RT Book, Section A1 Iserson, Kenneth V. SR Print(0) ID 57374749 T1 Chapter 19. Laboratory T2 Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments YR 2012 FD 2012 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-175497-2 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57374749 RD 2024/10/12 AB Clinical laboratory tests have relatively little utility in most resource-poor settings, although lives can be saved if a few simple tests are available, such as those for urine pregnancy, and in endemic/high-prevalence areas, HIV, malaria, and TB screening. This chapter discusses how to improvise various materials, equipment and tests when clinicians need lab tests and the normal procedure for doing them is unavailable.