Reading List

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ASCP makes it clear that their suggested reading/reference list for the Medical Laboratory Technician, MLT(ASCP), and the Medical Laboratory Scientist, MLS(ASCP), certification exams “is intended only as a partial reference source”. The suggested reading/reference list below was last revised on ASCP’s website January 2025

Journals

• 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.

Texts

Urinalysis & Body Fluids

• Brunzel, N.A. (2022). Fundamentals of Urine and Body Fluid Analysis (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.
• Kjeldsberg, C. & Hussong, J. (2015). Kjeldsberg’s Body Fluid Analysis. Chicago, IL: ASCP Press.
• Mundt, L.A. & Shanahan, K. (2016). Graff’s Textbook of Urinalysis and Body Fluids (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
• Strasinger, S.K. & Di Lorenzo, M.S. (2021). Urinalysis and Body Fluids (7th ed.). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company.