Reading List

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ASCP makes it clear that their suggested reading/reference list for the Technologist in Molecular Biology, MB(ASCP), and the Specialist in Molecular Biology, SMB(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

Laboratory Operations

Buckingham, L. (2019). Molecular Diagnostics: Fundamentals, Methods, & Clinical Applications (3 rd ed.). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company. Davis, D.L. (2016). Laboratory Safety: A Self-Assessment Workbook (2 nd ed.) Chicago: ASCP Press. Doucette, L.J. (2021). Mathematics for the Clinical Laboratory (4 th ed.) St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. McPherson, R.A. & Pincus, M.R. (2021). Henry’s Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods (24 th ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier. Turgeon, M.L. (2022). Clinical Laboratory Science: Concepts, Procedures, and Clinical Applications (9 th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.