Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program Guide

AIDS Info
Offers information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and research. Topics include a drug database, clinical trials, and vaccine research.

American Association of Blood Banks
Provides a searchable directory of international blood donation centers. It also offers information about testing of donor blood for infectious diseases and information about transfusions.

American Red Cross
Provides information about red cross services, such as disaster preparedness, CPR, AIDS, swimming & babysitting courses. Also provides information about volunteer and donation opportunities.

Atlas of Hematology
Provides pictures, showing normal cells from blood and bone marrow and continuing to a substantial variety of diseases, such as leukemias, anemias, and carcinomas.

Bloodline
This online resource for hematology education and news features hematological images and slides and hematological case studies.

Career Guidance Resources on the Internet
Links to the career websites.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Provides up-to-date information on many aspects of health care, including diseases and conditions, vaccines and immunizations, and emergency preparedness and response. It also includes a section with health statistics. Within the CDC is the Division of Laboratory Systems, which has information on the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA).

Chemistry: WebElements Periodic Table
Provides an interactive periodic table. An audio and textual description is provided of each element.

DNA from the Beginning
Provides a website that covers the basics of DNA, genes, and heredity. Each concept is explained with dynamic animations, video interviews, and image galleries.

Drugs.com
Provides comprehensive information on prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines and natural products, including a pill identifier and interactions checker.

Florida Coalition of Professional Laboratory Organizations, Inc. (FCPLO)
FCPLO is a network of professional medical laboratory organizations in the state of Florida. Their website provides news related to the professional, especially legislative issues.

Florida Department of Health: Clinical Laboratory Personnel
Provides applications for renewal or new clinical laboratory licenses, Florida Statutes pertinent to clinical laboratory personnel and continuing education information.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Links to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance procedures.

HealthMap
An interactive map that enables you to view the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health.

Healthy People 2020
A statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats.

Introduction to Safety in the Chemistry Lab
A flash based tutorial on lab equipment and basic safety measures. Includes an interactive quiz.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
The United State's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body for health care organizations and programs.

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

Provides the AIDS epidemic update report.

KidsHealth for Parents: Medical Tests & Exams
One section of this site provides information for parents on medical tests and exams that might be performed on their child(ren).

Lab Tests Online
Intended to aid the patient in better understanding clinical lab tests, this site describes why different types of lab tests are given and how to interpret the results. It also describes different conditions and diseases and preventive screening measures that can be taken. This site is searchable by test name or the name of the condition or disease, including HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Laboratory Testing
Provides information about the accuracy of laboratory tests along with information about interpreting laboratory test results. This site includes specialty sections on transfusion medicine and urinalysis.

Laboratory Tests that Detect Cancer
Part of the Cancer Cure Foundation's website, this section provides information about cancer detection and prevention laboratory tests that are considered alternative or less toxic than standard, conventional laboratory tests.

MedlinePlus
Includes a Medical Encyclopedia, Medical Dictionary, Interactive Tutorials on common procedures and conditions, and Doctor and Dentist Directories.

MERCKSource Resource Library
Includes A.D.A.M. Health Illustrated Encyclopedia, Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Merck Manuals, and the PDR Family Guide to Over-the-Counter Drugs.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Provides health standards, regulations, and inspections to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths. A special section of this website is devoted to safety and health information relevant to laboratories, such as evaluating hazards in the laboratory and producing a chemical hygiene plan: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/laboratories/index.html.

Screening and Testing to Detect Cancer
Provides information on laboratory tests that can aid in detecting many types of cancer.