Daniel Keays

Daniel Keays has bachelor's and master’s degrees in microbiology from California State University, San Diego. He worked for forty-two years as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist in the infectious disease laboratory at Scripps Health Mercy Hospital in San Diego, California. He frequently conducted infectious disease laboratory rounds for different healthcare professionals, including internal medicine residents, pathologists, pharmacists, clinical laboratory supervisors, nursing students, and hospital infection control specialists. Mr. Keays was a frequent guest speaker at various professional healthcare symposia, including laboratory, nursing, pharmacy, infection control, public health, and hospital administration. He was also the microbiology lecturer for the education of interns in the Clinical Laboratory Scientist’s program at the University of California, San Diego, and taught an online course in Clinical Microbiology for four years at National University in San Diego.     

 

Note From the Author

 

            Most of us attribute our medical care to those we see and converse with.   Certainly, our physician receives and deserves our primary attention.  We depend on our doctor’s opinions and orders for our well-being.  But the art of medicine is multi-disciplinary.  The person who makes our appointment, the one who checks us in, the medical assistant, the nurse, the pharmacist, the X-ray worker, the physical therapist, and many others are our team.  They work together to ensure our good health.

            Perhaps forgotten in this group effort for our health is the laboratory worker.  Other than the odious act of drawing blood, most people rarely encounter the lab person.  That’s too bad.  Lab workers are an invaluable part of the healthcare system.  Is your cholesterol too high?  How about your blood sugar and hemoglobin A1C?  Do you have anemia? Thrombocytopenia? Kidney failure? How’s your liver doing? Is your blood type A positive or B negative? Do you have a urinary tract infection?

            The laboratory worker answers these and myriad other questions.  Behind the scenes, the laboratorian labors rigorously to give unbiased, accurate information to those who direct our care.  

            I was privileged to work in a medical laboratory for over forty years, most of it in the field of infectious diseases.  So many dedicated professionals, so many accurate lab results, so many lives spared!  This book is about infectious diseases, the microbes that invade us, and our immune system’s ability to eliminate the infection and help us heal.  But let’s not forget the laboratory workers who labor tirelessly to cure disease.  Unsung heroes!

 

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