Practical Genetic Counseling for the Laboratory 1st Edition

This is an excellent reference book for GCs

First thing I checked in this book is what it had to say about regulation of international laboratories and what it has to say about the application of CLIA & international laboratories ('international laboratories are exempt from these regulations') is completely wrong. According to advice obtained directly from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS):" For CLIA purposes, an international laboratory is a facility outside the U.S. or its territories that performs laboratory tests for the assessment of the health of human beings when such tests are referred by, and the results are returned to, a facility or authorized person in the U.S. or its territories.Any testing of materials from human specimens collected in the United States and its territories is subject to CLIA regulations. If specimens are transported outside of the United States and its territories for testing by international laboratories, then these laboratories are also subject to the CLIA regulations."

Grande parte dos profissionais de laboratório clínico não tem ou não tiveram contato com exames genéticos. E grande parte dos geneticistas tiveram pouco ou nenhum contato com o laboratório clínico. Este livro estabelece boas estratégias para que esta ponte seja construída, para benefício dos pacientes.

Good for the job!