Tag Archives: CAP Publications/CAP Press

October 2023—New this month from CAP Publications is Whole Blood Viscoelastic Assays in Clinical Diagnosis: An Illustrated Case-Based Guide. Viscoelastic testing was designed to determine the cause of intraoperative or trauma-related bleeding to guide hemostatic therapy. CAP TODAY asked the book’s editor, Oksana Volod, MD, about the guide. See her answers and a sample chapter. Dr. Volod is professor of pathology and director of the coagulation consultative service, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.

September 2023—New from CAP Publications is Disruptive Technologies in Clinical Medicine, by Frederick Kiechle, MD, PhD. In his new book Dr. Kiechle says “disruptive technologies offer new paradigms in diagnostic medicine.” Technology-driven disruptions are stimulated by the need to improve patient care, he writes, and they have been “a feature of the practice of clinical pathology since the inception of the first clinical laboratory in 1895 at the University of Pennsylvania, the William Pepper Laboratory.”

January 2023—Due out this spring is the CAP’s Color Atlas of Flow Cytometry. It consists of 71 cases and provides examples of the full range of hematolymphoid diseases that can be productively analyzed by flow cytometric immunophenotyping. Its editors are David Dorfman, MD, PhD, of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital; William Karlon, MD, PhD, of the University of California San Francisco Medical Center; and Michael Linden, MD, PhD, of M Health Fairview-University of Minnesota Medical Center. CAP TODAY recently asked Dr. Dorfman a few questions about the atlas. His answers to our questions and a sample case follow.

July 2021—CAP Publications released this month Grossing, Staging, and Reporting—An Integrated Manual of Modern Surgical Pathology, edited by Qihui “Jim” Zhai, MD, professor of laboratory medicine and pathology, consultant pathologist, and director of the FISH laboratory, Mayo Clinic Florida. The manual consists of 12 sections—from breast to thorax—and 54 chapters, organized by organ. CAP TODAY asked Dr. Zhai to tell us about the new book.

February 2021—New from CAP Publications is Surgical Pathology Review, by Daniel D. Mais, MD, associate professor of pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Long School of Medicine, San Antonio. He and 14 other contributors wrote this book to ease the transition through board exams and into practice, Dr. Mais writes in the preface. Here is what he told CAP TODAY about the book.

September 2020—Professionalism in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is a new book now out from CAP Publications. It provides a basic understanding, educational and assessment tools, 105 cases specific to pathology and laboratory medicine, guidance in recognizing and addressing lapses in behavior, discussions on best practices and legal and ethical aspects, and much more. Ronald E. Domen, MD, of Penn State College of Medicine and Hershey Medical Center, is editor. His co-editors are Richard M. Conran, MD, PhD, JD, of Eastern Virginia Medical School; Robert D. Hoffman, MD, PhD, of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Cindy B. McCloskey, MD, of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; and Suzanne Zein-Eldin Powell, MD, of Houston Methodist Hospital.

April 2020—CAP Publications released this month a new book titled Transfusion Medicine: A Compendium of Educational Cases, from the CAP Transfusion, Apheresis, and Cellular Therapy Committee. In it are 20 cases, each with a history, discussion, and questions and answers. Read more.

January 2020—CAP Publications released this month the second edition of Clinical Toxicology Testing—A Guide for Laboratory Professionals, edited by Barbarajean Magnani, PhD, MD; Tai C. Kwong, PhD; Gwendolyn A. McMillin, PhD; and Alan H.B. Wu, PhD. The first edition was published in 2012. The book has 29 chapters divided into three sections: toxicology testing in the clinical setting, toxicokinetics and methodologies for the toxicology laboratory, and specific analytes (drugs and drug classes). CAP TODAY spoke with Dr. Magnani about the new book. She is director of toxicology and chief of clinical pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, and professor of anatomic and clinical pathology, and professor of medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston. Here is what she told us. (See excerpt below.)

