As a certifying agency, ABHI is not directly involved in assisting individuals to prepare for examinations. Applicants may wish to consult some of the following sources for background and specific information in the various content areas to be covered by the CHA, CHT, CHS, or Histocompatibility Laboratory Director examinations. Alternate materials are also available in most medical libraries.

Content Areas

• ABHI Statements of Competence for Histocompatibility Personnel, 1998
• ASHI Standards for Histocompatibility Testing, 2006
• UNOS Standards for Histocompatibility, 2005
• ASHI Laboratory Accreditation Inspection Checklist, 2006
• CAP Laboratory General Checklist, 2005
• CAP Histocompatibility Checklist, 2005, 2007

General Laboratory Skills and Safety

• OSHA Guidelines, Federal Register, 56 (No235): pp 64175-64182, 1991
• CMS CLIA Regulations, Federal Register, 68 (No16): pp 3639-3714, 2003
• Laboratory Safety: Principles and Practices (1995) Am Society Micro, Washington, DC
• ASHI Laboratory Manual, 4th Ed. 2001, updates 2005

Laboratory Management

• Clinical Laboratory Medicine, K. McClatchey (ed), Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2001
• Management: Theory, Process and Practice, RM Hodgetts
• Clinical Laboratory Management Review. Bi-monthly from CLMA, Williams & Wilkins

Basic Immunology

• Cellular and Molecular Immunology, 5th Ed. A. Abbas (ed). Saunders 2005
• Essential Immunology, 6th Ed. Roitt, Brostoff & Male. Mosby 2001
• Immunology: The Immune System in Health and Disease, 6th Ed. C. Janeway (ed) Garland Publishing, 2004
• The Immune System, P. Parham, Garland Publishing, Elsevier Science, 2004
• Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology, JM Cruse & RE Lewis. CRC Press, 2002

Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics

• HLA Facts Book, Marsh, Parham,& Barber, Academic Press, 2005
• HLA in Health and Disease 2nd Ed., Academic Press, 2000
• HLA Beyond Tears, 2nd Ed. GE Rodey DeNovo, Inc. 2000
• The HLA Dictionary 2004, Schreuder, Hurley, Marsh,etal: Tissue Antigens (2005) 65,1-55;
  or Human Immunology (2005) 66,170-210; or International Journal of Immunogenetics (2005) 32,19-69.

Transplantation

• Primer on Transplantation, 2nd Ed. Norman & Suki, AST, 2001
• Clinical Transplants, published yearly 1988-present, Cecka & Terasaki, (eds) UCLA Tissue Typing Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA
• Hemopoietic Cell Transplantation, 3rd Ed. Thomas, Blume & Forman, Blackwell Science
• Cord Blood Characteristics: Role in Stem Cell Transplantation, Cohen, Gluckman, Rubinstein & Madrigal (eds). Blackwell Science, Inc. 2000

Flow Cytometry

• Immunophenotyping, Stewart & Nicholson (eds) Wiley-Liss, Inc, 2000
• Flow cytometry in Clinical Diagnosis, Keren (ed) ASCP Press 3rd Ed, 2001
• Practical Flow Cytometry, 4th Ed. Shapiro (ed) Wiley-Liss, Inc. 2003

Molecular Biology

• DNA: The Secret of Life, Barry & Watson, Knopf Publishing, 2003.
• Genes VIII, Lewin, 8th Ed, Wiley & Sons, 2003.
• PCR Technology: Current Innovations, Library of Congress, Cataloging-in-Publication Data, 2nd Ed, 2003.
• Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th Ed. Alberts, Garland Publishing, 2002.
• Human Molecular Genetics, 3rd Ed. Strachan, AP Read, 2003.
• Molecular Typing 2000: A Technical Manual for Histocompatibility Laboratories, AFDT or American Foundation for Donation and Transplantation

Seminars & Courses

Georgetown Teleconferences offered by the Georgetown University Medical Center via interactive seminars covering many topics in histocompatibility and immunogenetics. Contact Georgetown University Medical Center at 202/784-2909.

AFDT or American Foundation for Donation and Transplantation basic and advanced workshops offered biannually. Topics covered are histocompatibility and immunology and genetics. Contact AFDT or American Foundation for Donation and Transplantation at 804/323-9890 for more information.

ASHI Regional meetings are usually offered in the spring and the ASHI Annual Meeting is usually held in the fall. Contact ASHI Executive Office at 856/638-0428 for more information.

ASHI Quarterly Quizzes, contact ASHI Executive Office at 856/638-0428.