LibGuides: Medical Laboratory Technology: ASCP Exam Prep

ASCP Boards Readling Lists

These books and websites are recommended by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) for students studying for the Medical Laboratory Technician and Phlebotomy Board examinations. Theses lists were updated in October 2017. Links are included here to copies we have in the ACC libraries, when available. The full MLT Reading List and Phlebotomy Reading List are available at the ASCP website. The MLT list is in the left column, the Phlebotomy list on the right.

Bood Banking (MLT)

Chemistry (MLT)

Hematology (MLT)

Ciesla, B . (2011). Hematology in Practice (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company
Keohane, E., Smith, L., and Walenga, J. (2015). Rodak’s Hematology: Clinical Principles & Applications (5th ed.). Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company
McKenzie, S.B. & Williams, L. (2014). Clinical Laboratory Hematology (3rd ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall
Turgeon, M.L. (2011). Clinical Hematology: Theory and Procedures (5th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
On order 4/16. Have 4th (2004) edition.
CellAtlas – Blood Cell Morphology Guide
BloodLine Image Atlas (Hematology Images )
Hematology Outlines

Immunology (MLT)

Laboratory Operations (MLT)

Microbiology (MLT)

De La Maza, L.M. et al. (2013). Color Atlas of Medical Bacteriology (2nd ed.). Washington, D.C.: ASM Press
(1st (2004) edition also available)
DeLost, M. D. (2014). Introduction to Diagnostic Microbiology for the Laboratory Sciences (1st ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning
Garcia, L.S., et. al. (2010). Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: ASM Press
Upcoming 4th(2016) edition on order
Kiser, K., Payne, W., Taff, T. (2010). Clinical Laboratory Microbiology; A Practical Approach (1st ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Prentice Hall
Mahon, C.R., Lehman, D.C., Manuselis, G. (2014 ). Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology (5th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders Company
Tille, P. (2013). Bailey & Scott’s Diagnostic Microbiology (13th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby, Inc
ASM Clinical Microbiology Portal
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
DPDx – CDC Parasit ology Diagnostic Web Site

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