August 2019—A practical guide that can help labs standardize the handling of a patient’s surgical specimen from harvest to diagnosis is available but too little known, and one of its authors aims to change its hidden treasure status. The 52-page “Practical Guide to Specimen Hand-ling in Surgical Pathology” is on the CAP/NSH Histotechnology Committee page on the CAP website. “Our main objective was to standardize specimen collection handling. Nothing had ever been done like it before,” says Elizabeth Sheppard, MBA, HT(ASCP), past president of the National Society for Histotechnology and head of global market access at Roche Tissue Diagnostics, Tucson, Ariz. She and M. Elizabeth H. Hammond, MD, first chair of the CAP Center Guideline Committee, submitted the topic for an evidence-based guideline; however, it was determined to be better suited as a practical guide for labs to be developed by the CAP/NSH Histotechnology Committee.

July 2019—New from CAP Press is Medical Kidney Diseases—Morphology-Based Novel Approach to Renal Biopsy, by Huma Fatima, MD, assistant professor and director of the renal pathology laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham. It presents a simple and practical approach to renal biopsy by providing a pertinent differential diagnosis related to various patterns of injury involving renal parenchyma by light microscopy and reaching a correct diagnosis by assimilating immunofluorescence and electron microscopy findings. The 90-page book contains 66 cases, two of which we are reprinting here.

May 2019—CAP Press released this month its second edition of Laboratory Administration for Pathologists, first published in 2011. It covers management of personnel, laboratory space, pathology information systems, and quality in laboratory medicine and in the anatomic pathology lab. That’s just to start. Among its other chapters: patient safety, the pathology position, lab laws and regulations, legal affairs, ethics, and financial management of the lab and of the pathology practice. And there is more in the 296-page book edited by Elizabeth A. Wagar, MD, Michael B. Cohen, MD, Donald S. Karcher, MD, and Gene P. Siegal, MD, PhD. CAP TODAY recently asked Dr. Wagar about the latest edition; what she told us appears here, along with an excerpt (at right). Dr. Wagar is professor and chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

March 2019—CAP Press released late last year its Semen Analysis Benchtop Reference Guide, an illustrated guide with emphasis on sperm morphology. Its 68 laminated pages are divided into sections: specimen collection and macroscopic assessment, sperm count, sperm morphology, and nonsperm cells. Behind the book is the CAP Reproductive Medicine Committee, in particular Erica J. Behnke, PhD, HCLD, of Ohio Fertility Providers, Jacob F. Meyer Jr., PhD, HCLD, of Eastern Virginia Medical School, and Laura L. Nelsen, MD, pathologist and director of cytology at MaineGeneral Medical Center and past chair of and now advisor to the committee.CAP TODAY asked Dr. Nelsen about the benchtop reference guide, sample pages of which appear below. Here is what she told us.

November 2018—Color Atlas of Mycology: An Illustrated Field Guide Based on Proficiency Testing is a new book from CAP Press, released in October. It is designed to help in identifying fungi using the most recent taxonomic classifications. In it is more than 15 years of proficiency testing data to highlight diagnostic clusters of incorrect identifications and address conceptual classification issues. Following is an excerpt from the section on yeast.

October 2018—CAP Press released in October the Color Atlas of Mycology, by Gordon Love, MD, D(ABMM), and Julie Ribes, MD, PhD. Its 388 pages hold more than 800 tables and images, with identifications verified by DNA sequencing (for images post-2009). Here, in an exchange with CAP TODAY, Dr. Love explains how this atlas stands apart from others in the Color Atlas series and from others on the market.

June 2018—CAP Press released last month a new reference guide, Ultrasound Features of Superficial and Palpable Lesions. It’s small and spiral bound and has a laminated cover and tabs for easy reference. There are 375 images and illustrations in the guide’s 200 pages.

