Welcome
The Med Tech Cafe is a website I'm creating after successfully completing my training to become a Medical Laboratory Scientist (ASCP). I decided to consolidate my notes and hopefully help some future students! This site will be a constant work-in-progress, especially right now as it's a newborn. I'm always open to new information, new memory tricks for studying, etc. Also, if any information is inaccurate or becomes outdated, please let me know!
Main Sections
- Blood Bank: All immunohematology stuff. Transfusions, typing, antibodies, you know the drill. While some things like sickle cell do appear here, use hematology for more details.
- Hematology: Hematopoiesis, blood disorders, differentials, bone marrow.
- Microbiology: This section includes bacteriology, parasitology, virology, mycology, and molecular.
- Chemistry: Acid-base, electrophoresis, electrolytes, lipids, proteins, etc.
- Urinalysis: UA and Body Fluids
- Calculations: I'm just going to use this as a page to put the equations you should probably know for the exam, and hopefully some examples.
- Sources: This section includes a list of where I got my information (other than from lectures) and which sources I personally found the most useful when I studied for my boards.
- Contact Us: By "us" I mean "me." Let me know if you find any errors on my site, even grammatical ones(there's no spellcheck when I type!), or contact me if you have a question. I'll make a good attempt to answer you. :)