Diagnostic Medlab Limited has produced a handbook on the interpretation of laboratory tests for doctors, nurses, laboratory staff, paramedics, and other workers in the field of care. It represents the wealth of experience accumulated by our pathologists and technical staff.

Laboratory tests are an essential part of modern medicine, providing information at a cellular and biochemical level that is otherwise unobtainable. Ideally every test would be conveniently catargorised as normal or abnormal but the reality is seldom as simple as this. Often there is an element of uncertainty.

The entire contents of the handbook are available for viewing online or by downloading it to your computer for future reference and printing. It contains a quick and efficient index structure so you can go straight to the information you are looking for.

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