March 2018—New from CAP Press this month is the Atlas of Fundamental Infectious Diseases Histopathology: A Guide for Daily Practice, edited by Bobbi S. Pritt, MD, MSc, DTM&H. It covers bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections and contains more than 800 images.

January 2018—New this month from CAP Press is the second edition of the Color Atlas of Hematology: An Illustrated Field Guide Based on Proficiency Testing. “More and better are the watchwords,” senior editor Eric F. Glassy, MD, told CAP TODAY when we asked what the reader can expect. David Blomberg, MD, and Katherine Galagan, MD, are associate editors.

July 2017—After overseeing 10 editions of So You’re Going to Collect a Blood Specimen: An Introduction to Phlebotomy, Frederick L. Kiechle, MD, PhD, can authoritatively say that the 15th edition is the best. Released in March, this edition provides new information on ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous cannulation, comprehensive instructions on proper hand hygiene, and a deeper dive into quality assurance.

June 2017—CAP Press released in May Patient Safety in Anatomic & Clinical Pathology Laboratories. Editor Deborah Sesok-Pizzini, MD, MBA, and 11 additional contributors cover handoff communications, technology, tools and methods, human factors, a patient safety curriculum, and more. Dr. Pizzini is chief of blood bank and transfusion medicine in, and vice-chief of, the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She is the department safety officer for CHOP Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and she is a professor of clinical pathology and laboratory medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. We asked her about the new book. Here is what she told us.

May 2017—Autopsy Performance & Reporting is a new book from CAP Press, released in April. The editor, Kim A. Collins, MD, and her 43 contributors wrote 40 chapters on facility design, safety, high-risk cases, the oral cavity, the placenta, the pediatric autopsy, special studies of the heart and lungs, postmortem microbiologic testing, photomicrography, and much more. “I know of no other autopsy book like this on the market,” Dr. Collins tells CAP TODAY.

February 2017—“Quality management” is the practice of continually evaluating, identifying, and improving the diagnostic process. It refers not only to retrospective action taken after mistakes have been made but also to evaluating near misses and opportunities for improvement in every facet of practice.

June 2016—The older we get, the faster time seems to pass. That’s why 2008 might not feel like all that long ago—until you consider that Obama had yet to take office, Donald Trump’s television appearances were limited largely to The Apprentice, and there was no “like” button on Facebook.

March 2016—If a laboratory does not perform its proficiency testing in accordance with a recently reiterated CMS directive regarding PT on multiple instruments, its standing with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could be at stake. In fact, “You could be sanctioned directly by the CMS,” says Thomas Long, MPH, CAP director of biostatistics.

February 2016—Transfusion Medicine in the Hot Seat: A Case-Based Primer is a new book from CAP Press, due to be released next month. The editor, Karen Quillen, MD, MPH, and her five contributors wrote 26 cases grouped into three sections: Antibodies, Blood Components, and Complications.

February 2015—CAP Press’ new Atlas of Transplant Pathology is now out. We spoke with its editors and a contributor last month; this month we bring to you one of its 56 chapters. To order, see next page. Protocols for histologic evaluation of potential donor livers for steatosis and other pathology vary by center.

January 2015—If a picture is worth 1,000 words, what are 300 solid-organ transplant biopsy slides worth? Don’t bother doing the math. No matter how you calculate it, the new Atlas of Transplant Pathology—which features more than 300 illustrations and is available this month from CAP Press—represents a wealth of concrete, up-to-date information on the pathologic diagnoses seen in heart, kidney, liver, lung, and pancreas transplants.

December 2014—A widespread concern in the collection of biospecimens is the degree of variation in the collection procedures. Standardization of biospecimen collection kits is an effective way to ensure greater consistency in biospecimen collection. These kits often contain all the materials necessary to properly collect, preserve, and ship biospecimens to the biorepository.

December 2014—Securing financial support and setting up a quality management program are two of the biggest challenges to creating a successful biospecimen repository, says Nilsa C. Ramirez, MD, director of the Biopathology Center of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.