ASCP MLS Reading List: Preparation Materials

The ASCP BOC leaves no utterance to support its professionals who came there for their career development: from certification preparation to recertification requirements, you will find all the resources.

For all certification preparation, including the ASCP MLS, the board offers all essential resources for certification: the ASCP MLS reading list includes 29 study books, 3 journals, and 13 online associations.

You can use all these resources for your ASCP medical lab scientist certification preparation if you have enough time.

Furthermore, the ASCP BOC allows its candidates to get support for exam preparation from online resources.

Hence, you can subscribe to the MLSIA ASCP MLS course by MLSIAcademy.com for your certification examination preparation.

But, here we will explore the ASCP MLS reading list resources for your convenience, so you may know what the ASCP Board of Certification offers for your exam preparation.

Following are all the resources that are present in the ASCP MLS reading list:

• 3 Journals
• 29 number textbooks
• 13 online associations

Journals

The ASCP BOC suggests three journals for MLS (ASCP) exam preparation. These journals are:

• Clinical Laboratory Science. Published by American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science.
• Laboratory Medicine. Published by Oxford University Press.
• Medical Laboratory Observer. Published by Endeavor Business Media, LLC.

Textbooks

The following are all the textbooks that the board recommends:

Textbooks for Blood Banking

• Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services (33rd ed.)
• Technical Manual (21st ed.)
• Modern Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices (7th ed.).

Textbooks for Chemistry

• Clinical Chemistry: Principles, Techniques, and Correlations (9th ed.).
• Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics (9th ed.).

Textbooks for Hematology

• Rodak’s Hematology: Clinical Principles & Applications (6th ed.)
• Clinical Laboratory Hematology (4th ed.)

Textbooks for Immunology

• Clinical Immunology and Serology: A Laboratory Perspective (5th ed.).
• Immunology & Serology in Laboratory Medicine (7th ed.).

Textbooks for Laboratory Operation

• Fundamental Laboratory Mathematics: Required Calculations for the Medical Laboratory
• Molecular Diagnostics: Fundamentals, Methods, & Clinical Applications (3rd ed.).
• Laboratory Safety A Self-Assessment Workbook (2nd ed.)
• Mathematics for the Clinical Laboratory (4th ed.)
• Henry’s Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods (24th ed.).
• Turgeon, M.L. (2022). Clinical Laboratory Science: Concepts, Procedures, and Clinical Applications (9th ed.)

Textbooks for Microbiology

• Color Atlas of Medical Bacteriology (3rd ed.)
• Diagnostic Medical Parasitology (6th ed.)
• Gram Stain Benchtop Reference Guide.
• Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook (5th ed.).
• An Illustrated Field Guide Based on Proficiency Testing.
• Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology (7th ed.).
• Molecular Microbiology: Diagnostic Principles and Practice (3rd ed.).
• Parasitology Benchtop Reference Guide.
• Koneman’s Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology (7th ed.).
• Bailey & Scott’s Diagnostic Microbiology (15th ed.)

Textbooks for Urinalysis and Body Fluids

• Fundamentals of Urine and Body Fluid Analysis (5th ed.)
• Kjeldsberg’s Body Fluid Analysis.
• Graff's Textbook of Urinalysis and Body Fluids (3rd ed.)
• Urinalysis and Body Fluids (7th ed.)

Online Association

For Blood Banking

• Transfusion Medicine Questions
• Blood Bank Guy – Transfusion Medicine Education
• AABB

For Chemistry

• ADLM Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines
• ADLM (formerly AACC)
• ADLM Clinical Chemistry Trainee Council (CCTC)

For Hematology

• CellaVision CellAtlas – Blood Cell Morphology Guide
• The Fritsma Factor
• Hematology Outlines – Online Textbook & Atlas

For Microbiology

• ClinMicroNow – American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
• Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) publications
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• DPDx – CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria

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