Designed to ease students' transition from classroom to practice, this quick-reference pocket guide provides step-by-step instructions on the most common procedures medical assistants perform in clinical and administrative settings. It keeps all the essential information at hand and organized for easy review, and is the ideal procedure manual every medical assistant needs for the practice setting. This completely updated Third Edition meets current AAMA and AMT guidelines for medical assisting practice. The book is now in full color and printed on coated write-on wipe-off paper so users can write notes and remove them easily. The procedures are easier to locate quickly and include more reference information such as lab values.