therefore, the current trend of consuming ready-to-use reagents/kits is followed here to make your job and understanding simpler. So, what is available in the market for all investigations, is what is presented here. The Tulip Group has very kindly given us the rights to reproduce the text related to all their kits and reagents in this book. Latest instruments are not forgotten too.
Most important—
Parasitology section is presented in ample detail as it is relevant to all the developing nations.
Quality control/assurance is mentioned in appropriate details. Working is not enough. Working properly and producing nothing but the most accurate reports are the order of the day. This book will not fail you there. Follow the recommendations to the hilt and you would be running the most accurate laboratory available anywhere.
Should problems arise! The book has “Troubleshooting” section for every possible test mentioned inside. If this happens – then what! If that happens – then what! You will find all answers.
From ESR to PCR – you will find everything.
The book is based on most syllabi as applicable to most institutes in India and elsewhere internationally.
All necessary care has been taken to weed out any discrepancies/typographical errors at the time of going to press. However, if anything has remained inadvertently, the publishers/author do not take any responsibility for the same in any manner whatsoever.
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