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050			_aR738.8.C56
100			_aBooth, Kathryn A.
245			_aClinical procedures for medical assisting ./ _cKathryn A. Booth, Leesa G. Whicker, Terri D. Wyman
250			_a4th ed.
260			_aNew York: _bMcGraw-Hill, _c2011.
300			_axliii, 788 p. _bill. (col.); _e1 CD-ROM
500			_aincludes index
505			_aContents Clinical medical assisting -- The medical office environment: Principles of asepsis -- Infection control techniques -- HIV, hepatitis, and other bloodborne pathogens -- Preparing the exam and treatment areas -- Assisting with patients: Interviewing the patient, taking a history, and documentation -- Obtaining vital signs and measurement -- Assisting with a general physical examination Specialty practices and medical emergencies: Assisting with examinations in the basi specialties -- Assisting with highly specialized examinations -- Assisting with minor surgery -- Assisting with cold or heat therapy and ambulation -- Emergency preparedness and first aid -- Complementary and alternative medicine -- Physician's office laboratory procedures: Laboratory equipment and safety -- Introduction to microbiology -- Collecting, processing, and testing urine specimens -- Collecting, processing and testing blood specimens-- Nutrition, pharmacology, and diagnostic equipment: Nutrition and special diets -- Principles of pharmacology -- Drug administration -- Electrocardiography and pulmonary function testing -- X-rays and diagnostic radiology -- Externship: Medical assisting externships and preparing to find a position --
650			_aMedical Assistants
700			_aWhicker, Leesa G.
700			_aWyman, Terri D.
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