Includes bibliographical references and index.

Guidelines for good clinical laboratory practice -- Quality management -- Design control of tests and FDA guidelines for laboratory developed tests (LDTs) -- Pre-clinical validation studies -- Reagents, instruments and equipment -- Cost of testing and staffing requirements -- Process improvement : six sigma approach to laboratory improvement -- Staff training and competency for a cytogenetics laboratory -- Training program for cytogenetic and FISH technologists -- Training program for molecular genetic technologists -- General SOP information by test and pre-analytic procedures -- Analytic procedures : chromosome analysis -- Analytic procedures : FISH analysis -- Analytic procedures : microarrays -- Post-analytic procedures.

"This title will provide cytogenetic, FISH and microarray laboratory standard operating procedures (SOP's) and information on how to effectively write SOP's; validation plans and summaries; chemical, safety, quality control and quality assurance programs; and plans for effective use of reagents, instruments and equipment"-- Provided by publisher.