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Below is a list of texts used in preparing the material for this site and also good references for performing day-to-day clinical duties. The list is not all-inclusive, there are other good texts not included in the list.

General Clinical Pathology

Clinical diagnosis and management by laboratory methods (20th ed.), John Bernard Henry.

Clinical laboratory medicine (2nd ed.), Kenneth D. McClatchey.

Clinical Laboratory Pearls, Steven L. Jones. [smaller, more concise]

Clinical Chemistry

Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry (5th ed.), Carl A. Burtis, Edward R. Ashwood.

Appleton & Lange's Outline Review Clinical Chemistry, Robert H. Christenson [smaller, more concise].

Transfusion Medicine

Modern Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices (4th ed.), Denise Harmening.

Rossi's Principles of Transfusion Medicine (3rd ed.), Toby L. Simon, et al.

Practical Transfusion Medicine, Michael Murphy, et al.

Hematology

Williams Hematology (6th ed.), Ernest Beutler, et al.

Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology (10th ed.), John P. Greer, et al.

PDQ Hematology, William F. Kern. [smaller, more concise]

Haemoglobinopathy Diagnosis, Barbara J. Bain.

Blood Cells, Barbara J. Bain

Coagulation

Hemostasis and Thrombosis: Basic Principles and Clinical Practice (3rd ed.), Robert W. Colman, et al.

Clinical Hematology and Fundamentals of Hemostasis (3rd ed.), Denise Harmening.

Disorders of Hemostasis & Thrombosis: A Clinical Guide (2nd ed.), Scott H. Goodnight, William E. Hathaway (smaller, more concise).

Microbiology

Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology (4th ed.), Elmer W. Koneman, et al.